2005

Kazakhstan: New Survey Shows Strong Support for Nazarbaev among General Population but Complex Opinions on the Role of the U.S., Russia and China

02 December 2005 – Washington, D.C.

Ahead of Kazakhstan’s 4 December presidential elections, global media research institute InterMedia today released findings from a mid-November national survey of 1,645 Kazakhstanis which found continued strong support for President Nursultan Nazarbaev. Seventy-one percent of respondents said they plan to vote for President Nazarbaev, while no more than two percent of respondents said they plan to vote for any other single candidate.

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Azerbaijan: New Survey Shows Ruling Party on Track to Win Easily in Elections Next Week; Azeris Show Mix of Optimism and Concern about Future

03 November 2005 – Washington, D.C.

Ahead of Azerbaijan’s 6 November parliamentary elections, global media research institute InterMedia today released findings from a national survey of 1,092 Azeris which found continued strong support for the ruling Yeni Azerbaycan (YAP) party of President Ilham Aliyev. Forty-seven percent of respondents in the survey, conducted 24 September through 4 October, said they would vote for the YAP. Support for the respective parties making up the opposition Azadlyq bloc is divided—8 percent would vote for the Musavat party, 4 percent for the Azerbaijan Popular Front and 1 percent for the Democratic Party of Azerbaijan. Nearly 27 percent of respondents indicated they would not vote or were against all the parties running.

Kyrgyzstan: Survey Shows Public Still Tentative—Will the Newly Elected Bakiev Team Be Able to Address Lingering Domestic Concerns?

18 July 2005 – Washington, D.C.

An InterMedia survey of 1,000 Kyrgyz conducted just prior to the recent elections in the strategic Central Asian republic shows that despite widespread enthusiasm for a democratic process that saw Kurmanbek Bakiev elected as president July 11, concerns about fairness remain. Nearly one-third of respondents believe the candidate registration procedure for the presidential elections was unfair, because some potential candidates had been denied the opportunity to put their name forward. The InterMedia survey also found that the way in which the parliament was elected in February-March 2005 remains controversial: two-thirds (66 percent) of those surveyed would like to see new parliamentary elections.

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Iran: New Survey Finds Iranians Support Their Country’s Nuclear Program

26 May 2005 – Washington, D.C.

A majority of Iranians support their country’s quest for nuclear weapons technology, according to the results of a random telephone survey released today by InterMedia, the Washington, D.C.-based media and public attitudes research institute. Fifty-five (55) percent of the 2,001 Iranians questioned support the country’s development of nuclear weapons technology, according to InterMedia, which commissioned the survey, with 46 percent of the respondents strongly supporting the nuclear program.

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Georgians Likely to Put Aside Domestic Woes to Welcome President Bush during First-Ever Visit

06 May 2005 – Washington, D.C.

During the first-ever visit to Georgia by a sitting U.S. president, George W. Bush will find a country decidedly pro-U.S and pro-Western, but one suffering from a domestic “hangover” following the euphoric events of the Rose Revolution, according to a new survey of 2,000 Georgians conducted by global media research institute InterMedia.

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Kyrgyzstan: After the Revolution, Worries about the Economy, Corruption; Established News Sources Largely Unchallenged;
Islamic Extremism Not a Factor

05 May 2005 – Washington, D.C.

Global media research institute InterMedia today released findings from a major new post-revolution survey of 1,000 Kyrgyz. Besides providing insight into the news-gathering habits of Kyrgyz before and after the recent Tulip Revolution, the survey offers a unique glimpse into what citizens of the strategically important country think about other issues—the country’s future in the revolution’s aftermath, July’s upcoming general elections and the United States.

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