Palestinian Public Opinion Polls:
Attitudes Toward Democracy

(Updated April 2013)

Palestinian Polls: Table of Contents | Views on Peace with Israel | Attitudes on Internal Politics

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Do you prefer democracy or a powerful leader? (Pew Research Forum, April 2013)

	Total
Strong Leader	40%
Democracy	55%

How much influence should religious leaders have in politics? (Pew Research Forum, April 2013)

	Total
Large Influece	29%
Some Influence	43%

How do Islamic political parties compare to non-religious political parties? (Pew Research Forum, April 2013)

	Total
Worse	29%
Better	21%
About the Same	44%

Jerusalem Media & Communications Centre Poll - May 1995

Whom do you think has control over water resources in the autonomous areas? Is it:

	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
Palestinian National Authority	41.1%	41.6%	40.2%
Israeli Military Government	49.1%	47.7%	52.2%
Other organizations	1.6%	1.9%	0.9%
No opinion	8.2%	8.8%	6.7%

Are Israeli military orders still in force in the autonomous areas?

	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
Military orders are still in force	47.7%	46.3%	50.7%
Military orders are not in force	15.4%	18.1%	9.7%
Some in force and others are not	31.8%	29.6%	37.0%
No opinion	5.1%	5.9%	2.6%

In your opinion, would you say that autonomy is a step forward towards the implementation of full Palestinian political rights?

	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
Yes	39.6%	38.2%	43.1%
No	39.9%	40.0%	40.2%
Nothing new	16.2%	16.7%	14.7%
Other	1.3%	1.7%	0.6%
No opinion	3.0%	3.5%	1.5%

What is the role of Israeli policies and practices on the democratic situation in the autonomous area?

	Total	West Bank	Gaza Strip
Has no role	20.7%	19.4%	23.5%
Limits democracy	66.6%	65.6%	69.5%
Interfers somewhat	1.5%	1.1%	2.4%
No opinion	11.2%	14.0%	4.7%

What in your opinion are the five most difficult problems facing the Palestinian Authority:

	First Problem	Second Problem
Donor Countries	9.0%	6.3%
Settlements	4.0%	3.2%
Unemployment	7.2%	7.2%
The economy	22.3%	14.0%
Occupation	5.1%	4.0%
Chios in the PA	0.8%	2.4%
Education	0.2%	1.0%
Prices	0.7%	1.4%
Housing	1.4%	2.2%
Chios in cities	0.2%	0.7%
The closure	2.6%	3.6%
Check points	0.3%	1.8%
Expettees	0.2%	0.3%
Opposition	12.8%	7.4%
Intifada-related problems	0.5%	0.7%
Security	2.9%	3.0%
Leadership	0.1%	0.1%
Land Confiscation	---	0.3%
Human rights violation	0.3%	1.4%
Detaines	0.3%	3.5%
Al-Aqsa Mosque	2.5%	2.3%
Control over natural resources	0.1%	1.0%
Non utilization of qualified people	1.5%	1.1%
Lack of public confidence towards the PA	0.2%	2.2%
Jerusalem	1.6%	3.1%
Inability to cotrol the situation	2.5%	0.3%
Collaborators	0.6%	0.3%
National Unity	1.2%	1.6%
Infrastructure	0.8%	2.2%
Borders	0.7%	0.7%
Rabin	0.1%	0.5%
To go to Israel for their decisions	0.6%	1.3%
No seperation of power	0.1%	0.1%
Insufficient Jurisdiction	1.7%	0.3%
Hatred of Islamic nation of the authority	0.1%	0.5%
Arafat	0.2%	0.5%
Transfer of authority	1.1%	2.2%
Suppression	0.3%	0.9%
Lack of weapons	0.1%	0.8%
Israel's non compliance with Oslo	3.3%	0.3%
Political problems	0.7%	0.3%
Suicidal attacks	0.3%	---
Normulization	0.1%	---
Social problems	0.1%	---
No answer	7.1%	13.1%

What are the most important issues you would like to know about the agreement with Israel?

	Total
Final status	12.8%
Boundaries of Palestine	4.9%
Limitations on the PA	1.8%
Israeli commitments	5.4%
Progress in hte PA's jurisdiction	3.6%
Jerusalem	15.6%
Refugees and detainees	6.2%
Why the PA approved the agreement	1.7%
The articles of the agreement	17.0%
Where are my rights?	5.0%
Collaborators	0.3%
Is it a real peace?	1.1%
Settlements	2.8%
The Palestinian Issue	0.7%
Redeployment	0.7%
The economic situation	0.5%
Water, Zonning	0.4%
No answer	17.5%

Are the following statements very important, somewhat important, or not at all important to you?

Total

West Bank
 

Gaza Strip
 

Q.40 Which are the four political or religious organizations you trust most? (Source: JMCC Poll, May 1995)
 

Q.41 If elections were held soon, would you vote? (Source: JMCC Poll, May 1995)
 

Q.42 How would you describe your financial situation? (Source: JMCC Poll, May 1995)
 

Q. 43 Education: (Source: JMCC Poll, May 1995)
 

Q.44 University/College: (Source: JMCC Poll, May 1995)
 

Q.46 Social status (Source: JMCC Poll, May 1995)
 

Q. 47 Profession (Source: JMCC Poll, May 1995)
 

Q.48 Religion (Source: JMCC Poll, May 1995)
 

Q.49 Gender? (Source: JMCC Poll, May 1995)
 

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