Zelensky s presidential electoral rating slides to 22.1% - poll
KYIV. Feb 3 (Interfax) - If presidential elections were held in Ukraine next Sunday, only about 22% of Ukrainians confident of their choice would vote for President Volodymyr Zelensky, as seen from the findings of a nationwide poll of 1,205 respondents the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) conducted in 86 populated areas across Ukraine from January 27 to February 1, 2021.
The poll showed that, if presidential elections in Ukraine were held next Sunday, 65% of the respondents would certainly go to polling stations and another 10.2% would likely do so.
Zelensky would still garner more votes than any other candidate, even though his electoral rating has gone down to 22.1% compared to 27% in December 2020 among the voters who are sure about their choice.
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The number of citizens who are reluctant to participate in rallies increased by 8 percentage points last year.
The poll was designed to study Ukrainians protest moods / Photo from UNIAN
More than half of Ukrainian citizens say they are not ready to participate in any mass protest campaigns.
That is according to a survey conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) on December 4-8, 2020.
In particular, the share of those who say they are not ready to take part in any such protests changed from 49% in 2019 to 57% in 2020.
Thus, the number of citizens who are reluctant to participate in rallies increased by 8 percentage points last year.
Nearly three quarters of Ukrainians believe their country is moving in the wrong direction, according to a poll conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS).
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky still holds the lead / Photo from UNIAN
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is still in the lead in the presidential rating.
If the presidential elections had been held in the second half of 2021, as many as 13.4% of respondents among those who intend to vote and 19.8% of those who have made up their mind would have supported the incumbent president, according to findings of a poll conducted by Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS).
Another 10.6% and 15.7%, respectively, would vote for ex-President, leader of the European Solidarity Party Petro Poroshenko; 8% and 11.8% would back the leader of the Batkivshchyna Party, Yulia Tymoshenko. Some 7.4% and 11% would support co-chair of the Opposition Platform - For Life Party Yuriy Boyko. Another 6% and 8.9% would cast ballots for the leader of the Syla i Chest (Strength and Honor) Party Ihor Smeshko, 5% and 7.5% would root for Chairman of the Opposition Platform - For Life Party
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The parties Opposition Platform – For Life, European Solidarity, Batkivschyna, Servant of the People, Strength, and Honor, Holos and Ukrainian Strategy of Groisman would overcome the five percent passing barrier if elections to the Verkhovna Rada were held in the second half of January, according to results of the all-Ukrainian poll conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) on Jan. 22.
20.7 percent of those who decided on their choice would vote for the Opposition Platform – For Life, 15.3 percent for European Solidarity, 12.6 percent for Batkivschyna, 11.2 percent for the Servant of the People, 8.3 percent for the Strength and Honor, 5.6 percent for the Holos party, 5.3 percent for Ukrainian strategy of Groisman. Some 4.6 percent of those who decided on their choice intend to vote for the Shariy Party, Udar party (4.4 percent), and Svoboda party (3.8 percent) also have chances of getting into parliament.