As many as 47% of Ukrainians have a positive and 24% a negative attitude toward President Volodymyr Zelensky, as seen from the findings of a public opinion poll conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS).
Compared to a similar poll conducted in December, the number of those who have a positive attitude toward Zelensky has gone down by 13 percentage points from 60%, and the number of those who have a negative attitude toward him has grown by ten percentage points from 14%.
Only 8% have a positive and 33% a negative attitude toward Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk (compared to 12% and 22% respectively in December). As many as 21% have a positive and 16% a negative attitude toward Verkhovna Rada Chairman Dmytro Razumkov (24% and 11% respectively in December).
Holos party leader Svyatoslav Vakarchuk is viewed positively by 16% (22% in December) and negatively by 36% (33%); European Solidarity party leader and former President Petro Poroshenko is viewed positively by 14% (13%) and negatively by 61% (65%).
Opposition Platform – For Life leader Yuriy Boiko is viewed positively by 23% (25% in December) and negatively by 31% (33%), Opposition Platform – For Life Political Council Chairman Viktor Medvedchuk positively by 16% (15%) and negatively by 45% (46%), and his colleague Vadym Rabinovych positively by 14% (13%) and negatively by 41% (43%).
The people’s view on the president’s performance has worsened in February compared to December 2019, as the number of those approving of his performance has dropped to 47% from 62%, while the number of those disapproving of it has increased to 40% from 25%.
The people have also become more negative about the government’s performance, as the number of those who approve of it has declined to 21% from 35%, while the number of those that disapprove of it has increased to 66% from 46%.
Ukrainians have also become more negative about the Verkhovna Rada’s performance since December, as the proportion of those approving of its work has gone down to 19% from 35%, while the share of those disapproving of it has grown to 70% from 49%.
A relative majority of those polled – 44% – are of the view that the current government led by Honcharuk should be discharged, while 37% believe it should continue to work.
The KIIS polled 1,500 respondents aged 18 and older using telephone interviews between Feb. 21 and 25, 2020. The findings of this survey have been compared with the findings of surveys conducted by the KIIS from Dec. 15 to 18, 2019, Nov. 22-25, 2019, Nov. 4-7, 2019, Oct. 9-11, 2019, and Sept. 6-19, 2019.
