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Opinion polls differ wildly 3 months ahead of Georgian election

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Zurab Bigvava. (Facebook.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Two opinion polls show vastly different levels of support for the two main contenders in Georgia’s parliamentary election, scheduled for October 8.

A poll conducted by Georgian Dream gives the party a lead of 35 percent, with the United National

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Surveys differing wildly ahead of Georgian election

Gaba Gokashvili, parliamentarian for the ruling National Movement party, says his party has the same level of support now as it used to. NDI's poll showed them with an 11 percentage point drop. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – The opposition Georgian Dream party does not trust the results of a survey conducted by the National Democratic Institute (NDI), which shows that the governing party of President Saakashvili has twice as much support as Georgian Dream.

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The American Institutes’ Surveys and Georgian Politics

Ramaz Sakvarelidze is political commentator.

As for many things in Georgia, the fate of sociology is dramatic in Georgian politics, writes Ramaz Sakvarelidze, political commentator.

The culmination of this drama was the so-called exit poll on election day in 2008. The results of this survey were nearly identical to

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NDI Georgia defends poll which shows Ivanishvili losing

No comment. Luis Navarro, NDI's Georgia man, refuses to comment on why the poll didn't have a presidential candidate from the ruling party compared against opposition candidates. "I don’t want to comment on that part of the survey which we didn’t publish," he says. (Photo: Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – A new poll by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) shows the opposition Georgian Dream led by Bidzina Ivanishvili reduced to only 10%. Mikhail Saakashvili’s National Movement party receives 47%.

NDI has been in hot waters locally over the poll,

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U.S. Ambassador to Georgia is confident in NDI's polling methods

U.S. Ambassador to Georgia John Bass says NDI's and IRI's polls are done by legitimate methodology and it's important to distinguish between the results themselves and they way the results are portrayed.

TBILISI, DFWatch – The U.S. Embassy to Georgia has expressed its confidence in surveys done by the National Democratic Institute and the International Republican Institute and says the polls are conducted professionally and are based on legitimate methodology.

The

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