Bidzina Ivanishvili’s Rating Fell by 5% - NDI Survey
22 April, 2013
According to the National Democrativ Institute (NDI) survey, 75% of respondents like Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili. As NDI Georgian office director Luis Navarro said at the press conference at Courtyard Marriot hotel, this rating has fallen by 5%, in comparison with the previous survey.
66% of respondents like Georgian parliament speaker Davit Usupashvili, 59% of those questioned like one of the majority leaders Tina Khidasheli, Eka Beselia - 58%, Zviad Dzidziguri – 52%, minority leader Davit Bakradze – 48%, President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili 25%.
As Luis Navarro said, compared to the previous survey, the approval rating of everyone has fallen, though Davit Usupashvili and Davit Bakradze’s approval rating has increased.
The field work was conducted during the period of March 13th – 27th using the face-to-face interview method with a nationwide representative sample with 3,103 completed interviews.
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