This study aims to survey the opinions of
Syrian citizens residing in the areas controlled by the Syrian Democratic
Forces in Deir ez-Zor Governorate about the presidential elections that the
Syrian regime announced its intention to hold during May 2021, and the extent
of their support for holding those elections under the current circumstances
Syria is living, the study also aims to reveal the extent of Syrians’ knowledge
of the candidates for the elections and their electoral programs, and whether
they consider that the elections will be legitimate and include guarantees that
ensure that they will be held in a free and fair form, and the extent to which holding
the elections will affect other political solution issues from the viewpoint of
the participants and the international community’s reactions to them.
1- Time range: The
study was conducted during April and the first half of May 2021.
2- Geographical
scope: The study covered the northern, western and eastern countryside of Deir
ez-Zor which are under the control of the Syrian Democratic Forces.
During the study, five experts including politicians and
jurists concerned with public affairs in Syria were interviewed using an
interview guide containing open-ended questions, and 152 individual interviews
were conducted with male and female citizens residing in the study areas using
a questionnaire containing closed-ended questions, and the researchers adopted the
simple random sampling method for selecting participants.
