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FOR SALE: RESPONDENTS SAY VOTES DON'T MATTER EXCEPT IN HOW MUCH THEY ARE WORTH IN BRIBES
Gohar Abrahamyan
ArmeniaNow
Vote 2012 | 13.04.12 | 15:48
A survey conducted by Exit Poll non-governmental organization (NGO)
showed that a great number of voters in Armenia are ready to sell
their votes to the highest bidder.
The survey was commissioned by Public Opinion Institute of Political
and Social Researches of Black Sea Caucasian Region and asked
participants who they would vote for.
A total of 2,710 participated and the survey results showed the
two main political forces - Republican Party of Armenia (RPA)
and Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) together received 50 percent of
the votes.
"About 13.2 percent of the survey participants do not know whom
to vote for, and to the question why they are planning to vote for
this or that political force 20.3 percent could not answer," Levon
Andriasyan, director of The Public Opinion Institute of Political
and Social Researches of Black Sea Caucasian Region said at a press
conference on Friday.
"Most of the survey participants say that their votes have no value
and their votes will not be counted anyway, therefore they will
vote for those who give them more money," Andriasyan says, adding
that during the past elections these kinds of answers were rare,
"whereas now people even do not hide it."
Gohar Abrahamyan
ArmeniaNow
Vote 2012 | 13.04.12 | 15:48
A survey conducted by Exit Poll non-governmental organization (NGO)
showed that a great number of voters in Armenia are ready to sell
their votes to the highest bidder.
The survey was commissioned by Public Opinion Institute of Political
and Social Researches of Black Sea Caucasian Region and asked
participants who they would vote for.
A total of 2,710 participated and the survey results showed the
two main political forces - Republican Party of Armenia (RPA)
and Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) together received 50 percent of
the votes.
"About 13.2 percent of the survey participants do not know whom
to vote for, and to the question why they are planning to vote for
this or that political force 20.3 percent could not answer," Levon
Andriasyan, director of The Public Opinion Institute of Political
and Social Researches of Black Sea Caucasian Region said at a press
conference on Friday.
"Most of the survey participants say that their votes have no value
and their votes will not be counted anyway, therefore they will
vote for those who give them more money," Andriasyan says, adding
that during the past elections these kinds of answers were rare,
"whereas now people even do not hide it."