ArmInfo. In Armenia, about 50% of respondents are ready to take to the streets if the parliamentary elections are rigged. This is according to the "Wrong Blue" poll conducted by the consulting company MPG.
When asked whether they would take to the streets if the elections scheduled for June 7 were rigged, 38.9% of respondents said they would definitely take to the streets, another 10.4% said they would definitely, 9.7% said they would definitely not, 35.7% said they would definitely not, and 5.3% were undecided. Interestingly, in May of this year, 40.5% of respondents were definitely ready to take to the streets, while 10.8% said they would rather take to the streets, 8.2% said they would rather not, 34.7% said they definitely would not, and 5.9% were undecided. It's worth noting that in the April survey, fewer respondents said they would definitely take to the streets-only 36.6%-while more said they would not take to the streets-39.1%.
At the same time, according to the survey, 29.2% of respondents were confident that the elections in Armenia would be fair, another 25.4% said they would rather be fair, 17.7% said they would rather be rigged, 16% said they would definitely be rigged, and another 11.8% were undecided.
According to the survey, 91.7% of respondents were able to accurately name the election date, compared to 84.4% in May. 3.8% incorrectly named the party, while another 4.5% said they didn't know the election date.
When asked which political party's campaign they had seen, 62% of respondents named Nikol Pashinyan's ruling Civil Contract party, 45.9% named Samvel Karapetyan's Strong Armenia bloc, 32.5% named second president Robert Kocharyan's Armenia bloc, 28.2% named Gagik Tsarukyan's Prosperous Armenia party, 13.7% named former ombudsman Arman Tatoyan's Wings of Unity party, 12.5% named Aram Sargsyan's Republic Party, 12.4% named Hayk Marutyan's New Force, 12% named Against All, and 11.1% named Edmon Marukyan's Enlightened Armenia party. For other political forces, the figures ranged from 10.2% to 8.2%. 0.5% gave a different answer, and another 24.7% stated that they had not encountered such a situation.
The survey was conducted via telephone calls to residents of the Republic of Armenia between June 2-3 of this year. The sample size was 1,104 people, with a margin of error of +/- 3%.
In 2011, MPG became the official representative in Armenia of the Gallup International Association, one of the most prestigious and independent public opinion research organizations in the world. Since 2003, MPG, operating in the sociological and marketing research market, has implemented over 800 projects of varying sizes.
