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When should politicians abdicate?
Veselský, Michal
In March 2007 CVVM SOÚ AV ČR provided a survey, what affairs in public and political life are according to Czechs compatible with holding office and which ones should lead to resignation of a politician. Most Czech people take radical attitude to politicians who are sentenced or charged of crime (this is in both cases – when a crime relates to holding office and when a crime is not in relation to holding office as well) – agreement with resignation was almost unanimous. On the other hand Czechs are most benevolent concerning criminality of a relative of a politician (34 % agree with abdication), infidelity (35 % for resignation) and finally commission of penal offence (46 % agree).
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On the elections to the European Parliament
Kunštát, Daniel
In March 2009, 49% of Czech citizens expressed willingness to participate in the election to the European Parliament. On the other hand, 36 % of Czech voters did not want to vote. The remaining 15% were still undecided. 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 European Parliament?’ The answers indicate that most votes would be given to the Civil Democratic Party (ODS, 31 %) and the Czech Social Democratic Party (CSSD, 29 %), followed by the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSCM, 12,5 %), the Green Party (SZ, 6,5 %) and the Christian and Democratic Union (KDU-CSL, 5 %).
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Taxation in View of Public Opinion
Červenka, Jan
According to February 2009 survey 8 % of citizens regard taxation on high-income earners as high, 18 % say it is adequate and 62 % think it is low. Taxation on average-income earners is considered to be high by 38 % of respondents, adequate by 49 % and low by 3 % of citizens. Taxation on low-income earners was supposed to be high by 68 %, adequate by 19 % and low by 3 %. 72 % of respondents think that tax rate should be higher for high-income earners than for low-income earners.
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The influence of the public on politics
Veselský, Michal
In february 2009 CVVM posed a few questions on how can people influence decision making and how they should be able to influence so. Majority was willing to leave government's decisions to politicians (59 %) but on the other hand the informants claimed to have a right to decide about an important legal acts in a plebiscite (65 %).
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Citizens on U.S. Anti-Missile Radar Base in Czech Republic - February 2009
Červenka, Jan
According to February survey of CVVM SOÚ AV ČR 70 % of Czech citizens did not agree with planned deployment of U.S. anti-missile radar in Czech Republic, on the other hand 25 % of respondents would approve it. 72 % respondents expressed their opinion that this question should be decided in a referendum, 22 % of Czechs disagreed with holding a plebiscite in this matter.
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Party Preferences and Voting Model in March 2009
Kunštát, Daniel
In March 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. Voting model indicate anticipated result of elections to Chamber of Deputies in the time of the survey. Voting model comes out of Party preferences but it includes only those who want to take part in elections and they answered us a Party they would vote for – in short this group does not include undecided people and non – voters.
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Nato in View of Czech Public
Červenka, Jan
According to January survey 65 % of Czechs see existence of Nato as necessary today, only 14 % think that Nato is useless. 60 % of Czechs evaluate recent expansion of Nato in region of Eastern and South-eastern Europe as good, 19 % see this step as bad. But contrary to this attitude, Czech public rather oppose incorporation of Ukraine (34 % yes, 39 % no) and Georgia (28 % yes, 43 % no) into Nato.
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Citizens about the Presidency to the European Union
Škodová, Markéta
In February survey the Public Opinion Research Centre focused on topic of the presidency of the European Union. The Czech Republic has assumed 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.
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