Survey: 3.5% of voters aware of parties’ election programsApril 20, 2012 - 17:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Head of Sociometer sociological center Aharon Adibekyan said only 3.5% of voters are aware of parties’ election programs. Presenting the findings of their regular survey at April 20 press conference, Adibekyan said 17% are familiar with the main provisions, while 51% of voters know the slogans of the parties. According to the expert, 81% of voters mostly get information about the upcoming elections from TV and 49% focus on posters. Leaflets provide for election awareness of 27% and meetings for 7.5% of voters. Only 2% of voters get most part of the information from internet, survey indicated. The study showed that 8% of voters try to track all events, 40.6% follow only major ones, 14.1% of people do not bother to follow any, while 7.7% of respondents have not started to follow the election campaign yet. 37% of survey participants maintained the stance they had, 4.6% hesitated, and 6.2% of voters may pick another favorite. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |