Main Results:
• An increase in the President Performance Index (PPI) from 33% (during April
2005) to 40%1.
• There is a noticeable increase of support for President M. Abbas in Gaza Strip,
where the PPI jumped from 33% to 45% (12 points more)
• Wide support of President Abbas' measures concerning the security situation
in Gaza, where more than 82% of the respondents supported his effort in
putting an end to the misuse of arms, chaos and public insecurity.
• 51% of the respondents believe that President Abbas is capable of
implementing his platform in regard to arms’ chaos and insecurity.
• More than 74% of the respondents support a truce with Israel; in Gaza support
for a truce reaches 83%.
• 72% expressed their opposition to militant parades, carried out by some
factions; the percentage of opposition in Gaza Strip increases to 82%.
• 60% of the respondents still oppose the disarming of the various military
groups (brigades). The percentage of opposition to disarming in Gaza is 50%,
while the percentage of support is 45%.
• Around 70% expect that there will be an improvement in the functioning of
the governmental institutions following the Israeli unilateral disengagement
and 61% expect reinforcing the rule of law.
• A Fateh bloc (headed by Marwan Barghouthi) would win 46% of the votes,
while Hamas bloc (if headed by Az- Zahhar) would win 23% of the votes. The
National Initiative (Al- Mubadara) would gain 7% of the vote (if headed by
Mustafa Barghouthi). On the other hand, a bloc comprised of both the Popular
Front for Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and the Democratic Front for
Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) (headed by Ahmad Sa'adat) would gain 2.5%.
The Peoples’ Party - PPP (headed by Bassam Salhi) would gain about 1.4%.
What is worth mentioning here is that there will be a different voting pattern
emerges with a change in leadership of the blocs.
• Marwan Barghouthi is the most popular candidate inside and outside Fateh,
where he gets 55% of the votes when compared with other Fateh candidates.
Az- Zahhar is the most popular candidate of Hamas' bloc (46%). Mustafa
Barghouthi is the most popular among the candidates of the (Third Way) at
53%.
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