One in five Ukrainians ready to vote for Yanukovych at next presidential election
Kyiv, September 30 (Interfax-Ukraine) – A total of 20.8% of Ukrainians would vote for incumbent President Viktor Yanukovych if the next presidential elections were held on Sunday, October 6.
According to the results of the public opinion survey conducted by R&B Group and announced at a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine on Monday, 11.7% of Ukrainians would vote for Leader of UDAR Party Vitali Klitschko, 10.9% for Leader of the Batkivschyna Party Yulia Tymoshenko, 6.3% for leader of the Batkivschyna faction in parliament Arseniy Yatseniuk.
Leader of the Communist Party of Ukraine Petro Symonenko would get 4.9% of the vote, independent MP Petro Poroshenko 3.2%, and Leader of Svoboda Party Oleh Tiahnybok 3.1%.
At the same time, 11.5% of respondents said they would not go to the polls, 16.6% were undecided, and 7.9% said they would vote against all candidates.
The survey was conducted by R&B Group in all regions of Ukraine on September 15-25, 2013. A total of 3,117 respondents aged over 18 years were polled. The margin of error is 2%.