Only one third of Egyptians approve of the parliament’s performance
Rural areas inhabitants are more satisfied with the performance of their representatives than their counterparts in urban areas.
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The Egyptian Center for Public Opinion Research (Baseera) conducted a poll about the assessment of Egyptians of the performance of the Egyptian parliament. The respondents were asked about their assessment of the performance of the Egyptian parliament as well as that of representatives of their districts in the parliament. This is the first time the outcome of this poll is released.
The poll shows that the Egyptian public is almost equally divided in its assessment of the performance of the parliament at the end of its fourth month of session, with 35% approving of the parliament’s performance, 31% disapproving, and 33% undecided.
The higher the education level of respondents the less likely they were to approve the parliament performance. The percentage of those who are satisfied with the parliament’s performance was 43% among those with less than intermediate education and decreases to 20% among those with university education.
Those aged 30-49 were the least satisfied of the parliament’s performance, with only 30% of them voicing their approval, compared to 36% among those aged 18-29 and 42% among those aged 50 or above.
When asked about their satisfaction with the performance of representatives of their constituencies, about 39% of respondents said they approved of their performance, 27% said they disapprove, and 33% were undecided.
The percentage of those who approved of the performance of representatives of their constituencies increased from 29% in urban areas to 49% in rural areas. The percentage of those who are undecided were higher in urban areas (39%)than in rural areas (29%). This may be due to the fact that in rural areas people tend to have personal knowledge of their representatives, which makes them more able to evaluate their performance. The inhabitants of Lower Egypt were more likely to approve of their representatives with 45% compared to 41% in Upper Egypt and 25% in urban governorates.
The percentage of those who approve of the performance of the representatives decreases from 49% among those with less than intermediate education to half this percentage (25%)among those with university education.
Methodology:
The poll was conducted using both mobile phones and landlines on a sample of 1541citizens aged 18 years old and above, and covering all governorates. All phone interviews were conducted from 18 to 20 April, 2016. The response rate was around 46%, and the margin of error in the results is less than 3%. The poll was self-funded by Baseera as a part of its social responsibility activities.
For more information on the detailed findings and the methodology adopted, or to see the graphic presentation of results, please visit our website: www.baseera.com.eg
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