According to a survey conducted by Sofia Center for Social Studies on May 13-22, most Ukrainian citizens think that incumbent President Viktor Yuschenko has practically no chance of being reelected for a second term.
A total of 2,013 respondents aged over 18 from all Ukrainian regions, Crimea, and the cities of Kyiv and Sevastopol participated in the interview. The poll's margin of error does not exceed 2.2%.
The head of the center's sociological programs, Oleksandr Levtsun, said that Yuschenko " has practically no chance of being reelected for a second term" according to 79.7% of those polled.
Some 14.6% of respondents described Yuschenko's chance as slight, and only 2.9% said the incumbent president had a "certain chance of being reelected for a second term," while 2.8% were undecided.
The overwhelming majority of respondents were pessimistic about Yuschenko's decision to run for the presidency, only 7.3% were optimistic about it, some 21.1% of those polled said they were indifferent to this question, while 2.6% were undecided.
Yuschenko was elected president of Ukraine late in 2004. He officially assumed office late in January 2005.
