11.07.2019
Monitoring of electoral moods of Ukrainians (6-10 July, 2019)
- According to the survey conducted by the Rating Group on July 6–10, 2019, 35% of respondents believe that Ukraine is moving in the right direction, while 39% think the country is moving in the wrong direction and 26% remain undecided. Evaluations of the country’s trajectory are most positive in the West and most negative in the East. Younger respondents and supporters of the Servant of the People party tend to be more optimistic than other groups.
- In terms of electoral preferences among those who intend to vote and have already decided, the Servant of the People party leads with 47%. It is followed by Opposition Platform – For Life with 11.6%, European Solidarity with 8.2%, Voice with 6.6%, and Batkivshchyna with 6.4%. Support for Strength and Honor stands at 3.6%, for the Opposition Bloc at 3.2%, for the Ukrainian Strategy of Groysman at 2.8%, for the Radical Party at 2.5%, and for Svoboda at 2.1%. All other political forces receive less than 2% support.
- When asked about a possible “second choice,” respondents most often named the Servant of the People party (9.6%) and Voice (9.3%). Batkivshchyna was mentioned by 6.2%, Opposition Platform – For Life by 4.9%, Strength and Honor by 4.0%, Ukrainian Strategy of Groysman by 2.6%, Opposition Bloc by 2.5%, Civic Position by 2.4%, and European Solidarity by 2.3%, while all other parties were mentioned by fewer than 2% of respondents.
- The level of trust in President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stands at 65%, while 27% report that they do not trust him. Among leaders of political parties, relatively higher trust levels are recorded for Sviatoslav Vakarchuk (25%), Dmytro Razumkov (24%), Anatoliy Hrytsenko (23%), Yulia Tymoshenko (22%), Yuriy Boyko (22%), Volodymyr Groysman (20%), and Ihor Smeshko (20%). The lowest levels of trust are reported for Petro Poroshenko (14%) and Viktor Medvedchuk (12%).
- Regionally, trust patterns differ: in the West, Zelenskyy and Vakarchuk enjoy the highest trust; in the Center, Zelenskyy, Hrytsenko, Tymoshenko, Smeshko, and Groysman lead; in the South, Zelenskyy and Boyko are most trusted; and in the East, the highest trust levels are recorded for Zelenskyy, Boyko, Razumkov, and Medvedchuk.
Methodology
- Audience: residents of Ukraine aged 18 and older. The sample is representative in terms of age, gender, region, and settlement type.
- Total sample: 2000 respondents.
- Personal formalized interview (face-to-face).
- The margin of error does not exceed 2.2%.
- Fieldwork dates: 6-10 July, 2019
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