Petro Poroshenko and Vladimir Zelensky during the debateKYIV, Jan 24The current and former presidents of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky and Petro Poroshenko, would receive the greatest support in the upcoming presidential elections, formally they share the first place, according to a poll conducted by the Kiev International Institute of Sociology (KIIS). «Vladimir Zelensky (for him) has relatively the highest support 23.5% of those who made their choice would vote) and Petro Poroshenko (20.9%). The difference in the support of these candidates is within the statistical error, that is, they formally «share» the first place, «says a study conducted in December and published on Monday.According to the poll, the second place is occupied by the leader of the opposition Batkivshchyna party, Yulia Tymoshenko (11.8%), followed by the leader of the Power and Honor party, former head of the SBU Igor Smeshko (9.6%) and co-chairman parliamentary faction «Opposition Platform — For Life» Yuriy Boyko (9.3%). The rest of the candidates have lower support. More than 60% of Ukrainian citizens do not want President Volodymyr Zelensky to stay for a second term, according to a poll conducted by the Kiev International Institute of Sociology (KIIS).
The State Duma gave advice to Zelensky on how to unite with Crimea «The majority of respondents (62.5%) do not support Zelensky running for a second term. 30.3% support it,» the poll says. According to the KIIS poll, which was conducted in December, 58.5% of Ukrainians opposed the second term of Zelensky. The survey was conducted from January 20 to 21 by telephone interview, 1,205 people were interviewed on the territory of Ukraine, with the exception of the territories of Donbas not controlled by Kiev. The statistical error of the sample with a probability of 0.95 does not exceed 3.2%. Zelensky became the President of Ukraine in the spring of 2019. According to the results of the first round of elections, he received the largest number of votes (30.24%) among all candidates and twice as many as Poroshenko, who then held the post of head of state. In the second round of elections, Zelensky won with 73.22%. Then he declared that he was elected president for only one term. The next presidential elections in Ukraine should be held in 2024.
