Analysis of Multiple Polls Finds Little Evidence Iranian Public Sees Government as Illegitimate
WorldPublicOpinion.org
06-Feb-2010 (4 comments)

Indications of fraud in the June 12 Iranian presidential election, together with large-scale street demonstrations, have led to claims that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad did not actually win the election, and that the majority of Iranians perceive their government as illegitimate and favor regime change.

An analysis of multiple polls of the Iranian public from three different sources finds little evidence to support such conclusions.

The analysis conducted by the Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland (PIPA), was based on:

•  a series of 10 recently-released polls conducted by the University of Tehran; eight conducted in the month before the June 12 election and two conducted in the month after the election, based on telephone interviews conducted within Iran
•  a poll by GlobeScan conducted shortly after the election, based on telephone interviews conducted within Iran
•  a poll by WorldPublicOpinion.org (managed by PIPA) conducted August 27--September 10, based on telephone interviews made by calling into Iran

The study sought to address the widely-discussed hypotheses that Ahmadinejad did not win the June 12 election and that the Iranian people perceive their government as illegitimate. It also sought to explore the assumption that the opposition represents a movement favoring a substantially different posture toward the United States. The analysis of the data found little evidence to... >>>

Raminjun

Reasons not to expect regime change in Iran?

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Some food for thought for those who think the Islamic Republic is teetering on the brink of collapse, comes the following report from the Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland. Their analysis of numerous surveys suggests that Ahmadinejad really did win the election, even though there were probably irregularities and his reported margin may have been inflated. So are the polls tainted by the regime interferences or there is any truth in these polls? You decide...


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Raminjun

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The fact that your post got 153 visitors simply proves that many, including myself, saw this article for the frst time.

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by maqshush on

This exact post has already been made at //iranian.com/main/blog/sargord-pirouz/multip...


vildemose

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by vildemose on

You have already been debunked. Shame on you aghazadeh joon.

Read all the comments here.

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