NDI poll: majority of Georgians see western-style democracy as the best model for Georgia
Laura Thornton, global associate and senior director of NDI Georgia says that the Georgian government should address the country’s major social problems in order to restore the Georgian people’s faith that the country is developing.Photo: NDI Georgia.
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The survey released today by the US National Democratic Institute (NDI) branch in Georgia says that 92 percent of Georgians believe that living in a democratic country is important, and that a majority believe a western-style democracy is best for the country.
However, the poll reads that only 43% believe Georgia is currently democratic, whereas 46% do not.
Responding to polling about the recent presidential elections, 69% of Georgians said that they voted in the first round and 76 % in the second round.
Georgians’ evaluation of the election process was mixed. Respondents reported that the polling stations were mostly well ordered and officials prepared, the process was not intimidating, and the Central Election Commission performed well or average, 41 percent and 34 percent, respectively,” the report reads.
However, the polls also show that almost a third of those polled (30%) reported that they were not confident in the final count.
According to the survey, public approval of government performance is also mixed, with over half of those surveyed judging it to be poor and just 44% judging it to be good, with the most negative assessments coming out of Tbilisi (60% of Tbilisi respondents reported being dissatisfied with government performance ).
Twenty-seven percent say that Georgian Dream (GD) party is closest to them, followed by the United National Movement (UNM) at twelve percent, and the European Georgia (EG) and Alliance of Patriots (AoP) both at three percent,” NDI says.
Click here to read the full version of the poll results.
The results reflect data collected between December 6 and 20, 2018, through face-to-face interviews with a nationwide representative sample of Georgia’s adult population, excluding the occupied regions.
Surveys released today by the US National Democratic Institute (NDI) reads that more Georgians support the country’s membership into NATO and the EU, with NATO at 78%, its highest approval since 2013, and the EU at 83%.
The most recent polls released by the US National Democratic Institute (NDI) show that 72 percent of the surveyed people approve Georgia’s membership in the EU, while 64 percent believe Georgia’s NATO membership should be the state priority.
Georgian approval for membership in the EU is at 75 percent and in NATO at 65 percent. However, Georgians are mixed about the country’s direction, NDI says.
Poll results released today by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and CRRC Georgia show growing dissatisfaction about the state of the country’s economy, environment and political climate.
The most recent polls published by the Georgian office of the US National Democratic Institute (NDI) reads that a total of 77 per cent of Georgians approve joining the EU, with 56 per cent strongly approving.
The political part of the survey conducted by the Georgian Office of the US National Democratic Institute (NDI) reads that the support for political parties continues to remain low in Georgia, with 37 per cent of Georgians unable to identify a party to which they feel closest.
Georgians continue to demonstrate ‘resilient support’ for the country’s European and Euro-Atlantic goals, with 78 per cent approving EU membership and 71 per cent NATO membership, the most recent polls by the US National Democratic Institute (NDI) read.
Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze is the most liked leader in Georgia per the NDI’s latest polls, with 34 per cent of those surveyed having a positive view of his activities. Only 15 per cent of those questioned said they had a bad or very bad opinion of Kaladze.
The National Democratic Institute (NDI) has released the results of recently conducted polls earlier today, saying that people’s trust in state institutions and leaders has declined, and the number of Georgians who evaluate the current government’s performance as ‘bad’ has increased from 49 per cent in March 2018 to 64 per cent today.
Poll results released today by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) show that 82 percent of Georgians approve joining the EU, while 74 percent of those surveyed approve the Georgian government’s stated goal of joining NATO.
Georgians place insufficient progress at the top national issue of concern, believing the situation regarding poverty, crime, territorial integrity, and education has got worse over the last 10 years, a poll released by the National Democratic Institute and the Georgian office of the Caucasus Research Resource Centers (CRRC) earlier today show.