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government's performance has increased. Some 60% of respondents said that the government’s performance was “bad” (April 2019 – 56%; December 2018 – 48%). The number of those respondents satisfied with the government performance in contrast decreased. Only 32% evaluated the government performance as “good” (April 2019 – 36%; December 2018 – 44%).
As for political preferences, Georgian Dream seems to enjoy relatively strong support, compared to other parties, while trust in political parties in general plummeted.
A total of 45% of respondents said that none of the parties was closest to them, an 8% increase compared to the April 2019 survey. Six percent of respondents noted that they did not support any party and 4% declined to answer the question.
According to the survey, Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia (GDDG) enjoyed the strongest public support with 19% of respondents identifying GDDG as “the party closest” to them against 21% and 27% of respondents in the April 2019 and December 2018 surveys, respectively.
The United National Movement (UNM) enjoyed 9% support (April 2019 – 15%; December 2018 – 12%); followed by European Georgia (April 2019 – 4%, December 2018 – 3%) and the Alliance of Patriots (April 2019 – 3%; December 2018 – 3%) with 4% each. Nine percent of respondents named other parties.
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