| Class of respondents | Data collection methods | Respondents | Response % |
| Lawyers and Political parties’ members | Questionnaire Interviews | 37 | 92.5 |
| University’s members | Questionnaire Interviews | 29 | 72.5 |
| Electoral commission, census servants and Immigration servants | Questionnaire Interviews | 16 | 80 |
| Goma’s youth leaders | Questionnaire Interviews | 20 | 100 |
| Total |
| 102 | 85 |