The survey does not mention the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which ousted the Congress from Delhi after 15 continuous years at the helm and is contesting over 400 Lok Sabha seats across the country, or the main regional parties like the Trinamool Congress, AIADMK or the Bahujan Samaj Party, which are likely to be major players in government formation post election.
Asked why the regional parties or AAP were not mentioned, Stokes said the survey was held "before the Delhi elections".
On the small sample size of the survey, Stokes said that Pew is "confident" of the representative nature of the sample design and that most other surveys have come up with similar results.
Stokes said most people view the BJP as "better equipped to deal with problems" while the youth feel the party can deliver in terms of jobs and realizing aspirations.
Asked if the survey had taken into consideration the factors of caste and religion, which play an important part among voters especially in rural areas, Stokes said it did not delve that deep.
According to the web site, "Face-to-face interviews were conducted with 2,464 randomly selected adults at their place of residence, in states and territories that are home to roughly 91 percent of the Indian population. The margin of error is 3.8 percent".
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