The U.S. National Democratic Institute (NDI) has today released the results of its public opinion survey. According to the NDI poll, Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze enjoys the highest favorability rating of political leaders.

13 % of the NDI respondents evaluate the job performance of Kakha Kaladze as “very good”, 31 % - as “good”, 32 % - as “average”, 16 % - as “bad” and 6%- as “very bad.”

According to the same survey, 4% of the NDI respondents evaluate the job performance of Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia as “very good”, 17 % - as “good”, 34 % - as “average”, 24 % - as “bad” and 10%- as “very bad”, 10 %- did not answer.

The poll shows that President Salome Zurabishvili is the most disliked leader of the country. 1 % of the interviewed respondents evaluates her work as “very good”, 8 % - “good”, 31 % - “average”, 34 % - “bad”, 20 % - “very bad”, 6 % - did not answer.

The results reflect data collected from November 19- December 13, 2019, through face-to face interviews with a nationwide representative sample of Georgia’s adult population, excluding occupied territories, that included 2,180 completed interviews.

NDI’s survey work is funded by UK aid. The poll was carried out by CRRC Georgia.