Opposition Polls, Administrative Resources & Possible Campaign Violations
Writing in the comments section of a post on The Armenian Observer, Aramazd Ghalamkaryan provides details of a Yerevan-based opinion poll which shows the first president, Levon Ter Petrosian, narrowly leading the prime minister, Serge Sargsyan, ahead of next month’s presidential election.
The information is particularly interesting given that as Aramazd is one of Ter-Petrossian’s campaign team and responsible for his official campaign site, we can perhaps take the figures as coming from an election poll conducted for Ter-Petrossian’s campaign. Basically, these are the figures that Ter-Petrossian is likely working with.
Onnik, believe it or not, as of today […], when it is clear that Raffi cannot run for presidency, the truth is that Ter-Petrossian is the #1 candidate for presidency. Believe it or not, but _in Yerevan_ the actual picture is as follows:
1. LTP - 22%
2. SS - 17%
3. Vahan ARFD - 8%
4. the rest - 8%
5. have not decided yet - 40%
The full post is available on the Armenia Election Monitor 2008.
