The results a public opinion poll conducted by the Centre for Strategic Studies (CSS) at the University of Jordan (UJ) were announced during a press conference at the University on Wednesday.

According to the poll results, only 27% of Jordanians are interested in politics, out of which 34% follow the political news of Jordan.

As part of the “Jordanian Street Pulse” poll series, the survey on the Jordanian foreign policy and international relations was conducted from April 23 to 29, based on a representative sample of Jordanian society from all governorates, including Jordanian intellectuals and opinion leaders.

When asked about the most common sources of local news, TV was the most common at 35%, while the opinion leaders’ percentage was 55%. About 35% of the public and 29% of opinion leaders surveyed sated that they rely on the Internet.

The majority of the respondents, 87% of the surveyed population at the grassroots level and 92% of the experts, said the Palestinian cause is the top regional issue, and 5% said that the issue of the Syrian refugees in Jordan is the major issue.

The results also showed that the majority of the respondents, 87% of the opinion leaders and 45% of the respondents at the grassroots level, think that “Israel’s existence poses the greatest threat to the Arab world”, followed by Iran at 4%.

About 21% of the sample and 99% of the intellectuals and opinion leaders surveyed said that they follow the news related to the Jordanian foreign policy.

The rest of the results of the poll can be found on CSS's website at: https://jcss.org/en/