23.09.2014
Attitude of Ukrainians to world leaders
- According to a survey conducted by the Rating Group, 62% of respondents have a positive attitude toward Alexander Lukashenko, 54% toward Barack Obama, and 51% toward Angela Merkel. In addition, 45% of respondents have a positive attitude toward Bronisław Komorowski, 39% toward José Manuel Barroso, 36% toward Dalia Grybauskaitė, and 16% toward Vladimir Putin.
- The ranking of negative attitudes is led by V. Putin (75%). 32% of respondents have a negative attitude toward A. Merkel, 31% toward B. Obama, 26% toward A. Lukashenko, and 25% toward N. Nazarbayev.
- Residents of the western, central, and northern regions are more favorable toward B. Obama, A. Merkel, B. Komorowski, J. M. Barroso, D. Grybauskaitė, and F. Hollande. Meanwhile, residents of the South and East have a more positive attitude toward A. Lukashenko and N. Nazarbayev. At the same time, in the South there is also a positive attitude toward A. Merkel. Relatively positive attitudes toward V. Putin are recorded only in Donbas. Older people tend to have a more positive attitude toward A. Lukashenko and N. Nazarbayev, while young people more often support B. Obama and A. Merkel.
- The higher the education level of respondents and the higher their material status, the more positive their attitudes are toward B. Obama, B. Komorowski, J. M. Barroso, D. Grybauskaitė, and F. Hollande. Accordingly, attitudes toward A. Lukashenko, N. Nazarbayev, and V. Putin are more negative in these groups.
- Compared with a similar survey conducted in October of the previous year, the level of positive attitude toward V. Putin decreased from 47% to 16%, and toward A. Merkel from 61% to 51%. At the same time, attitudes toward B. Obama improved from 51% to 54%. It should also be noted that the number of respondents with negative attitudes toward politicians increased simultaneously: negative attitudes toward V. Putin rose from 40% to 75%, toward A. Merkel from 13% to 32%, and toward B. Obama from 25% to 31%.
- It is worth noting that Ukrainians are generally very tolerant in their attitudes toward citizens of other countries. At the same time, attitudes toward foreign citizens are much better than toward the leaders of those same countries.
- Ukrainians have the most positive attitude toward Belarusians (53% definitely positive; 41% rather positive), and the least positive toward Russians (39% definitely positive; 33% rather positive).
- Overall, about 90% of respondents have a positive attitude toward Europeans, Poles, Lithuanians, Germans, and French; about 80% toward Americans; and about 70% toward Russians.
Methodology
- Survey population: population of Ukraine aged 18 and over
- Sample size: 2,000 respondents
- Method: face-to-face interviews
- Margin of error: no more than 2.8%
- Fieldwork period: August 9 – 19, 2014
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