Electoral moods: District 22

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09.10.2014

Electoral moods: District 22

According to a survey conducted by the Rating Group, 68% of respondents in constituency No. 22 (Lutsk) stated that they would definitely participate in the Verkhovna Rada elections on October 26.
Among them, about 19% were ready to vote for the Petro Poroshenko Bloc, and the same share (19%) for the People’s Front. Another 12% were ready to vote for the Radical Party, and 11% for Samopomich. Close to these were Batkivshchyna with 8% support, Svoboda – 7%, and Hromadianska Pozytsiia – 7%. About 4% would have voted for Right Sector. At the same time, 9% of respondents were still undecided.
Regarding second choice (which other party respondents could vote for), 15% would have voted for the Petro Poroshenko Bloc, 12% for the People’s Front, 8% for the Radical Party, 8% for Samopomich, 7% for Batkivshchyna, 5% for Hromadianska Pozytsiia, and 5% for Svoboda.
As for candidate ratings, among those intending to vote, 28% would have supported Ihor Lapin (People’s Front), 13% Roman Ivaniuk (Petro Poroshenko Bloc), 8% Hryhorii Pustovit (Batkivshchyna), and 7% Iryna Konstankevych (independent candidate). About 30% of respondents remained undecided.
It is worth noting that candidates running in the constituency had relatively low name recognition at that time. About half of respondents knew Hryhorii Pustovit and Ihor Lapin, around 40% knew Hennadii Kozhevnikov, and about one third knew Roman Ivaniuk. Only about one in five respondents knew Kostiantyn Petrochuk.
The most positive attitude was recorded toward Ihor Lapin (32%). 17% had a positive attitude toward Hryhorii Pustovit (while 16% expressed a negative attitude toward him). 14% had a positive attitude toward Roman Ivaniuk. The most negative attitude was recorded toward Hennadii Kozhevnikov (21%).

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