National Voter Survey in Egypt - Danish Institute for Parties and ...

Summary of Key Findings (Survey 2400 respondents, Sep. 16-27)
Parliamentary Elections:
• There are a higher proportion of decided voters for the upcoming elections in September compared to August. 62% of the voters that
intend to vote in elections have decided which party to vote for. In august there were 43% decided voters.
• Stability/security is high on the voters’ agenda. In September 40 % of Egyptians state that security/stability is the most important issue
that the needs to addressed. This is an increase from 27% in August. The other two issues that are high on the agenda are ”reducing daily
living expenses” (23%) and ”unemployment” (21%).
• The Freedom and Justice Party (Muslim Brotherhood) increases their popular support for the upcoming parliamentary elections. The
party enjoys support from 39% of the decided voters in September up from 31,5% in August.
• The liberal Al Wafd party and Freedom and Justice party coalition partner also increases their support. Al Wafd stands to gain 20% of
the votes in September up from 14,8% in August.
• The political parties are viewed more favorably. As the elections day is getting nearer and awareness about the political parties increases
the population views the party more favorably. The Freedom and Justice Party and the Al Wafd party also have the best
favorables/unfavorables.
Current Affairs:
• Egyptians view bullying, illegal drugs, robbery and illegal weapons as serious problems in their neighborhood. Around 40% of the
Egyptian views these four issues as serious problems.
• Egyptians favor martial law over civil law to address the security concerns in their neighborhood. A clear majority of 65% wants martial
law imposed to address problems in their neighborhood. Only 34% favors civil law.
• Protesters should be prevented from using the Tahrir Square. 65% of the Egyptian either agrees or strongly agrees that protesters should
be prevented from using the Tahrir Square.
• Egyptians favor a measured response to the crisis with Israel using diplomatic channels. The population wants to keep the peace treaty
with Israel, but favor a renegotiation. Following the killing of Egyptian soldiers on the Israeli-Egyptian border, the stance is that the response
should be an apology from Israel. The people morever want to put pressure on Israel in relation to the question of Palestine.
• Egyptians trust the judicial system to properly deal with the trail of former President Mubarak. A clear majority of 67% agree that the
trail of Former President Mubarak should be completed no matter what and 78% are willing to accept whatever the outcome of the trail is.
Presidential Elections:
• Amr Moussa still has a commanding lead in the presidential race. There has been little development in the support for the presidential
candidates and former Secretary General of the Arab League and Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa still has a commanding lead in the
presidential race as he gets support from 45% of decided voters. Ahmed Shafiq (former interim prime minister) is second with 13% of the
decided voters.
Source: Two surveys from Sep. 16-27 and Aug. 5-17 with representative samples each with 2400 respondents of Egyptian Nationality above 18 years of
age across 22 governorates
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