More than 60 percent of Ukrainians are not satisfied with how democracy has developed in Ukraine and more than 54 percent think they would be unable to resist a government decision limiting their lawful rights and interests, a poll conducted by the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine with the support of the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation has shown.
According to the results of the opinion poll announced at a press conference in Kyiv on Dec. 21, 26,3 percent of those polled are not happy at all with how democracy has developed in Ukraine, 35,1 percent are rather not happy, 16.1 percent are rather happy, 1.4 percent are entirely happy, and 21.1 percent were unable to answer.
When asked about their feelings about the future of Ukraine, 20,1 percent of the people said that feel optimistic, 18.2 percent said they felt desperate, 23.4 percent said they felt confused, 14.1 percent said they felt pessimistic, 43.3 percent said they felt hopeful, 37.6 percent said they felt anxious, 15.2 percent said they felt interested, 21.1 percent said they felt scared, 11.5 percent said they felt confident, 3.7 percent said they felt nonchalant, 5.1 percent said they felt happy, and 4.2 percent said they felt joyful.
Also, 47.9 percent of those polled said the chances for mass rallies in their towns against declining living standards and for the protection of their rights are unlikely, and 29.1 percent said such chances are rather high.
In addition, 54.1 percent of the respondents said if the government of Ukraine made a decision that would limit their lawful rights and interests, they would not be able to do anything with it, 15.4 percent said they would be able to undertake something, and 30.5 percent could not provide an answer.
The poll was conducted from Sept. 13 to Sept. 29, in all the regions of Ukraine for the exception of Crimea and the occupied territories in Donbas. A total of 1,800 people were polled.
