37.9% of Palestinian youths would vote for Abbas over Haniyeh in an election, while 23.9% chose Haniyeh
Poll carried out by The Jerusalem Media and Communication Centre, which interviewed "a random sample of 1000 people over the age of 15-29" in the West Bank and Gaza between April 13-19, 2016.
"If presidential elections were held with only President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and Isma’el Haniyeh as candidates, 37.9% of respondents said they would vote for Abbas, while 23.9% chose Haniyeh.
However, if these elections were held and President Abbas did not run, then 15.8% of respondents said they would vote for Marwan Barghouthi, 14.4% would vote for Haniyeh and 5.5% said they would vote for Dahlan, most of those who said they would vote for the latter were from the Gaza Strip.
The poll showed that the greater percentage of youths polled, or 33.8%, trust Fatah more, while 19.1% said they trusted Hamas more, followed by 3.4% who trust the PFLP and 32.5% of youths who said they don’t trust any faction.
The greater percentage of youth polled, or 16%, said they trusted President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) more while 13% said they trusted Isma’el Haniyeh more, 8.7% said they trusted Marwan Barghouthi more, 4% said Mohammed Dahlan, 3.2% said Khaled Meshal and 32.7% said they didn’t trust anyone."
"If presidential elections were held with only President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and Isma’el Haniyeh as candidates, 37.9% of respondents said they would vote for Abbas, while 23.9% chose Haniyeh.
However, if these elections were held and President Abbas did not run, then 15.8% of respondents said they would vote for Marwan Barghouthi, 14.4% would vote for Haniyeh and 5.5% said they would vote for Dahlan, most of those who said they would vote for the latter were from the Gaza Strip.
The poll showed that the greater percentage of youths polled, or 33.8%, trust Fatah more, while 19.1% said they trusted Hamas more, followed by 3.4% who trust the PFLP and 32.5% of youths who said they don’t trust any faction.
The greater percentage of youth polled, or 16%, said they trusted President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) more while 13% said they trusted Isma’el Haniyeh more, 8.7% said they trusted Marwan Barghouthi more, 4% said Mohammed Dahlan, 3.2% said Khaled Meshal and 32.7% said they didn’t trust anyone."