AZERBAIJANIS AGAINST POLITICIZATION OF EUROVISION 2012
Kyiv Post
May 2 2012
Ukraine
Yesterday at 11:39 | Interfax-Ukraine BAKU - Most Azerbaijanis
disapprove of the attempts by the local opposition to use the
Eurovision 2012 song contest due to be held in Baku in late May for
political ends, according to the findings of a poll conducted by the
Rey (Opinion) Monitoring Center.
When asked about their attitude towards opposition demonstrations in
relation to the forthcoming contest, only 4.3% respondents claimed
support.
Two point three percent rather support such demonstration, while 5.6%
respondents are indifferent. Sixteen point eight percent said they
rather disapprove of such demonstrations; 64.1% said they do not
support and 6.9% could not answer.
Forty-one point nine percent of respondents said they were outraged
by the opposition's actions; 15.5% said they were alarmed by such
demonstrations; 2.3% feel hopeful seeing such demonstrations, 16.8%
disappointed and 14.4% indifferent.
When expressing their attitude towards the slogan, "We need Karabakh,
not Eurovision," chanted at the opposition demonstrations, nearly
45.8% respondents called it "a provocation aimed at forming a negative
attitude towards the contest," with only 5.5% respondents agreeing
with this slogan.
The poll was conducted among 1,500 respondents aged 18 and above on
April 24-29. The margin of error is 3%.
Read more:
http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/126919/#ixzz1toFbJEBV
Kyiv Post
May 2 2012
Ukraine
Yesterday at 11:39 | Interfax-Ukraine BAKU - Most Azerbaijanis
disapprove of the attempts by the local opposition to use the
Eurovision 2012 song contest due to be held in Baku in late May for
political ends, according to the findings of a poll conducted by the
Rey (Opinion) Monitoring Center.
When asked about their attitude towards opposition demonstrations in
relation to the forthcoming contest, only 4.3% respondents claimed
support.
Two point three percent rather support such demonstration, while 5.6%
respondents are indifferent. Sixteen point eight percent said they
rather disapprove of such demonstrations; 64.1% said they do not
support and 6.9% could not answer.
Forty-one point nine percent of respondents said they were outraged
by the opposition's actions; 15.5% said they were alarmed by such
demonstrations; 2.3% feel hopeful seeing such demonstrations, 16.8%
disappointed and 14.4% indifferent.
When expressing their attitude towards the slogan, "We need Karabakh,
not Eurovision," chanted at the opposition demonstrations, nearly
45.8% respondents called it "a provocation aimed at forming a negative
attitude towards the contest," with only 5.5% respondents agreeing
with this slogan.
The poll was conducted among 1,500 respondents aged 18 and above on
April 24-29. The margin of error is 3%.
Read more:
http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/126919/#ixzz1toFbJEBV