Mongolia's attitude to politics, life and the economy: a national survey

The ‘Sant Maral’ foundation conducted a national survey in April called the ‘Politbarometer’.
Some results are noted below:

 39% of the respondents are ‘fairly satisfied’ with the current government

 20% are ‘totally dissatisfied’ with the current government

 30% are ‘fairly satisfied’ with the opposition

 24% are ‘totally dissatisfied’ with the opposition

 25% said that agriculture was the government’s greatest success

 1% said that law enforcement was the government’s greatest success

 20% said that the growth of unemployment was the government’s greatest failure

 39% said that unemployment was the nation’s biggest problem

 36% said that government policy ‘supported the rich’

 30% said that politicians were ‘self-interested and lacked concern for society at large’

 43% thought that the present economy was ‘bad’

 47% said that the economic situation was ‘stagnating’

 40% thought that the economic situation would be ‘slightly better’ in five years

 34% said that the country was ‘at a crossroad’ between democracy and dictatorship

 76% said that Russia is the best partner for Mongolia

Some personal opinions are:

 85% said that they were ‘very proud’ to be Mongolian

 Only 0.4% said that they were ‘not proud at all’ to be Mongolian

 55% said that their present personal life was ‘partly good/partly bad’

 49% said that their life situation was ‘the same’ as last year (9% said it was ‘better’)

 42% said that their future depended upon ‘myself’ and 41% said that it depended upon ‘the state’

 48% said that ‘I consider myself rather a loser’ (3% said that ‘I consider myself rather a winner’ while 38% said ‘sometimes I’m a winner and sometimes I’m a loser’)

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