We introduce the most important findings of the nation opinion poll conducted in late March – early April of 2006 (those face-to-face interviewed – 1496 persons aged 18 and over, margin of error does not exceed 0.03). "No answer" and "Find it difficult to answer" alternatives are not available in the most of the tables.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: MYTHS OR REALITY
According to polling results, about 90% of registered voters (92.3% as per the Central Election Commission) took part in the voting. This is more than the number of those who voted at the parliamentary election and at the referendum of October of 2006 (90.3% according to the Central Election Commission, and 87.3% according to the data of independent Gallup’s Institute)...

PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN IN THE EYES OF VOTERS
At the recent meeting of Russian and Belarusian presidents, V. Putin unexpectedly asked A. Lukashenko if the latter would be able to consolidate different political forces around major problems of the state after the election. Converting this question from diplomatic language, the Russian president asked if A. Lukashenko would reach understanding with his political rivals...

ELECTION RESULTS IN THE LIGHT OF BASIC SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS
As the bar chart in Picture 1 shows, 63.8% of female respondents and 51.5% of male respondents gave their votes for A. Lukashenko (polling data is given in percentage to list population). On the contrary, all other candidates received more votes from men rather than from women: A. Milinkevich - 20.1% vs. 17.7%, A. Kozulin - 6.1% vs. 3.5%, S. Gaidukevich - 3.1% vs. 1%...

PROTEST POTENTIAL
During his recent meeting with Russia’s president, A. Lukashenko stated that "almost entirely the population voted for him" except for "one or two thousand of under-aged youths who tried to de-stabilize the situation for money."...

VOTERS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND EUROPE
The long-standing Belarusian problem of relations with the West and with the East almost didn’t reveal during the recent election. On the one hand, opposition candidates didn’t proclaim much their slogan “Belarus – into Europe”; they rather talked about strategic partnership with Russia while A. Lukashenko explained to voters that he didn’t have support from the Kremlin...

WHAT DOES THE MAJORITY WANT?
Results of the opinion poll conducted right after the presidential election show that A. Lukashenko made a clean sweep of the election. Indirectly, this is proved in questions on living standard, current political course and common ideological attitudes to which most of respondents gave answers in the same manner as proclaimed by A. Lukashenko...

SOCIO-ECONOMIC SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY VS. ELECTORATE
According to the polling data, overwhelming majority of the electorate (four out of five) think that life in the country either has aggravated or hasn’t changed over A. Lukashenko’s latest cadence. This is why most of them cast their votes for A. Lukashenko...

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