IRI: 60% of respondents do not support the boycott of parliamentary activities by opposition parties - 45% support early elections and 45% oppose it

According to the survey by the International Republican Institute, 45% of respondents in Georgia support early elections.

According to the survey, despite the fact that Georgian citizens want their elected politicians to continue their parliamentary activities, the public opinion is divided on holding early parliamentary elections: 45% of citizens support early elections, while 45% oppose it.

According to the same survey, amid disagreements between the ruling and opposition parties, 60% of citizens do not support the boycott of parliamentary activities by opposition parties, namely 42% - "completely do not support" and 18% - "somewhat do not support."

For information, according to IRI, the fieldwork of the survey was carried out by the Institute of Polling & Marketing. The survey was coordinated by Dr. Rasa Alisauskiene of the public and market research company Baltic Surveys/The Gallup Organization on behalf of the Center for Insights in Survey Research. Data was collected across Georgia between February 2 and February 26, 2021, through face-to-face interviews in respondents’ homes. The sample consisted of 1,500 permanent residents of Georgia aged 18 and older and eligible to vote. It is representative of the general population by age, gender, region and settlement size. The margin of error does not exceed plus or minus 2.5 percent, and the response rate was 75 percent.