The majority of respondents of IRI public opinion survey believes that the Georgian government should officially congratulate the Ukrainian Church for gaining autocephaly.

To the question – Should the Georgian government officially congratulate the Ukrainian Church for gaining autocephaly? – 39 percent of respondents said “Definitely should”; 28 percent – “likely should”; 5 percent – “likely should not”; 3 percent – ” Definitely should not”; I do not know / refuse to answer – 25 percent.

The survey was conducted on behalf of the International Republican Institute’s Center for Insights and Survey Research by Dr. Rasa Alisauskiene of the Baltic Surveys/The Gallup Organization, with the fieldwork carried out by the Institute of Polling & Marketing. Data was collected throughout Georgia between May 20 and June 11, 2019, through face-to-face interviews at respondents’ homes. The nationally representative sample consisted of 1,500 permanent residents of Georgia aged 18 or older and eligible to vote. The margin of error does not exceed plus or minus 2.5 percent for the full sample, and the response rate was 68 percent. The survey was funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development.