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Details: Author: Miluše Rezková; Category: Work, Income, Living Level; Created: 18 March 2002

With the exception of Romania and Bulgaria where the majority of inhabitants perceive their materialistic living conditions as being bad, the inhabitants of the other countries usually describe them as being average. This group in the Czech Republic contains 48% of respondents. The proportion of our inhabitants describing their condition as being very good or relatively good is 28%, which is the best result out of all countries surveyed.

Details: Author: Daniel Kunštát; Category: Election, parties; Created: 15 March 2002

No major sociodemographic differences occurred in respect of CSSD supporters (25%), except a higher percentage of white-collar employees. The ODS (23%) is attractive primarily for respondents with good living standards and voters with university or full secondary education. The party also occupies a strong position among businessmen and tradesmen, white-collar employees, intellectual workers and among Prague inhabitants.

Details: Author: Miluše Rezková; Category: Work, Income, Living Level; Created: 15 March 2002

The inhabitants of the surveyed countries do not expect any significant economic changes both for the better or worse before the beginning of the next year. Approximately half of Poles, Hungarians and Russians and approximately two fifths of Czechs, Slovaks and Bulgarians envisage economic stagnation. Those who are most enthusiastic about their future are Hungarians – almost one third of them (31%) envisage a positive development and only eight percent a negative development.

Details: Author: Jan Červenka; Category: Election, parties; Created: 14 March 2002

The public considers the ODS and the CSSD to be two equal champions in the election, while not so many people believe in the success of the former Four-Coalition. It is widely believed that the election will not result in a change in the current state of affairs.

Details: Author: Daniel Kunštát; Category: Election, parties; Created: 08 March 2002

The ODS and the CSSD obtained most votes (both 19%) in the assessment of political personalities. In this respect, the results of the ODS and the CSSD were similar (see table 2) also before the 1998 election, whereas in 1996, the ODS had a commanding lead in the assessment of political personalities. The ODS is most frequently regarded by respondents as a party that makes the greatest contribution towards the development of entrepreneurship (40%) and that will best ensure the interests of the Czech Republic (18%).

Details: Author: Alice Glasová; Category: Politicians, Political institutions; Created: 28 February 2002

From the leaders of the parties represented in the Parliament of the Czech Republic the highest level of public confidence was achieved by V. Špidla (57%). He is followed by Svoboda (37%), Marvanová (35%), Klaus (31%), Grebeníček (16%) and Žantovský (13%). Among party leaders people most often concurrently trust V. Špidla and C. Svoboda (26%). The top position remains in the hands of Stanislav Gross (trusted by 72% of the respondents), who is followed by Petra Buzková (65%).

Details: Author: Daniel Kunštát; Category: Other; Created: 27 February 2002

The left-wing orientation is traditionally reported among pensioners, blue-collar workers, respondents with low living standards and sympathisers of the KSCM and the CSSD – the latter also make a strong presence in the middle of the scale. The right-wing orientation is more widespread among people with higher education (high school with a final exam, universities), white-collar personnel, businessmen, intellectual workers, respondents with good living standards, as well as among supporters of the ODS, US-DEU and the 4K.

Details: Author: Miluše Rezková; Category: Politicians, Political institutions; Created: 26 February 2002

According to most of the respondents (63%) the morale of the politicians should be viewed more strictly than the morale of other citizens. More people think that politicians should be also judged by their private lives.

Details: Author: Alice Glasová; Category: Politicians, Political institutions; Created: 22 February 2002

The president is trusted by 54%, government by 46%, Chamber of Deputies by 30%, Senate by 25% and regional councils by 28% of the respondents. The level of confidence in Zeman’s government has reached its historical maximum.

Details: Author: Alice Glasová; Category: Political Situation; Created: 21 February 2002

31% of those surveyed are satisfied with the political situation in the Czech Republic, whereas 63% are not.

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The Inhabitants of Seven Countries Describe their Materialistic Conditions

Party preferences in late February and early March 2002

The Inhabitants of Seven Countries Describe the Economic Situation of their Countries

Public opinion on the coming election

Image of political parties

Politicians’ popularity

The classification on a left-right scale

How to judge politicians?

Confidence in constitutional institutions

Satisfaction with the political situation