March 2007



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


Factional trust. Total
Hamas Fateh PFLP Islamic Jihad Others 6 No faction
Has Hamas maintained its pre-election strategy or has its strategy become more reasonable or more extreme? Its strategy has remained the same 33.3% 14.9% 18.2% 17.6% 12.5%
25.0% 22.5%
Its strategy became more reasonable 59.6% 45.4% 68.2% 58.8% 62.5% 100.0% 51.1% 52.3%
Its strategy became more extreme 7.0% 39.8% 13.6% 23.5% 25.0%
23.9% 25.2%
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

Chi-Square Tests

Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 68.196(a) 12 .000
Likelihood Ratio 74.464 12 .000
Linear-by-Linear Association .561 1 .454
N of Valid Cases 652

a 8 cells (38.1%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is .23.