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I. Profile of the Study Population ................................................................... 16 Table 1.1- Age-sex structure Table 1.2- Educational Attainment Table 1.3- Employment status Table 1.4- Type of occupation Table 1.5- Religion Table 1.6- Ethnicity II. Voters Intention ................... .............................................................. 18 Table 2.1- As far as you are concerned what are the three most important issues in the up coming election? Table 2.2- Do you intend to vote in the upcoming election? Table 2.3- Which party would be your first choice in the up coming election? Table 2.4- Which party would be your second choice in the up coming election? Table 2.5- What are the reasons that you do not intend to vote in the up coming election? Table 2.6- How important are the following issues to you personally in the 2005 election? Table 2.7- Please, list down issues that are not included in the above list III Election Campaign Activities ............................... ................. 23 Table 3.1- Do you personally follow the election campaign activities recently "Table 3.2- Which source of information do you usually use when it comes to election? Table 3.3- In your opinion political issues concern you personally? Table 3.4- Do you personally follow our country's political situation? Table 3.5- Why don't you follow the election campaign activities? Table 3.6- Do you discuss politics freely? Table 3.7- Do you ever discuss issues concerning election with your family members? Table 3.8- Do you ever discuss issues concerning election with persons out side your family members Table 3.9A- How do you assess the democratic situation in our country? Table 3.9B- To your understanding where does the executive power rest with, the president or the prime minister? Table 3.10- In your opinion, is it beneficial for a leader to stay in power for more than two election periods? Table 3.11- Would you support the election of a woman as a leader in Ethiopia? Table 3.12- Why don't you support the election of a woman as a leader? Table 3.13- Do you agree with the opinion that "politicians shy away from the public that elected them"? Table 3.14- Do you agree with the opinion that "a person like me would not make any impact on politics and government"? Table 3.15- Do you agree with the opinion that "for a person like me politics and government activity are too complicated"? Table 3.16- Do you agree with the opinion that "government wouldn't care for what ever is said by a person like me"? Table 3.17- Do you agree with the opinion that "politicians lie in order to be elected"? IV Personal Living Standard and Unemployment .............................................. 26 Table 4.1- In terms of living standard, are you better off, no change or worse off when compared with the past five years? Table 4.2- Do you think that in the coming years living standard will be better off, will not change or worse off ? Table 4.3- Have the policies, rules and regulations ofFDRE benefited you or negatively affected you? Table 4.4- Have the policies, rules and regulations of Regional Government benefited you or negatively affected you? Table 4.5- In your opinion, unemployment in Ethiopia has gone up, no change or gone down or not changed since EPRDF took power? Table 4.6- In your opinion, in the coming years unemployment will go up, will go down or remain the same? V Appraising Politicians .............................. ........... ................... .......... 28 Table 5.1- Using the scale "know well", "know less" state how well do you know each of the following politicians? Table 5.2- Using the scale "High", "Medium" and "Low", state your view on the following Politicians' leading qualities? Table 5.3- Using the scale "Wise", "Nationalist", "Patient", "All the three" or "None of the three", or others, state your view on the following politicians? Table 5.4- Using the scale "High", "Medium" and "Low", evaluate the capacity of the following political parties? V I R egional Issues ..................................... .............................................. .... 31 Table 6.1- If elected, which party will do better for your region,? Table 6.2- If elected, which party will treat all regions equally? Table 6.3- If elected, which party will treat your region unfairly? VII Policies, Rules and Regulations ................................. ............................... 32 Table 7.1- In your opinion, who is responsible for creating jobs? Table 7.2- Do you agree or disagree with the opinion that ' more support has to be rendered to less developed regions? Table 7.3- Do you agree with the opinion that "EPRDF has fulfilled the promises it made during last election campaign"? Table 7.4 - Do you agree with the opinion that "EPRDF has done a good job in keeping the interest of Ethiopia"? Table 7.5 - Do you agree with the opinion that "EPRDF has achieved encouraging result in fighting crimes"? Table 7.6 - Do you agree with the opinion that "EPRDF is fighting corruption effectively? Table 7.7 - Do you agree with the opinion that "EPRDF has provided education and health care for all"? Table 7.8 - Do you agree with the opinion that "EPRDF is the only strong party in this country"? VIII National Econom y ..................................... ... .. .. .... ...................... 35 Table 8.1- In your opinion, Ethiopia's living standard has improved, did not improve or worsened during the past years? Table 8.2- In your opinion, the Federal policies, rules and regulations have improved, not improved or worsened Ethiopia during the past years? Table 8.3- In your opinion, the living standard in Ethiopia will improve, will not improve or will be worse off in the coming years? IX Election Forecast ....... ................. .......................... 36*** - Table 9.1- In your opinion, which party will be elected from the following list of parties?