Polls
When questioned in a poll 97% of South Sudanese answered that they would be voting for independence.
An early poll of 1,400 individuals was carried out by a coalition of civil society organizations in Southern Sudan prior to the January referendum, indicating that 97 percent of voters would likely vote for secession. According to John Andruga, chairman of the coalition, 100 percent of respondents in the states of Unity and Eastern Equatoria would vote for secession. A similar survey carried out one year prior by the US-based National Democratic Institute had indicated that 90 percent of voters would vote for secession.
Read more about this topic: Southern Sudanese Independence Referendum, 2011
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