Head of Kyiv City State Administration Oleksandr Popov and UDAR Party Leader Vitali Klitschko are the top candidates for Kyiv mayor among the residents of the city, according to the results of a poll conducted by the Social Monitoring Center and Ukrainian Oleksandr Yaremenko Institute of Social Studies in Kyiv on Feb. 10 through Feb. 20, 2012.
According to the poll, if the mayoral election in Kyiv were held next Sunday, some 26.1% would vote for Klitschko (32.2% of those who would participate in the election) and 23.6% would support Popov (29.5%).
A total of 4.8% would vote for Leader of the European Party of Ukraine Mykola Katerynchuk (5.6% of those who would vote), 3.2% would elect Coordinator of the Civil Resistance Movement Oleksandra Kuzhel (3.6%), and 1.7% of respondents would give their votes to Head of the Civil Active of Kyiv Oleksandr Pabat (2%).
At the same time, some 7.2% of respondents said that they would vote against all candidates, 12.5% have not decided yet who they would support, and 11.4% said they would not vote.
Kyiv residents also described what features the capital’s mayor should have.
Some 88.9% of Kyiv residents said that Kyiv mayor should be even-tempered, 85.3% respondents said that mayor should be eager to perfect himself, 81.2% said this should be a person that would reach compromises with representatives of various political forces for the sake of Kyiv residents, 78.9% said the Kyiv mayor should try to change the situation gradually, 77.1% said the Kyiv mayor should rely on the support of the community, 75.8% said that he or she should be an experienced manager, and 72% said the future mayor of Kyiv should have experience in urban management.
Kyiv residents also think that their mayor should not own a business and be devoted to working for Kyiv (61.4%) and not to be a public person so as not to be obsessed with PR for himself (57.8%).
The respondents also stressed that their mayor should be focused on work for the capital.
A total of 2,018 respondents were polled for the survey. The poll’s error margin is 1.85-3.1%.
