Study of attitudes towards political parties and politicians of the population, 2016

19 Aug 2016

“Institute of social studies and analysis” by the order of American research organization “Clear Path Strategies” conducted a sociological research, that aimed to study the attitudes of the population towards the political parties and politicians before the upcoming parliamentary elections.

The sociological research was conducted using both, quantitative and qualitative research.

Focus group method (group discussions) was used in the frame of qualitative research. 6 focus groups were conducted in total in the following cities – Tbilisi, Zugdidi and Batumi. The target group was:

• Voters favoring the ruling party;
• Voter with the neutral and negative attitude towards the ruling party;

The population of Georgia (18 years and above) were interviewed within the quantitative research using face-to-face interview method. 1000 respondents were interviewed in total using face-to-face interview method in Tbilisi and regions (Adjara, Imereti, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Samtskhe-Javakhet, Kvemo Kartli, Shida Kartli). The sampling error was 3% (for the whole sampling). Analysts of the ISSA conducted face-to-face interviews with respondents using questionnaire downloaded from ODG program in their tablets. After processing the data, SPSS database was prepared and given to the customer.