Former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi tops the ranking of Ukrainians’ trust in politicians and public figures. At the same time, the largest share of respondents would vote for President Volodymyr Zelenskyy if a presidential election were held. This gap between trust and voting preferences was revealed by a poll conducted by the Rating Group sociological group.
Respondents were asked whom they would support in the first round of a hypothetical presidential election in Ukraine. Their answers were distributed as follows:
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy — 22.9%;
- Valerii Zaluzhnyi — 20.2%;
- Petro Poroshenko — 7.6%;
- Mykhailo Fedorov — 7.6%;
- Kyrylo Budanov — 6.7%;
- Andriy Biletsky — 5.4%;
- Dmytro Razumkov — 5.1%;
- Serhiy Prytula — 2.4%;
- Yuliia Tymoshenko — 1.9%;
- Yurii Boyko — 1.4%;
- 4.5% of respondents would choose another candidate;
- 5.2% would refuse to take part in the vote;
- 9.2% were undecided.
Sociologists also separately measured trust and distrust in key officials and public figures. For some of them, a notable share of people had not heard of them:
- 64% of respondents trust Valerii Zaluzhnyi, while 25% distrust him;
- 53% trust Volodymyr Zelenskyy, while 40% distrust him;
- 53% trust Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Presidential Office, while 31% distrust him;
- 38% trust Mykhailo Fedorov, while 25% distrust him, and 29% of respondents had not heard of him;
- 29% trust Yevhen Khmara, while 16% distrust him. A relative majority of respondents, 43%, do not know who he is;
- 24% trust Andrii Sybiha, while 18% distrust him. Nearly half of respondents, 48%, had not heard of him;
- 24% trust Petro Poroshenko, while 70% distrust him.
Disappointment and shame over its performance prevail among most Ukrainians’ attitudes toward the current government. Over the past year, the share of citizens who feel negative emotions toward government institutions has risen significantly.
Half of Ukrainians also believe that the government is not fulfilling the commitments necessary for Ukraine’s European integration. 46% of citizens hold the opposite view.
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