RESULTS OF THE NATION OPINION POLL CONDUCTED ON March 3-13, 2008
(1531 persons interviewed, margin of error does not exceed 0.03)
14. Do you trust the president of Belarus?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
Trust |
47.3 |
|
Distrust |
38.0 |
|
DA/NA |
14.7 |
15. What are you afraid of most of all today?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
Loss of health |
60.3 |
|
Poverty |
46.2 |
|
Loss of a job |
25.9 |
|
Arbitrariness of the authorities |
13.9 |
|
Criminality |
12.3 |
|
A civil war |
8.5 |
|
Foreign aggression |
8.2 |
|
Loss of Belarus independence |
3.8 |
|
Something else |
1.4 |
16. In the West president A. Lukashenko is often referred to as "the last dictator in Europe". What is your attitude towards this statement?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
I do not agree with it |
40.1 |
|
I agree with it |
35.8 |
|
It is all the same to me |
18.6 |
|
DA/NA |
5.5 |
17. What is your attitude towards the decision of the authorities, which provides for the following: from this year on leaving of the country for the Belarusians can be limited on the grounds of secret lists rendered by special services to the check-points?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
It is a wrong decision |
44.3 |
|
It is a sound decision |
21.2 |
|
I have not thought about it and I do not care |
27.9 |
|
DA/NA |
6.6 |
18. Some of our citizens are going to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Belarusian People’s Republic declaration on March, 25. What is your attitude to this event?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
Yes, it is a great event for the Belarusians, which should be celebrated |
46.4 |
|
No, this event does not deserve any attention, and it should not be celebrated |
28.6 |
|
DA/NA |
25.0 |
19. On March, 25 the opposition is going to organize a march devoted to the 90th anniversary of the Belarusian People’s Republic declaration. What is your attitude to the initiative?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
I disapprove of it |
41.6 |
|
I approve of it |
33.7 |
|
DA/NA |
24.7 |
20. If this march takes place, are you going to participate in it?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
No |
78.0 |
|
Yes |
10.2 |
|
DA/NA |
11.8 |
21. Recently in our country the deputy editor of the newspaper “Zgoda” Alexander Sdvizhkov has been sentenced for three years of high security for having reprinted from a Danish newspaper in 2007 caricatures on Mohammed, the prophet. What is your attitude to the verdict? (more than one answer is possible)
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
The verdict is too severe, but the caricatures should not have been printed |
31.7 |
|
The verdict is violation of freedom of speech; one should not be punished for words |
21.5 |
|
Expansion of aggressive Islam is a dangerous phenomenon, and A. Sdvizhkov suffered for attracting attention to the danger. |
17.5 |
|
A. Sdvizhkov had offended religious feelings of the Moslems, and to sentence him was a right thing to do |
12.2 |
|
DA |
23.3 |
22. In your opinion, to what extent should the Belarusian language be present in the public life: in the army, in legal proceedings, in the state mass media, etc.?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
The present state of affairs should be kept |
37.2 |
|
The Belarusian language must be represented in the same way as the Russian language |
27.2 |
|
Everything in the public field should be in the Belarusian language |
13.6 |
|
The Belarusian language should be represented proportionate to the number of people who speak it |
12.8 |
|
Everything in the public field should be in the Russian language |
5.8 |
|
DA/NA |
3.4 |
23. The governing body of the country has made a final decision for a nuclear power-station to be built in Belarus. What is your attitude to this decision?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
I disapprove of it |
42.1 |
|
I approve of it |
37.4 |
|
It makes no difference to me |
11.7 |
|
DA/NA |
8.8 |
24. If a referendum on the question of Belarus and Russia integration were being conducted today, how would you vote?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
Against integration |
41.6 |
|
For integration |
35.8 |
|
I would not take part in voting |
11.3 |
|
DA/NA |
11.3 |
25. If now a referendum on the question whether Belarus should or should not join the European Union were being conducted in Belarus, what choice would you make?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
For |
35.4 |
|
Against |
35.4 |
|
I would not take part in voting |
15.4 |
|
DA/NA |
13.8 |
26. In May of 2004 neighbors of Belarus – Poland, Lithuania and Latvia – became members of the European Union. In your opinion has the life of the citizens in these countries become better or worse in the course of four years?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
It has become better |
38.3 |
|
It has become worse |
12.8 |
|
It has not changed |
26.0 |
|
DA/NA |
22.9 |
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