33% of Armenians believe their country would benefit from Kerry'sele

[Emil Lazarian]

33 PERCENT OF ARMENIANS BELIEVE THEIR COUNTRY WOULD BENEFIT FROM JOHN KERRY'S ELECTION

ArmenPress
Sept 28 2004

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 27, ARMENPRESS: The November 2 presidential
election in the US is in the limelight of other nations too. A Vox
Populi center for studying public opinion conducted a survey to learn
what Armenians think about the US polls.

According to 33 percent of respondents, Armenia would benefit from
John Kerry's election, and only 17 percent believe that George W.
Bush's reelection would be beneficial to Armenia, while 19 percent
said they could not answer that question.

Forty-three percent do not believe that if elected John Kerry's
administration would officially recognize the 1915 Armenian genocide,
while 23 said it might be possible.

Some 23 percent said they could not say whether the US policy towards
Armenia would change if Kerry were elected president, while another
23 percent said it would hardly change and only 12 percent believe
that the policy would change.

The survey was conducted among 645 residents of Yerevan aged 18 and
more between September 19-14.