RESULTS OF THE NATION OPINION POLL CONDUCTED ON MAY 5-15, 2007
(1530 persons interviewed, margin of error does not exceed 0.03)
1. What is your attitude to the citizens with higher income?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
These people are worth respect and they should be taken as the example |
29.6 |
|
These are swindlers and rascals basically |
24.9 |
|
Indifferent |
41.7 |
|
DA/NA |
3.8 |
2. What are you afraid of most of all today? (more than one answer is possible)
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
Loss of health |
73.5 |
|
Poverty |
40.8 |
|
Loss of job |
33.1 |
|
Crime |
24.5 |
|
Arbitrary rule of authorities |
19.7 |
|
Civil war |
12.6 |
|
Foreign aggression |
11.2 |
|
Loss of independence for Belarus |
8.9 |
|
Other |
2.7 |
3. Are you ready to take part in actions against aggravating economic situation if they take place in your city (district)?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
Yes |
18.1 |
|
No |
72.1 |
|
DA/NA |
9.8 |
4. About a million of Belarusian children went abroad for health-improving trips during the years after the Chernobyl catastrophe. Who do you think made the greatest contribution into organization of such trips?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
Foreign countries |
34.4 |
|
Belarusian NGO’s (like For Children of Chernobyl and other) |
30.8 |
|
Belarusian authorities |
25.2 |
|
DA/NA |
9.6 |
5. Does a man bear moral responsibility for the actions of its government?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
Yes |
46.9 |
|
No |
46.8 |
|
DA/NA |
6.3 |
6. Should the President of Belarus speak Belarusian (on TV, on the radio)?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
This is not necessary |
34.3 |
|
He should sometimes (speaking on certain occasions) |
34.1 |
|
He always should |
29.7 |
|
DA/NA |
1.9 |
7. Do you think an opinion of the people like you influences political and socio-economic decision taking in this country?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
No, it doesn’t |
67.9 |
|
Yes, it does |
27.1 |
|
DA/NA |
5.0 |
8. Have you suffered an offence from government bodies over the past three years?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
No, I haven’t |
64.0 |
|
Yes, once |
14.1 |
|
Yes, several times |
14.1 |
|
Yes, many times |
5.4 |
|
DA/NA |
2.4 |
9. Do you think it is possible to obtain fair decisions under the current judicial system in Belarus?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
Always possible |
23.7 |
|
Sometimes possible |
49.7 |
|
Almost impossible |
13.4 |
|
DA/NA |
13.2 |
10. Do you think there should be an opposition to the current authorities in Belarus?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
Yes |
55.7 |
|
No |
29.6 |
|
DA/NA |
14.7 |
11. In your opinion, whose interests does the current power upholds? (more than one answer is possible)
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
Officialdom |
43.4 |
|
The people like me |
33.9 |
|
The poor and socially unprotected |
23.0 |
|
Well-to-do people |
20.7 |
|
Russia |
4.8 |
|
West |
2.2 |
|
DA |
9.3 |
12. For whom did you vote at the presidential election in March of 2006?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
For A. Lukashenko |
50.0 |
|
For A. Milinkevich |
17.0 |
|
For A. Kozulin |
6.4 |
|
For S. Gaidukevich |
2.5 |
|
Against all |
6.1 |
|
Refused to answer |
4.1 |
|
Didn’t come to voting |
13.0 |
|
DA/NA |
0.9 |
13. In your opinion, has A. Lukashenko’s rating (i.e. readiness of population to vote for him at the next presidential election) increased or decreased since the past presidential election?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
Increased |
32.1 |
|
Decreased |
24.3 |
|
Remained unchanged |
36.8 |
|
DA/NA |
6.8 |
14. In your opinion, did A. Lukashenko’s victory contributed to consolidation of the Belarusian society or it, on the contrary, aggravated alienation within it?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
It even more united the Belarusian society |
45.3 |
|
It even more alienated the Belarusian society |
27.9 |
|
DA/NA |
26.8 |
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