RESULTS OF THE NATION OPINION POLL conducted on December 2-12, 2014
(1.504 persons interviewed, margin of error does not exceed 0.03)
1. Was the past year successful or unsuccessful personally for you?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
Successful |
47.6 |
|
Unsuccessful |
32.6 |
|
DA /NA |
19.8 |
2. Do you consider it important to carry out market-friendly reforms in Belarus?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
Yes |
63.2 |
|
No |
22.0 |
|
DA/NA |
14.8 |
3. According to you, market-friendly reforms in Belarus…?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
…are completed successfully |
2.4 |
|
…are advancing successfully |
19.9 |
|
…have slowed down |
25.5 |
|
…have ended in a fiasco |
9.9 |
|
…have never really started |
26.5 |
|
DA/NA |
15.8 |
4. If you think that recently there have been changes in the economy of the country, were there more of favorable or unfavorable changes?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
More of favorable changes |
10.9 |
|
Equally |
38.4 |
|
More of unfavorable changes |
35.4 |
|
No changes at all |
10.7 |
|
DA/NA |
4.6 |
5. Prime-minister M. Myasnikovich stated that "the main problem of Belarusian economy lies in helpless and passive leaders, who cannot do anything without directions from the top". Do you agree with this?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
Agree |
60.3 |
|
Disagree |
32.4 |
|
DA/NA |
7.3 |
6. Which of the following statements concerning retirement age do you agree with?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
Retirement age should be raised in order to raise pensions |
17.0 |
|
Retirement age shouldn’t be raised, because many people won’t live up to it |
76.7 |
|
DA/NA |
6.3 |
7. According to you, to which extent does the state accomplish its obligations to the citizens of Belarus?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
Accomplishes to the full extent |
5.6 |
|
Accomplishes mostly |
30.3 |
|
Equally does and doesn’t accomplish |
33.6 |
|
Doesn’t accomplish mostly |
22.4 |
|
Doesn’t accomplish completely |
6.8 |
|
DA/NA |
1.3 |
8. Do you consider fundamental changes in internal and external policies of Belarus possible in the next five years?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
Quite possible |
34.4 |
|
Unlikely |
45.9 |
|
Impossible |
13.9 |
|
DA/NA |
5.8 |
9. Some people by fundamental changes in internal and external policies of Belarus mean a strengthening of state’s role in social life, others on the contrary mean a diminution of this role. What do you mean by this?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
The state should strengthen its role in society and give more support to its citizens |
46.4 |
|
The state should diminish its role in society and let people act more freely |
44.1 |
|
DA/NA |
9.5 |
10. And would you like those changes to happen?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
Yes |
51.9 |
|
No |
17.7 |
|
I don’t care |
19.9 |
|
DA/NA |
10.5 |
11. Are you ready to personally protect Alexander Lukashenko from some threat?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
Yes |
18.7 |
|
No |
62.2 |
|
DA/NA |
19.1 |
12. Next presidential elections in Belarus will be held in 2015. According to you, if the elections are rigged, should opposition urge people to come out to a square and organize public protests?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
Yes, they should |
23.9 |
|
No, they shouldn’t |
61.7 |
|
DA/NA |
14.4 |
13. Are you ready to participate in public protests after the elections 2015, if their results are rigged?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
Yes |
13.4 |
|
No |
79.2 |
|
DA/NA |
7.4 |
14. Part of opposition thinks that it is necessary not to organize mass protests after the elections 2015, but to make the power introduce changes in Belarus via the “People’s Referendum”. Do you agree with this?
|
Variant of answer |
% |
|
Yes, I agree |
48.0 |
|
No, I disagree |
29.3 |
|
DA/NA |
22.7 |
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