29 July 2012: Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Performance of Government, Financial Crisis and Egyptian Presidential Election

For more details, please see the following:

English Report             English Results
Arabic Report               Arabic Results

Publication Date:29  July 2012

Fieldwork: 19-21 July 2012

Sample Size: 1200 Palestinians in the West Bank & Gaza

Margin of error: ± 3 %

Highlights:

• 56 percent of West Bank and Gaza Palestinians believe that things are going in the wrong direction; the rate in Gaza alone reaches 63 percent.

• 52 percent approve of the performance of President Abbas; 43 percent disapprove.

• 46 percent approve of the performance of Prime Minister Fayyad; 48 percent disapprove.

• 33 percent approve of the performance of Prime Minister Haniyeh; 57 percent disapprove.

• 29 percent believe that the overall conditions in the West Bank had improved since the appointment of the Fayyad government; 22 percent believe that the conditions in the Gaza Strip had improved since the appointment of the Haniyeh government.

• 64 percent of Gazans believe that the overall conditions in Gaza have worsened since the appointment of the Haniyeh government; 34 percent of West Bank respondents feel the same way about the Fayyad government.

• 83 percent support the conduct of local elections in October 2012.

• In a two-way presidential race, 46 percent would vote for Abbas and 20 percent would vote for Haniyeh; 34 percent are either undecided or would not vote.

• In a two-way presidential race, 41 percent would vote for Fayyad and 22 percent would vote for Haniyeh; 37 percent are either undecided or would not vote.

• In a two-way presidential race, 40 percent would vote for Mustafa Bargouthi and 20 percent would vote for Haniyeh; 40 percent are either undecided or would not vote.