The Solidarity Party, the Radical Party and the Batkivshchyna Party are the leaders in the populism rating among Ukrainians, according to a survey conducted by the Sociological Agency Fama.
“Some 31 percent of respondents agree with the statement that every political party is a populist one. In the context of the most populist party Ukrainians called Solidarity Party (24 percent), Radical Party gained 20 percent, Batkivshchyna – 16 percent, People’s Front – 9 percent, Opposition block – 9 percent,” agency’s director Mariana Malachyvska-Danchak said during the presentation of the survey results in Kyiv on June 23.
According to the poll, 44 percent of Ukrainians believe that no political party is fighting corruption. In the rating of fighters against corruption, the Batkivshchyna party and Samopomich parties (7 percent each) top the list. The Radical Party and Solidarity Party have 5 percent of population’s trust each.
Every third respondent (32 percent) believes that none of the parties “can bring order in the country.”
In response to the question “which party defends the interests of Russia”, 28 percent of the respondents named the Opposition Bloc, 4 percent – Solidarity Party.
In addition, every third Ukrainian believes that none of the political parties is helping to establish peace in Ukraine.
Also, 60 percent of respondents said about disappointment in at least one party, 16 percent of respondents are disappointed in all political parties.
Almost half of the respondents (42 percent) are disappointed in Solidarity Party, 17 percent in Batkivshchyna Party and 14 percent in the People’s Front Party.
Some 58 percent of respondents are ready to vote in the parliamentary election, only 26 percent – made a decision which party to vote for, 16 percent do not know which party to vote for.
The poll was conducted by interview in all regions of Ukraine (except for Donetsk, Luhansk regions and Crimea) in March-April. A total of 2,500 Ukrainians over 18 were interviewed. The sampling error does not exceed 2 percent.
