12.09.2019
Monitoring of public sentiments of Ukrainians (September 6–10, 2019)
- According to the results of a survey conducted by the Rating Group during September 6–10, 2019, 55% of respondents believe that affairs in Ukraine are moving in the right direction, 18% think they are moving in the wrong direction, and 26% were undecided. The direction of the country’s development is assessed most positively in the West and South, and relatively worse in the Center and East. Young people and voters of the Servant of the People party remain more optimistic. In contrast, relatively more pessimism is observed among the oldest respondents and supporters of the European Solidarity party and the Opposition Platform – For Life party.
- 71% of those surveyed are satisfied with the performance of the President of Ukraine, V. Zelenskyy, 11% hold the opposite view, and 18% were unable to form an opinion. Compared to July of the same year, the level of satisfaction with the President’s work increased by almost one and a half times.
- 29% positively assess the work of the Head of the Government, O. Honcharuk, while 11% assess it negatively. Two thirds have not yet been able to evaluate the new Prime Minister.
- 39% of respondents are satisfied with the work of the newly elected Verkhovna Rada, 16% are dissatisfied, and 45% were unable to assess it.
- An absolute majority of respondents (over 90%) support initiatives regarding the early termination of a Member of Parliament’s mandate for vote-rigging and absenteeism, the reduction of the number of MPs from 450 to 300, and the lifting of parliamentary immunity.
- More than 70% support granting legislative initiative to citizens of Ukraine, expanding the President’s powers to appoint the heads of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO), as well as increasing the number of Human Rights Commissioners (ombudspersons). About two thirds support enshrining in the Constitution the norm on electing Members of Parliament under a proportional electoral system and abolishing the адвокатська (lawyer) monopoly.
Methodology
- Audience: residents of Ukraine aged 18 and older. The sample is representative in terms of age, gender, region, and settlement type.
- Total sample: 2500 respondents.
- Personal formalized interview (face-to-face).
- The margin of error does not exceed 2.0%.
- Fieldwork dates: 6-10 September, 2019.
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