
Cabinet poll claims 67% of Egyptians believe country is heading in right direction
Despite deteriorating security situation, the poll claims to find supportive public opinion
Despite deteriorating security situation, the poll claims to find supportive public opinion
By AFP WASHINGTON: US leadership has lost some of its luster abroad, suggesting President Barack Obama can’t count on as much global euphoria as he gears up for a fierce reelection campaign, a new survey found Thursday. The report card was particularly dire from Serbia and Iran where approval ratings for the White House were …
By Agencies CAIRO: Nearly 40 percent of Egyptian voters are undecided less than six weeks before the first presidential election since the ouster of veteran strongman Hosni Mubarak, a poll published on Saturday found. A full 38 percent of respondents said they had yet to make up their minds which of the 23 candidates to …
By Zainab Abou Elkhair CAIRO: Ninety percent of Egyptians said their political awareness and involvement in political life in Egypt have increased in subsequence to the revolution, according to a recent poll. Egyptians and their post-Jan.25 mindset were the subjects of a study executed by renowned market research group, Synovate. The study outlines the psychological changes, …
By Tamim Elyan CAIRO: Fifty-six percent of Egyptians surveyed in an official poll believe the country is going in the right direction, according to the Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) at the Cabinet. The poll, aimed at measuring Egyptians’ participation in political life, was released on Tuesday. Eleven percent said the country is going in …
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: Presidential hopeful ex-IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei swept Egypt’s ruling army’s Facebook poll on preferred presidential hopefuls, winning 36 percent of almost 70,000 votes at press time. But not everyone approved the army’s decision to create the poll in the first place. “This poll is completely unacceptable and uncalled for and can even …
CAIRO: Contrary to commonly held beliefs, Facebook, Twitter and the internet played a negligible role in delivering information to Egyptians on the events of the January 25 protests. According to a public opinion poll released this week by the US-based International Republican Institute (IRI), only 6 percent of respondents said that their most relied upon …
CAIRO: Nine out of 10 Egyptians surveyed in a recent poll plan on voting in the upcoming elections, with no political party or entity garnering more than 15 percent of public support. The Muslim Brotherhood won over the support of 15 percent of the respondents of the study released by the Abu Dhabi Gallup Center …