Crisis in Tahrir

Polls Archive

Soon a new constitution will be drafted. What system of government should Egypt adopt?

  • The best way of assuring dignity for Egyptians is to have a broad-based democracy, with empowered unions and local councils (54%, 448 Votes)
  • There should be a rebalancing, with parliament the centre of power, not the presidency (21%, 171 Votes)
  • Egypt needs a strong president. It needs leadership. The presidency should be more than ceremonial (17%, 141 Votes)
  • It should keep what it has. The problem was Mubarak, not the system itself (8%, 63 Votes)

Total Voters: 823

Start Date: 26 January 2012 @ 4:57 PM
End Date: No Expiry

What should happen on 25 January 2012, the anniversary of the revolution?

  • It should be a peaceful mass demonstration, underlining freedom, dignity and social justice for all Egyptians (37%, 303 Votes)
  • It should be day to unite all Egyptians around the goal of democracy (24%, 199 Votes)
  • It should be a day to demand that the military step out of politics immediately (23%, 189 Votes)
  • It should be a day to remember Egypt’s martyrs and to demand justice for their deaths (9%, 72 Votes)
  • It should be the day to demand that the Central Security Forces are disbanded (7%, 63 Votes)

Total Voters: 826

Start Date: 8 January 2012 @ 3:48 AM
End Date: No Expiry

What should be done about the continued use of force against Egyptians?

  • SCAF must be pushed out, and a new social contract forged (53%, 349 Votes)
  • We need a national discussion on the police and how we want to be governed (24%, 159 Votes)
  • The Central Security Forces should be disbanded (13%, 87 Votes)
  • Fix the economy and there will be no more violence (10%, 64 Votes)
  • We must wait until we have an elected parliament (9%, 61 Votes)
  • The protesters in Tahrir and at the Cabinet deserve what they get (6%, 36 Votes)

Total Voters: 653

Start Date: 17 December 2011 @ 1:59 PM
End Date: No Expiry

Is there something to fear in the rise of Islamists in Egypt?

  • Yes. There is always a problem when religion is mixed with politics (51%, 539 Votes)
  • Yes. Islamists will drag Egypt into a new regional war (28%, 296 Votes)
  • No. This is democracy at work; it’s what the people want (18%, 188 Votes)
  • No. Egypt can never be a theocracy (3%, 35 Votes)

Total Voters: 1,058

Start Date: 8 December 2011 @ 5:46 AM
End Date: No Expiry

Are Tahririans right to demand the end of SCAF rule?

  • Yes, because SCAF is acting much like the Mubarak regime did (31%, 28 Votes)
  • Yes, because the state and the regime (Mubarak) was and remains the same thing (14%, 13 Votes)
  • Yes, because we can manage the affairs of state perfectly well with civilians in charge (12%, 11 Votes)
  • Yes, because Tahrir is the conscience of Egypt, and the Tahririans should direct the transition to democracy, not the army (9%, 8 Votes)
  • Yes, because after Maspero and the battle of Mohamed Mahmoud Street, the army has the blood of Egyptians on its hands (9%, 8 Votes)
  • No, because there are elections, and the people as a whole should choose by democratic means what happens next (8%, 7 Votes)
  • Yes. But they have no capacity to get SCAF out, so they’re fighting a losing battle, which is reckless and naive (6%, 5 Votes)
  • No. The army is the guarantor of the civil state, else you pave the way for Islamists (4%, 4 Votes)
  • No, because the army is the continuity of the state, and the revolution was against Mubarak, not the state (2%, 2 Votes)
  • No, because we need the stability that the army can provide, and they don’t want to hold onto power anyway (2%, 2 Votes)
  • No, because Tahrir now becomes like a putsch against popular will in the name of “permanent revolution” (2%, 2 Votes)
  • No, because the people don’t support them; on the contrary, they support the armed forces (1%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 90

Start Date: 29 November 2011 @ 11:30 PM
End Date: No Expiry

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