81% of Jordanians optimistic Razzaz's gov't will do better job than predecessor — poll

 AMMAN — Some 81 per cent of Jordanians believe that the recently designated government of Prime Minister Omar Razzaz will be better than the former government, according to a poll.

Eleven per cent of Jordanians believe Razzaz’s government will be the same as the former government, while 3 per cent said it will be worse than its predecessor, NAMA Strategic Intelligence Solutions for researches and polls announced on Tuesday.

On June 20-29, NAMA conducted a poll to measure citizens' expectations of the new government, interviewing 1,524 citizens from across the Kingdom who are above the age of 18.

The prime minister enjoys much more confidence than his Cabinet's members, NAMA’s Chairman Fares Braizat said,  adding that the high expectations will put the government under a test for achievement.

Regarding the level of optimism in the aftermath of the formation of the government, the poll's results showed that 64 per cent are still optimistic about Razzaz, 22 per cent said that they were optimistic, but are disappointed after the formation of the Cabinet,  and 11 per cent said that they were never optimistic about the new prime minister.

The results also show that women are more optimistic (70 per cent) than men (58 per cent), and youth between 18-24 years old have more confidence in him than elderly people.

According to the survey, the family's monthly income has impacted the rates of confidence in the government; as income increases, the level of optimism falls. 

Eighty-six per cent of families whose monthly income does not exceed JD400, 60 per cent of families with an income ranging between JD401 and JD800, and 56 per cent of families whose income is above JD800 said that they were optimistic.

The results also said that citizens with higher education were less confident compared to citizens of secondary education or below.

Fifty-five of the polled citizens with higher education certificates expressed optimism, compared with 69 per cent among people who have secondary school education and 65 per cent for those with a lower level of education.

The most optimistic governorates are Aqaba (71 per cent), Zarqa (70 per cent) and Amman (67 per cent), while the least were Madaba (48) and Jerash (50 per cent), according to the poll.

East Amman residents showed more confidence (70 per cent) than west Amman's (63 per cent).