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On Ocrober, 2008 independent sociologists conducted a public opinion poll covering the most topical aspects of life in Belarus (those face-to-face interviewed are 1512 persons aged 18 and over, margin of error doesn't exceed 0.03). Below you may find commentaries to the most important findings of these sociological procedure
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS-2008
First of all let us briefly consider the socio-economic situation in the country immediately before the elections. An analysis of answers to the standard questions: “How is the socio-economic situation in Belarus going to change within the next few years?” and “How has your personal financial position changed for the last three months?” will help us to picture it. For the sake of clearness let us introduce two indicators: an indicator of expectations and an indicator of material well-being defined as difference between the values in the lines “It is going to improve” and “It is going to become worse”...
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THE MAIN ELECTION RESULTS IN THE CONTEXT OF SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS
As the data of surview show, a considerable part of pollers was going to take part in voting already long before the elections. Thus, in March there were almost 50% of such electors. As the date of the elections was drawing nearer, the number of those who decided to vote was gradually increasing owing to those who at first had either not been going to vote, or had not yet decided what to do. A comparison of the opinion poll results concerning the present elections with the previous ones shows a visible reduction in the number of those who indicated that they were going to take part in voting: if in 2004 four months before voting 22.5% thought so, than in 2008 in the same period of time before the elections – already 18.4%...
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