On November 15, a new study was released by the International Republican Institute that mentions that 64% of Georgians "fully support" their country's inclusion into NATO, while 73% favor Georgia joining the EU. In the same survey, 14% of participants said they "somewhat supported" the nation's membership in the EU and 13% in NATO.

Russia was cited by 77% of respondents as Georgia's "biggest political threat," and 51% of respondents said the nation's politics were growing more divisive. Imedi TV, Rustavi 2 TV, and Mtavari Arkhi channel were the most dependable domestic media channels. Of those asked, 42% indicated they could converse in Russian, and 86% stated they could speak English. According to the study, 39% of respondents thought the nation was going in the right direction, while 54% said it was going in the wrong direction.

In other questions, 27% of respondents said their household's financial status was "somewhat bad," while 59% said it was "somewhat good."

On November 16, Irakli Kobakhidze, the head of the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party, slammed the Georgian representation of the United States-based International Republican Institute for its history of publishing incorrect election polls over the past 12 years after the release of the IRI's new survey that put GD approval in Georgia at 25 percent ahead of next year's parliamentary elections. Kobakhidze claimed both IRI Georgia and the Institute of Polling and Marketing - a Tbilisi-based company that conducted fieldwork for the survey - were expected to provide wrong figures for the forthcoming race. "The organizations do not even trust themselves after so many mistakes," Kobakhidze said, and pledged the ruling power would present data of previous polls conducted in the country during elections to demonstrate the difference between their figures and the final results of the elections.