1. Generally speaking, do you think things in Jamaica are going in the right direction these days, or do you think they’re going in the wrong direction?

Right Direction 18%
Wrong Direction 69
Don’t know 13

2. What in your opinion is the most pressing problem the country faces at this time?

Crime, violence 59%
Jobs (net) 33
Poverty, poor people need help 4
Financial problems, no money 4

3. Thinking about the area that you live…generally speaking, do you think things are going in the right direction these days in the area you live in, or are they going in the wrong direction?

Right Direction 35%
Wrong Direction 59
Don’t Know 6

4. What would you say is the greatest need at this time in the area that you live in?

Jobs (net) 64%
Water problems 20
Road conditions 16
Financial problems, no money 4
Farmers need help 3

Most Pressing Problem/Greatest Local Need:

Crime, violence 59%
Jobs (net) 73
Water problems 21
Road conditions 18

5. How would you rate the performance of the government at this time… would you say the government is doing a very good job, or a good job, or a bad job, or a very bad job, or is it doing neither a good nor a bad job?

Very Good 7%
Good 26
Not Good or Bad 15
Bad 24
Very Bad 22
Don’t know 6

6. Generally speaking, do you have a favourable or an unfavourable opinion about Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller?

Favourable 48%
Unfavourable 36
Not Sure 16

7. When you get right down to it, do you approve or disapprove of the job that Portia Simpson-Miller is doing as Prime Minister?

Approve 43%
Disapprove 40
Not Sure 17

8. Generally speaking, do you have a favourable or an unfavourable opinion about Bruce Golding, the leader of the Jamaica Labour Party, the JLP?

Favourable 41%
Unfavourable 38
Not Sure 21

9. As things stand now, who do you think would do a better job as Prime Minister… Portia Simpson-Miller or Bruce Golding?

Simpson-Miller 37%
Golding 41
Undecided 21
Refused 1

10. Generally speaking, do you have a favourable or an unfavourable opinion about the People’s National Party, the PNP?

Favourable 39%
Unfavourable 47
Not Sure 14

11. What about the JLP, the Jamaica Labour Party… generally speaking, do you have a favourable or an unfavourable opinion about it?

Favourable 43%
Unfavourable 40
Not Sure 17

12. Which of the two major political parties do you think would do the best job of governing Jamaica at this time… the PNP or the JLP?

PNP 34%
JLP 43
Undecided 21
Refused 2

Your Member of Parliament, Donald Buchanan, has decided not to run for re-election when the next general elections are held….

13. Thinking about Donald Buchanan, generally speaking, do you have a favourable or an unfavourable opinion about him?

Favourable 26%
Unfavourable 59
Not Sure 15

Now I’d like to ask you about some people who have said they would be interested in running for Parliament in your area …

14. One of these is the Rev. Stanley Redwood, who is the PNP candidate for Parliament … generally speaking, do you have a favourable or an unfavourable opinion about Stanley Redwood?

Favourable 21%
Unfavourable 29
Not Sure 50

15. Have you seen or met Rev. Stanley Redwood, in your local community in the last six months or so?

Yes 34%

16. Another person is Christopher Tufton, who was the JLP candidate for Parliament … generally speaking, do you have a favourable or an unfavourable opinion about Christopher Tufton?

Favourable 62%
Unfavourable 20
Not Sure 18

17. And have you seen or met Arthur Williams in your local community in the last six months or so?

Yes 76%

18. If the election for Parliament was being held today and Stanley Redwood was the PNP candidate and Christopher Tufton was the JLP candidate, whom would you most want to win?

PNP - Redwood 25%
JLP - Tufton 52
Undecided 22
Refused 1

19. Did you vote in the general elections in October of 2002, or like many people, did you vote for one reason or another?

Voted 60%
Did Not Vote 38
Don’t Remember 2

(IF VOTED) Who did you vote for … the PNP candidate for Parliament, Donald Buchanan, or the JLP Derrick Sangster, or who?

PNP – Robertson 47%
JLP – Williams 46
Other 1
Don’t Remember 6

(If DID NOT VOTE) Are you enumerated to vote at this time or are you not enumerated?

Yes -Enumerated 28%
No - Not Enumerated 10

20. Regardless of how you may feel about your local candidates for Parliament, if the election for Parliament was being held today, do you think you would probably vote for the PNP candidate, or would you definitely vote for the PNP candidate, or would you probably vote for the JLP candidate, or would you definitely vote for the JLP candidate, or are you probably not going to vote as things stand now?

Registered Voters

Probably PNP 4%
Definitely PNP 26

Probably JLP 3%
Definitely JLP 39

Undicided 10
Refused

Would Not Vote 16

What are the main reasons why you feel this way?

Reasons Why PNP:
PNP supporter, family tradition 38%
Like it, a good party 14
Portia (Net) 9
Like her, she’s good 5
Give her a chance 4
PNP is doing a good job 12

Reasons Why JLP:
Time for /need a change 25%
PNP is doing nothing/a bad job 9
Would do a good/better job 12
JLP supporter, family tradition 18
Like it, a good party 8

21. Thinking back to how you’ve voted in the past, would you say that you always vote for the PNP candidate for office, or do you usually vote for the PNP candidate, or do you sometimes vote for the PNP candidate and sometimes for the JLP candidate, or you usually vote for the JLP candidate, or do you always vote for the JLP candidate?

Always PNP 29%
Usually PNP 8
Both 9
Usually JLP 5
Always JLP 26
Don’t Vote 18
Refused 4

22. What’s your age?

18 – 24 14%
25 – 43 24
35 – 44 23
45 – 54 16
55 – 64 14
65 & Older 8
Refused 1

23. Do you have a full-time job, or part-time job, or are you self-employed, or are you retired, or a student, or an housewife, or are you out of work and looking for a job, or are you out of work and not looking for a job at the present time, or what?

Full-Time 15%
Part-Time 9
Self-Employed 38

Retired 6
Student 2
Housewife 8
Sick/Disables/Unable to Work

Out of Work – Looking 18
Out of Work – Not Looking 3

(IF FULL-TIME, PART-TIME, OR SELF-EMPLOYED) What type of work do you do?

Farmer 18%
Labourer, unskilled worker 9
Tradesman 8
Business person 5
Shopkeeper 4
Higgler, vendor 4

By Observation: Sex:
Male 52%
Female 48