More than half of Ukrainians (56%) have a negative attitude towards the idea of ​​holding national elections in Ukraine, presidential or parliamentary, before the end of the war.

According to the results of a social survey conducted by the Razumkov Center on September 20-26 and presented to the Interfax-Ukraine agency on Wednesday, only 28% of respondents have a positive attitude towards the idea of ​​holding elections.

Support for the idea of ​​holding elections before the end of the war depends on the level of trust in the current government, primarily the President of Ukraine. Thus, among those who trust the President of Ukraine, only 17% would support such elections (69% would not support them), while among those who do not trust him, the corresponding figures are 41% and 42%.

To a lesser extent, support for the idea of ​​holding presidential and parliamentary elections before the end of the war depends on the level of trust in the Verkhovna Rada: among those who trust it, 23% would support such elections (63.5% would not support them), and among those who do not trust it, 30% and 54%, respectively.

The poll was conducted by the sociological service of the Razumkov Centre within the Join in! Community Engagement Program, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by Pact in Ukraine. The poll was conducted face-to-face in all government-controlled regions using a stratified multi-stage sample using random selection at the first stages of sample formation and a quota method of selecting respondents at the final stage. The sample structure reproduces the demographic structure of the adult population of the territories where the poll was conducted as of the beginning of 2022 by age, gender, type of settlement.

A total of 2,016 respondents aged 18 years and older were interviewed. The theoretical sampling error does not exceed 2.3%.