March 2007



Has Hamas maintained its pre-election strategy or has its strategy become more reasonable or more extreme? * Region of residence. Crosstabulation
% within Region of residence.


Region of residence. Total
West Bank Gaza Strip
Has Hamas maintained its pre-election strategy or has its strategy become more reasonable or more extreme? Its strategy has remained the same 19.5% 27.5% 22.8%
Its strategy became more reasonable 57.9% 44.3% 52.2%
Its strategy became more extreme 22.7% 28.2% 25.0%
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

Chi-Square Tests

Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 12.865(a) 2 .002
Likelihood Ratio 12.881 2 .002
Linear-by-Linear Association .221 1 .638
N of Valid Cases 693

a 0 cells (.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 65.43.