Due to the results of National Democratic Institute (NDI) the approval rating of the Patriarch of Georgian Ilia II is decreased with 5%. On the question "like or don't like?" 91% answers positively, reports GHN based on NDI.
2% of interviewees of NDI don't like Patriarch, 4% has clear answer and 4% refuses to answer.
The approval rating of Patriarch in April due to the same survey was 96%.
The field work was conducted during the period of July 23 through Aug. 7 using the face-to-face interview method with a nationwide representative sample with 3, 338 completed interviews.
NDI's survey work is funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and carried out by CRRC-Georgia.