NDI survey - attitudes of society and political assessments

The first research results after the elections of the US National Democratic Institute have been published today.

The problems the population has been facing In recent years still remain unchanged. Most of the interviewees name unemployment as the main challenges followed by inflation, poverty, pensions and territorial integrity of the country .

The survey results are not acceptable for the ruling party and they do not trust the report of the authoritative organization .

The survey was fielded by the Caucasus Resource Research Centers (CRRC) for NDI following the October parliamentary elections between November 4 and December 4. The survey was conducted through nationwide face-to-face interviews with 3,141 respondents and has a margin of error plus, minus 1.8%.

Number of respondents, who support the government’s stated goal to join the European Union, remained statistically same as in June (72%), down from 77% in March.

The support for the European Union is high across the country with the only exception of settlements with predominantly ethnic minority populations – 47% (in June 50%).

61% of respondents said they approve the government’s stated goal to join NATO, a seven percentage point decline compared to June 2016. 25% are against joining NATO.
According to the poll, 53% of respondents believe that Georgia will benefit more from European and Euro-Atlantic integration; 31% think that they will benefit more if the country rejects Euro-Atlantic integration in exchange for better relations with Russia.
NDI plans to publish part of the public opinion poll involving political rankings on Wednesday.