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Results at 10.30.2000
11:30 EST
93 Votes Total
Gore -- 77
Bush -- 16
Other -- 6
Ethioguide Poll Results
Q What should be priority number one for Ethiopia? [100 votes total]
Halt ethnic division (35) 35%
Intensify the war against AIDS/HIV (18) 18%
Reverse Eritrea's Invasion of May 1998 (15) 15%
Devise a plan to eliminate famine (12) 12%
Privitize land and property (9) 9%
Work harder to attaract foreign investors (3) 3%
Reforest the country (2) 2%
Launch programs to bring back educated Ethiopians from abroad (2) 2%
Institute one common language for the whole country (2) 2%
Find a way to use the waters of the Nile (1) 1%
Launch family planning to stall the population explosion (1) 1%
--The number one priority should be to get rid of Woyane and put the Ethiopian people to work so they can stop begging for food. The truth hurts huh? Dec 20th 1999 06:45:01 PM
--How can you make us choose between all these extremely important things? How do you sleep at night? : ) You should have had "OTHER" as a catagory 'yall. D from Boston Dec 20th 1999 05:20:29 PM
--All your questions are very important for development of our Country, except the last question. I think common language will create more problems than soliving ethnic division. Dec 17th 1999 05:42:36 AM
--Privatizing land and property will attract foreign investors, educated Ethiopians, and eliminate famine. Healthy and prosperus economy will provide the monetary power to intesify war against AIDS/HIV, reforest the country and find a way to use NILE. Dec 17th 1999 02:04:37 AM
--All of your questions are important except for the stupid war Dec 17th 1999 01:05:50 AM
Q If you are an Ethiopian living abroad, do yo have plans to return to Ethiopia permanently in the future? [111 votes total]
Yes (65) 59%
No (14) 13%
I haven't decided yet. (32) 29%Comments
1 - I would love to get back home. But with the ethnic-based poison of Woyanne, it is really hard to think of getting back to Ethiopia. Dec 14th 1999 07:56:11 AM
2 - Bloody EPRDF policies Dec 13th 1999 06:31:25 AM
3 - Mechem Egziabeher Agerachenen yitadegatal beye amnalehu. Dec 13th 1999 02:01:54 AM
4 - No plans for returning. If Iwere to plan on returning, life probably would not be as good as it is here in the Western world. Maybe my grandchildren..... Dec 12th 1999 07:17:24 PM
5 - It is the Woyane that is chasing us out of our country. Thanks for asking Dec 12th 1999 03:40:55 PM
6 -What for? Dec 12th 1999 11:40:10 AM
7 - I WOULD LIKE TO BE WHERE I AM NEEDED MOST...SULE. Dec 12th 1999 06:07:51 AM
8 - Yes Dec 11th 1999 06:17:56 PM
9 - I will do all I can to help my people and community but unless we all come to terms with our differences and stand together as Ethiopians, I have no desire to live there. After all what is a country without its people??? Dec 10th 1999 10:11:34 PM9:01 PM EST
12.14.99
Q Ethiopians of Eritrean background should be... [235 votes total]
Deported. (39) 17%
Asked to choose between Ethiopia and Eritrea. (37) 16%
Treated like any other Ethiopian. (26) 11%
Deported If they voted in the referendum. (98) 42%
Allowed to stay only if they were born in Ethiopia.
(6) 3%
Other (12) 5%
No Opinion (17) 7%Comments
1 - Should be treated like any other foreigner if they are maintaining Eritrean citizenship. Nov 30th 1999 02:29:46 AM2 - Their loyalty will be to Eritrea. no matter what. Their hate and desire to see Ethiopia divided and weak is so strong it will be very difficult to rehabilitate them and it will be very dangerous for Ethiopian security in the long run. Hence deport those who voted. Nov 28th 1999 06:24:05 AM
3 - The majority of Eritreans everywhere were happy and/or silent when Ethiopians were deported from Eriteria. Let them taste their own medicine.If they had reacted differently, I would feel differently today.4 - If voted live as registered non resident alien if not choose b/n the two countries. Dec 9th 1999 10:46:43 PM
5 - A 98% result in a referendum is an impossible outcome without some form of screening process (i.e., control over who votes). Therefore, anyone who voted in the referendum is suspect in terms of their loyalty. Dec 9th 1999 09:22:03 PM
6 - We Ethiopians, as decent and humble people, should remind our Eritrean brothers and sisters the noble cause they gallantly fought for by deporting them to their "liberated" country. Dec 9th 1999 11:11:22 AM
7 - If one has no problem in breaking up solemn else's country should assume the consequences... Dec 9th 1999 10:59:29 AM
8 - Most Eritrean who lived in Ethiopia for last several years, even those who born and raised in Ethiopia have a negative attitude about Ethiopia one way the other way. We know there are some innocent Eritreaians , but what can we do. Dec 9th 1999 09:52:53 AM
9 - What is the purpose of this survey? Dec 9th 1999 01:56:21 AM
10 - KILL ALL ERITREANS Dec 9th 1999 01:32:44 AM
11 - They new what they were doing when they voted " yes" to the referendum. Dec 8th 1999 11:14:39 PM
12 - Deported if they voted13- Deport if they vote for the referendum is the only solution Dec 7th 1999 07:20:57 AM
14 - The vote they did, many of them out of ignorance and wishing peace, this are innocent people..Tomorrow the Ethiopian people will feel it Dec 5th 1999 09:15:56 PM
15 - The result shows the true feeling of us Ethiopians Dec 4th 1999 03:45:58 AM
16 - This is very nice please keep it up because it will clear the doubts of Americans who visit your site thanks Dec 3rd 1999 06:34:09 PM
17 - ALLOWED TO STAY EVEN THEY ARE ERITREAN Dec 3rd 1999 03:17:51 PM
18 - Deport if they voted. Any way, according to the news nine years ago, 98% voted. We might as well deport them all. One way or the other they contribute to destruction of Ethiopia.12.09.99
6:35 PM ESTQ Mengistu Haile Mariam should be.... [18 votes total]
Extradited to Ethiopia. (11) 61%
Extradited to a UN tribunal. (6) 33%
Left alone. (1) 6%
No Opinion (0) 0%
Other (0) 0%
Comments
1 - He is the Hitler of africa. If the world is still hunting for war criminals like Pinochet, and the Serbian generals why is it reluctant on people like Mengistu? Please send him home and let him face his own people and the justice!! Nov 29th 1999 05:18:06 AM
2 - Though Mengistu is responsible for all the atrocities committed against his people, I don't want to see him brought to justice under the existing regime in Ethiopia, which are in so many instances are different forms of Mengistu.11.29.99
7:40 PM ESTQ:: What is your primary source of Ethiopian news on the Internet?
341 Respondents
6% Ethioguide
6% Visafric
2% Ethio.com
11% Dagmawi's Gundet Newsletter
69% Walta
6% Other07:40 EST
CLOSED: 11.30.99
Thanks to all who particpated!
Q: Your reaction to Meles Interview in Talk Magazine.
(of 125 respondents)
6% It makes me reconsider my opinion of him
7% My opinion is unchanged.
10% Talk is cheap. More democracy.
74% I support him when it comes to the war.
2% I disagree with him on the war issue.
1% No opinion11.29.99
07:30 PM ESTQ: Haile says
Ethiopian intellectuals
are lazy and materialistic. Do you...
(of 29 respondents)
52% Agree
10% Disagree
14% He should talk!
7% They're lazy but not materialistic.
7% They're materialistic but not lazy.
10% Who am I to say?11.29.99
7:30 PM EST
