Poll: Only Slight Majority In Egypt Backs Al-Sissi
[Ynet] Only a slight majority of Egyptians look favorably on Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi, the former army chief who ousted the elected president and is now a heavy favorite to win next week's presidential elections, according to a poll released Thursday by a US-based research center.
The poll found that 54 percent of respondents look favorably on al-Sissi, while 45 percent view him unfavorably.
In other words he ought to win, even without stuffing the ballot box. | The military takeover he led last July to oust Morsi had the support of 54 percent, while 43 percent oppose it.
Significantly, 42 percent looked favorably at Morsi,
Fascinating. What a pity there are no reset buttons in real life. |
Fifty-four percent is not enough of a margin for either a dictator or a Democrat... | who is in detention and on trial for a range of charges - some of which carry the death penalty - and is daily demonized by the media. In a Pew poll a year ago, before his ouster, Morsi had an approval rating of 53 percent.
Pew's poll was based on 1,000 face-to-face interviews with adults who are 18 and older. The interviews were conducted between April 10 and 29. It has a margin of error of 4.3 percentage points.
Posted by: trailing wife 2014-05-24 |