Ahead of the 16th annual Herzliya Conference, the Institute for Policy & Strategy (IPS) at IDC Herzliya has released the results of two surveys conducted in Egypt and Saudi Arabia relating to the upcoming US Presidential elections.
The key findings of the polls were as follows:
Q: Should the next US President promote an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement or a regional peace agreement?
Egypt: 25.5% – Israeli-Palestinian Agreement 32.1% – Regional Agreement 42.3% – Should Not Promote Peace with Israel
Saudi Arabia: 18.9% – Israeli-Palestinian Agreement 41.6% – Regional Agreement 39.4% – Should Not Promote Peace with Israel
Q: Will the next US President change relations between the US and the Arab world?
Egypt: 31.7% – Change for the better 19.2% – Change for the worse 49.0% – No change
Saudi Arabia: 27.6% – Change for the better 27.4% – Change for the worse 45.0% – No change
Q: Was President Obama a good president for the Muslim world?
Egypt: 2.5% – Very Good 14.2% – Good 38.1% – Mediocre 24.5% – Bad 20.7% – Very Bad
Saudi Arabia: 2.6% – Very Good 17.5% – Good 36.1% – Mediocre 23.8% – Bad 20.1% – Very Bad
Q: Will the next US President cancel the nuclear agreement with Iran?
Egypt: 19.7% – Will cancel 80.3% – Won’t cancel
Saudi Arabia: 13.6% – Will cancel 86.4% – Won’t cancel
Q: Will the next US President be ready to send ground troops to fight ISIS?
Egypt: 32.3% – Yes 48.3% – No 19.4% – Don’t know
Saudi Arabia: 17.9% – Yes 58.1% – No 24.0% – Don’t know
Q: Which (Presidential) candidate do you prefer?
Egypt: 35.9% – Hillary Clinton 3.8% – Donald Trump 8.5% – Bernie Sanders 10.4% – Ted Cruz 41.4% – None of them
Saudi Arabia: 30.2% – Hillary Clinton 6.0% – Donald Trump 7.3% – Bernie Sanders 6.0% – Ted Cruz 50.3% – None of them
The polls were conducted in Arabic over the past 6 weeks using a random sampling from the regions of each country.
471 respondents in Egypt; margin of error +/- 4.5% 464 respondents in Saudi Arabia; margin of error +/- 4.6%
The 16th annual Herzliya Conference starts tomorrow, June 14 and runs through June 16.