Poll: 67% of Ukrainians trust president
The approval rating as of mid-December 2019 is headed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is trusted by 67% of respondents and distrusted by 25%, according to a poll conducted by the Rating Sociological Group during December 13-17.
At the same time, 36% of respondents said they completely trusted Zelensky and 31% said they rather trusted him.
Some 28% of those polled trust Verkhovna Rada Chairman Dmytro Razumkov and 44% do not trust him. Holos party leader Svyatoslav Vakarchuk is trusted by 28% and distrusted by 59%. Opposition Platform - For Life party leader Yuriy Boiko is trusted by 23% and distrusted by 58%, Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk – by 22% and 44% respectively, and Batkivshchyna party leader Yulia Tymoshenko – by 19% and 74% respectively.
According to the poll, over the past two weeks, the level of satisfaction with the work of President Zelensky has increased from 53% to 62% (22% completely satisfied, 40% rather satisfied), and the level of dissatisfaction has decreased from 33% to 25%.
In addition, a third of Ukrainians surveyed believe that President Zelensky's actions were more successful than unsuccessful during the year. Some 41% said that the actions of the head of state were equally successful and unsuccessful. Only 14% said that his work was accompanied by failures.
The survey was conducted by the Rating Sociological Group during December 13-17, 2019 among the population of Ukraine aged 18 years and older via face-to-face interviews. The sample is representative of age, gender, region and type of settlement. A total of 2,500 respondents were interviewed. The poll's margin of error does not exceed 2%.
Source: Ukrinform