Election Statement
Resources
Public Attitudes in Georgia: Results of a June 2012 Survey
Note: The English version of this document was updated July 20 to include all of the slides that have been shared publicly to date.
NDI Poll: Iraq Enters a Critical Period, September, October 2011
Iraq entered a critical period as citizens struggle with economic insecurity and increasingly felt ignored by the political class. With the withdrawal of all U.S. troops, a lack of confidence in the Iraqi government’s ability to run the country—creating jobs, providing basic services, and security—threatened to imperil the fledgling democracy.
Strengthening Parliamentary Accountability, Citizen Engagement and Access to Information: A Global Survey of Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations
With the potential to give voice to citizen concerns, oversee public spending, and help spur development, parliaments play a key role in deepening democracy. Citizen groups have become more active in monitoring parliaments, assessing their performance and coming up with new ways to enable citizens to participate in the political process.
Public Discontent and Divisions Intensifying Results from the July 2011 Iraq National Survey
Iraqi perceptions of their government and leaders go from bad to worse. A third round of focus groups indicated that the window of opportunity for the new government is quickly shutting, and that as time goes by, citizens grow increasingly frustrated with a lack of responsiveness from their leaders. Focus group participants characterized the government as deaf to their concerns, politically divided, solely self-interested, and lacking the capacity and willingness to address their problems.
