Political

According to September survey of CVVM 50 % of Czech citizens were concerned with events related to recent conflict of Georgia and Russia due to South Ossetia. Majority of Czechs disagrees with both Georgia's military attack against South Ossetia as well as with Russian reaction.

In October survey CVVM investigated how people trust to political Parties and whether they are willing to take part in elections to Chamber of Deputies. In the press release there are two different types of information : Party preference and a model of voting behaviour.

Party preferences give us information about public sympathy with political Parties in the group of citizens who have voting right and there is also included a part of citizens who will not take part in elections or they do not knot who to vote for.

September survey focused on attitudes of Czechs to some representatives of international politics. Respondents were asked to express their confidence or non-confidence to some main figures of international policy and persons involved in recent important events, including both main candidates of oncoming presidential election in the U.S., as well as supreme representatives of Central European countries.

In September survey the Public Opinion Research Centre focused on topic of the presidency of the European Union. The Czech Republic will assume the presidency of the EU on 1 January 2009. The respondents were asked if they are interested in this topic or if they have a lot of informations about the presidency. The survey also investigated citizens’ evaluation of the Czech Republic’s preparations for the presidency.

According to September survey of CVVM SOÚ AV ČR 67 % of Czech citizens did not agree with planned deployment of U.S. anti-missile radar in Czech Republic, on the other hand 28 % of respondents would approve it. 68 % respondents expressed their opinion that this question should be decided in a referendum, 25 % of Czechs disagreed with holding a plebiscite in this matter. People who are against...

According to September survey of CVVM SOÚ AV ČR 67 % of Czech citizens did not agree with planned deployment of U.S. anti-missile radar in Czech Republic, on the other hand 28 % of respondents would approve it. 68 % respondents expressed their opinion that this question should be decided in a referendum, 25 % of Czechs disagreed with holding a plebiscite in this matter. People who are against the referendum are for the most part supporters of idea to locate the U.

On the elections to the regional councils

All respondents eligible to vote (except Prague citizens) were asked the following question: ‘The elections to the regional councils are going to be held in October. Will you participate?’ The question was answered yes by 54% of those surveyed, while 33% said no and 13% did not know.

Those polled who expressed willingness to participate in the elections were then asked the following open question (without a list of parties being used): ‘What political grouping or party are you going to vote for in the elections to your regional council?’ The answers indicate that most votes would be given to the Civil Democratic Party (ODS, 28,5%) and the Czech Social Democratic Party (CSSD, 28,5%), followed by the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSCM, 16%) and the Christian and Democratic Union–Czechoslovak People’s Party (KDU-CSL, 8%) and the Green Party (SZ, 7%).

Popularity of Party Representatives

In September 2008 CVVM SOÚ AV ČR investigated whether respondents trust to selected politicians. They were given a list with 28 names of top politicians who represent political parties present in Chamber of Deputies.

Confidence in constitutional institutions and satisfaction with political situation in September 2008

In September 2008 within the regular survey CVVM SOÚ AV ČR, v.v.i., questioned respondents about their confidence in constitutional institutions. In this month there was a question about their trust to Chambers of Parliament, Government, President, Local and Regional Councils.

As a part of the CVVM surveys there is a question about public satisfaction with current political situation in the Czech Republic.

In September survey CVVM investigated how people trust to political Parties and whether they are willing to take part in elections to Chamber of Deputies. In the press release there are two different types of information : Party preference and a model of voting behaviour.

Party preferences give us information about public sympathy with political Parties in the group of citizens who have voting right and there is also included a part of citizens who will not take part in elections or they do not knot who to vote for.