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Trends of change in Belarusian public opinion about some social-economic and political problems
(results of IISEPS national polls, %))

1. How your personal welfare has changed over the past 3 months?
Variant of answer

09'05

12'05

02'06

04'06

11'06

01'07

05'07

09'07

12'07

03'08

06'08

has improved

17.5

20.0

23.5

24.7

21.0

21.3

14.6

16.6

10.8

15.7

15.6

hasn’t changed

61.4

60.2

59.7

61.8

64.7

61.0

66.3

67.1

55.3

57.6

62.2

has deteriorated

19.8

18.4

14.2

12.4

12.8

16.8

17.7

15.6

32.4

25.0

21.8

DA/NA

1.3

1.4

2.6

1.1

1.5

0.9

1.4

0.7

1.5

1.7

0.4



2. How will social-economic situation in the country change in years to come?
Variant of answer

09'05

12'05

04'06

08'06

11'06

01'07

05'07

09'07

12'07

03'08

06'08

will improve

30.9

37.6

44.3

40.8

42.5

30.6

26.7

29.3

23.2

29.8

31.4

will not change

45.1

34.9

34.4

36.2

37.7

35.0

42.2

40.6

37.6

37.1

40.9

will deteriorate

14.9

10.6

14.9

12.0

10.7

25.6

22.8

22.5

28.5

26.0

21.8

DA/NA

9.1

16.9

6.4

11.0

9.1

8.8

8.3

7.6

10.7

7.1

5.9



3. In general, Belarus is going ...
Variant of answer

09'05

12'05

02'06

04'06

11'06

01'07

05'07

09'07

12'07

03'08

06'08

In the right direction

53.4

62.4

58.5

58.2

61.6

55.7

57.8

50.2

41.2

50.2

48.3

In the wrong direction

30.2

20.7

28.1

26.3

24.0

29.0

30.0

34.2

39.3

34.5

37.5

DA/NA

16.4

16.9

13.4

15.5

14.4

15.3

12.2

15.6

19.5

15.3

14.2



4.Do you trust president of Belarus?
Variant of answer

09'05

12'05

02'06

04'06

08'06

11'06

01'07

05'07

12'07

03'08

06'08

Yes

54.1

59.0

60.2

57.3

60.0

60.3

55.4

56.9

50.9

47.3

47.3

No

32.4

30.8

30.8

31.4

32.9

26.0

28.5

32.7

35.5

38.0

39.5

DA/NA

13.5

10.2

9.0

11.3

7.1

13.7

16.1

10.4

13.6

14.7

13.2



5. It the President elections takes place tomorrow in Belarus, who would you vote for?
Variant of answer

05'05

09'05

12'05

02'06

04'06

08'06

11'06

01'07

05'07

09'07

12'07

03'08

06'08

A. Lukashenko

41.7

47.3

51.2

57.6

60.3

54.9

49.7

50.9

48.0

44.9

39.9

42.5

38.9

A. Milinkevich

0.8

1.4

6.6

15.4

18.4

11.6

10.3

11.4

12.2

12.3

9.8

8.8

6.4

A. Kozulin

0.9

1.8

0.8

5.2

3.7

3.2

3.5

4.2

4.6

3.2

3.7

5.2

4.8

S. Gaidukevich

0.4

0.3

1.2

4.3

1.0

0.6

1.8

1.2

1.2

1.3

1.9

0.5

2.0

A. Lebedko

2.0

3.5

2.4

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.5

1.3

0.3

0.2

0.3

0.1

C. Kalyakin

0.8

1.1

0.2

0

0

0

0.1

0.1

0.1

0

0.2

0.3

0.2

Other politicians

11.0

12.3

5.1

1.0

1.1

2.6

3.4

2.0

2.3

2.6

3.0

0.8

2.7

Other answers

8.6

3.5

5.0

2.2

2.9

3.7

3.0

6.1

6.8

5.9

7.4

6.6

4.9

DA/NA

33.8

28.8

26.1

14.2

12.5

22.7

28.0

23.6

23.5

29.5

33.1

35.2

40.3



6. If the referendum on Russia-Belarus unification takes place today, who would you vote?
Variant of answer

02'06

08'06

11'06

01'07

09'07

12'07

03'08

06'08

For unification

43.3

45.4

46.4

35.1

33.8

43.6

35.8

38.7

Against unification

33.2

34.2

33.5

39.5

47.4

31.6

41.6

42.2

Wouldn’t vote

13.8

9.6

10.6

14.0

11.0

15.6

11.3

10.4

DA/NA

9.7

10.8

9.5

11.6

7.8

9.2

11.3

8.7



7. If you were to choose between integration with Russia and accession to the European Union, which one would you choose?
Variant of answer

09'05

12'05

02'06

04'06

01'07

05'07

12'07

03'08

06'08

Integration with Russia

59.2

51.6

56.3

56.1

48.5

46.9

47.5

45.3

50.3

Accession to the European Union

28.6

24.8

27.5

31.9

33.6

34.4

33.3

33.4

32.4

DA/NA

12.2

23.6

16.2

12.0

17.9

18.7

19.2

21.3

17.3



8. If the referendum on accession to the European Union takes place tomorrow, how would you vote?
Variant of answer

12'05

02'06

04'06

08'06

11'06

09'07

12'07

03'08

For

32.0

27.7

32.4

36.5

36.0

29.9

37.1

35.5

Against

26.8

42.7

33.8

41.3

36.2

46.7

35.0

35.5

Wouldn’t vote

20.4

16.4

18.8

8.2

15.5

12.5

16.3

15.4

DA/NA

20.8

13.2

15.0

14.0

12.3

10.9

11.6

13.8



9. What TV channels do you watch?
Variant of answer

02'06

04'06

11'06

01'07

05'07

09'07

Belarusian TV (BT, ONT, STV ect.)

88.3

91.9

89.0

90.5

88.3

90.1

Russian TV (ORT, RTR, NTV ect.)

80.2

86.0

85.7

87.4

83.7

88.6

Local TV

25.6

48.1

40.8

47.1

41.7

42.1

Cable TV

32.7

40.5

40.3

35.9

41.3

39.4

Russian "Euronews"

28.9

19.1

22.1

17.0

23.6

Satellite TV

16.2

18.7

18.4

20.5

16.0

19.1

Polish TV

10.9

17.0

11.6

13.2

8.3

13.7

RTVI for Belarus

12.4

6.8

7.0

6.9

8.5



10. Recently new radio stations started broadcasting (in Russian anb Belarusian) for Belarus from EU countries. Do you listen their programs? (answers – yes I do)
Variant of answer

04'06

11'06

01'07

09'07

03'08

European radio for Belarus (Warsaw)

5.1

6.2

6.5

7.1

5.3

Radio "Racia" (Belostok)

3.2

4.5

4.4

4.9

4.7

Belarusian program of radio "Polonia" (Warsaw)

4.4

4.5

4.3

4.9

5.6

"Belarusian chronicles" radio "Deutsche welle" (Bonn)

4.0

4.0

3.5

4.2

3.7

Radio "Baltic wave" (Vilnius)

2.4

2.6

2.8

4.0

3.0



11. Do you use internet?
Variant of answer

09'05

12'05

02'06

04'06

08'06

11'06

01'07

05'07

12'07

03'08

06'08

Yes, daily

4.1

4.0

4.1

5.0

5.8

6.3

5.5

5.2

7.0

6.2

11.1

Yes, some times a week

7.0

8.5

8.6

8.0

8.0

7.7

9.3

9.9

8.7

11.9

11.7

Yes, some times a month

6.6

8.2

9.6

7.7

9.0

11.1

9.9

10.9

6.4

12.7

9.3

Yes, some times a year

2.9

4.0

3.7

6.4

4.5

4.1

4.6

4.0

3.1

4.8

3.6

No

68.4

70.5

63.0

68.8

66.4

65.1

64.2

58.3

69.1

60.8

59.5

I have no idea what it is

1.9

2.1

10.3

4.1

4.0

5.5

6.5

10.5

5.0

3.5

4.2

NA

9.1

2.7

0.7

2.3

0.2

-

1.2

0.7

0.1

0.6



12. If you use internet, what sites do you visit more often?
Variant of answer

09'05

12'05

04'06

11'06

05'07

12'07

Belarusian

14.0

13.0

17.2

9.5

20.2

16.9

Russian

18.2

18.1

19.7

12.9

24.6

21.0

European

7.1

6.5

9.2

3.2

9.9

8.9

USA

1.2

1.2

3.4

0.2

1.3

1.6

Others

0.9

2.8

2.4

0.9

2.2

2.5

NA

58.6

58.4

48.1

73.3

41.8

49.1



13. Do you want the restoration of the USSR?
Variant of answer

11'93

11'97

11'99

04'02

06'04

04'06

06'08

Yes

55.1

49.9

38.0

38.8

39.5

26.7

36.7

No

22.3

25.5

30.1

42.6

50.8

63.4

51.4

DA/NA

22.6

24.6

31.9

18.6

9.7

9.9

11.9



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