Polled citizens arrogate a significant influence on voting decision-making to all inquired factors more often when judging their impact on other people than personally on themselves. Mass media, political beliefs and long-term biases to a political party are most often counted as influential factors on voting decision in case of other people. Political beliefs, pre-electoral party platforms and long-term biases to a political party are most often evaluated as important in case of personal voting decision of polled individuals.

47 % of polled citizens see platforms of political parties as quite different; two fifths (41 %) think that they are not much different. 38 % of Czechs accept the negative campaign bent on political rivals, 53 % disapprove such a campaign. Only one quarter of citizens thinks that newly elected MPs will represent interests of their voters properly. 50 % of respondents believed that the upcoming elections can make significant changes, 39 % expressed the opposite stance.

In May survey we asked respondents about their opinion of current election campaign. A half of respondents dislike current election campaign (answers I definitely dislike and I rather dislike), almost a third of respondents does not watch election campaign and 15 % of people said they like it. (answers I definitely like and I rather like).

Respondents also talked about their attitude to election campaign of some Parties.

In May survey we asked respondents some questions to investigate how they evaluate

current election campaign, whether they are interested in pre-elect situation and whether think that they are well informed about pre-election events.

Survey showed us that election campaign is watched by 40 % of people (answers :I definitely watch (7 %)+ I rather watch(33 %)); two thirds of respondents are not interested in it at all: 40 % of respondents told our questioners that they do not watch it (rather) and 20% of czech citizens said they do not watch (definitely) election campaign.

Three quarters of Czech citizens suppose public participation in June elections to Chamber of Deputies to be important, on contrary 17 % of respondents expressed their distrust to importance of electoral participation. Among most frequent arguments supporting importance of electoral participation there are suggestions that voting is a chance to express sb. opinion and public will and that elections will influence future political progress and development of society.

CVVM Sociologického ústavu AV ČR zjišťovalo v květnovém šetření, zda dotázaní důvěřují vybraným ústavním činitelům (viz tabulky 1 a 2). Předložený seznam obsahoval jména 26 politiků. Do výzkumu byli vedle standardně zařazovaných členů vlády, prezidenta, předsedů Senátu a Poslanecké sněmovny a předsedů parlamentních stran tentokrát výjimečně začleněni také ombudsman a předseda Strany zelených, která má z mimoparlamentních subjektů v nadcházejících volbách největší šanci získat křesla v Poslanecké sněmovně.

Citizen’s trust to all monitored constitutional institutions has not changed since last month. President of our country has been the most trustworthy Czech constitutional institution for over a year. In May 2006 44% of respondents supposed government to be trustworthy. The lowest number of trustees was monitored when considering both Chambers of Czech Parliament. Satisfaction with current political situation in this country has been stable for several months.

In April survey CVVM also focused on public attitude and public relationships between czech population and Romany minority. Survey showed us, that approximately three sixths of czech citizens (69 %) suppose living together (Romany and non-Romyny population) to be problematic. If we compare these data with previous surveys we can see, that since 1997 public attitude to relationships between Romany and non – Romany population has got better.

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Approximately three fifths of respondents (61%) expressed their satisfaction with living conditions close to their home, almost a third of them stated that they are nor satisfied nor dissatisfied with it. Less than a tenth of czech population are dissatisfied with living conditions close to their home. People are mostly satisfied with gas, elektricity and water instalation and canalization. About three quarters of Czech citizens are satisfied with domestic waste disposal and with current level of shops and services.