AHARON ADIBEKIAN: "THE DIVISION OF THE VOTES DEPENDS ON "DEPENDANTS"
By Nana Petrosian

AZG Armenian Daily
17/02/2008

Sociologist Aharon Adibekian spoke of his own unmistakable polls in
"Urbat" club on February 15, in parallel representing the results of
the last poll conducted on February 8,9.

According to the poll, 25 percent of the questioned are not interested
in the elections, 5 percent will not participate in it, 12 percent
are not oriented yet, 11 percent don’t say who they will vote for,
37 percent are fully oriented and 7 percent consider possible their
participation in the elections.

The final division of the votes, according to the sociologist,
depends on the "depended" groups that are 33 percent, but only one
third of them will participate in the elections, as the difference
of the participants maximum 69 and minimum 53 percents is 16 percent.

The election activity of the questioned remains 90 percent.

The poll was conducted among 2400 citizens chosen proportionally
according to their gender, age, education and residency. 49,1 percent
of the questioned are male, 50,9 percent -female, 27,9 percent of the
questioned are between ages 26-40, 26,4 percent of them – ages 41-55,
single – 23,2 percent, married – 67,6 percent, divorced and widowed –
9,2 percent.

13,6 percent of the questioned consider them as poor, 83 percent –
modest, 3 percent – well-off and 0,3 percent – rich.

If the questioned have an opportunity to become RA president 57,1
percent of them will first create new work places, 18,2 percent will
reduce poverty and 7,8 percent attach importance to army, defense
and Karabakh issue.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress