January 2007



Voting preference if Presidential elections were held today. * Poverty level. Crosstabulation
% within Poverty level.


Poverty level. Total
Hardship cases Below the poverty line Above the poverty line
Voting preference if Presidential elections were held today. Abu Mazen 42.4% 37.8% 30.8% 38.6%
Khaled Masha'al 4.0% 6.4% 2.5% 4.3%
Ahmad Saadat 1.8% .6% 3.3% 1.8%
Ismael Hanieh 19.9% 16.0% 16.7% 18.1%
Marwan Barghouti 18.1% 23.1% 20.8% 20.1%
Mohammad Dahlan 5.1% 5.1% 5.8% 5.3%
Nasser Qudweh .7% 1.3% 2.5% 1.3%
Mustafa Barghouti 6.5% 6.4% 7.5% 6.7%
Other 1.4% 3.2% 10.0% 3.8%
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

Chi-Square Tests

Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 29.074(a) 16 .023
Likelihood Ratio 26.509 16 .047
Linear-by-Linear Association 11.342 1 .001
N of Valid Cases 552

a 6 cells (22.2%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 1.52.