Poll shows Abbas will get most votes in upcoming election
The file photo taken on Nov. 6, 2004 shows Mahmoud Abbas, chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, speaking to the press in front of Arafat's headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Mahmoud Abbas would gain 61.8 percent of votes in all the Palestinian governorates, a Palestinian public opinion poll for the expected presidential elections showed Dec. 18, 2004.