WHO DOES SOCIETY TRUST?

Hayots Ashkhar Daily
28 Nov 08
Armenia

By the request of the Public Television of Armenia, `Gallup’
organization conducted a large-scale sociological survey during the
first half of November.

To the question `Who would you vote for if presidential elections were
held now?’ 37.4 percent of the respondents said that they would vote
for Serge Sargsyan; 9 percent of the respondents preferred Raffi
Hovhannisyan, 6.5 percent – L. Ter-Petrosyan and 5.8 percent ` Vahan
Hovhannisyan. Nevertheless, 60 percent of the people polled are sure
that the greatest chances for being re-elected to the Parliament
belonged to the political party headed by Serge Sargsyan.

The survey reveals that if the parliamentary elections were to be held
the next Sunday, the major part of votes, 33.3 percent, would belong to
the Republican Party. `Prosperous Armenia’, with a rating of 15.39
percent, `Heritage’, with 13.4 percent, and `Rule of Law’, with 7.71
percent, follow the ruling political party.

And which political party do the people know best? The majority of the
respondents, 74.72 percent, mentioned the name of the Republican Party
of Armenia. `The other parties are the political forces represented in
the Parliament, i.e. `Prosperous Armenia’ with a rating of 50.78
percent, Dashnaktsutyun, with a rating of 43.39 percent, `Rule of La
w’,
with a rating of 43.37 percent, and `Heritage’ with a rating of 30.12
percent. They are followed by the Armenian National Congress which also
displays certain activeness with its rating of 18.93 percent,’ the
representative of `Gallup’ said yesterday.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress