According to a new survey by NDI, 43% of Georgians believe that the country is developing in the wrong direction, in addition, the situation with poverty, crime, territorial integrity and education has deteriorated in the last 10 years.
A public opinion poll conducted on December 7-13 shows that the majority of the population has a negative attitude towards the ongoing processes in the country, while 52% of respondents are dissatisfied with the work of the government.
Three major challenges for the population are related to economic hardship: 32% of respondents cite poverty and rising prices / inflation as the main challenges, while the third place is occupied by the problem of employment with 29%. At the same time, according to the population, the situation with poverty (75%), crime (58%), territorial integrity (53%), education (51%) and corruption (44%) has deteriorated in recent years.
The population also assessed the political situation in Georgia, half of the respondents believe that there is no democracy in Georgia at the moment, and 34% believe that Georgia was an example of democracy for its neighbors, but now it is no more. The desire to join the EU (83%) and NATO (77%) remains unchanged, but the majority thinks that neither the Georgian Dream (51%) nor the elected opposition parties (53%) think in the interests of the people and the country.
To the question – which party is closest to your interests? 41% answered – none of the parties, and 80% support cooperation between parties.
The NDI survey also included pandemic issues, with 73% of the population trusting the health care system in whole or in part, though 42% said they did not intend to get the vaccine because 38% did not trust the quality of the vaccine and 20% for health-related reasons.
The NDI survey was conducted by telephone survey method and 2099 people were interviewed. The margin of error is +/- 1.3%.
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