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June 26 , the party rating is headed by Yulia Tymoshenko's Batkivschyna Party, which is supported by 17% of those who chose the side and intend to come to voting.
The second position is shared by Opposition Bloc of Yuriy Boiko, Civil Position of Anatoliy Hrytsenko and the Servant of the People party (Sluha Narodu) of Volodymyr Zelensky, for which about 10.5% of respondents are ready to vote.
Some 9.6% of respondents are ready to vote for the party Za Zhyttia (For Life) of Vadym Rabynovych, and 8.2% for Oleh Liashko's Radical Party. Some 7.4% of those polled are ready to support the Solidarity party of incumbent President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, while Samopomich, headed by Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovy, is supported by 5.1%.
According to the research, Svoboda party did not overcome the 5% barrier (3.8%).
The rating of other parties is less than 2%.
Three quarters (76%) of respondents surveyed by Rating Sociological Group say the country is headed in the wrong direction.
According to the results 13% of respondents believe that things are going in the right direction in the country, and 11% had difficulty answering the question.
At the same time, residents of the central and western regions express relatively less pessimism, while attitudes were more critical in Ukraine's southern regions.
Almost two-thirds (60%) of the Ukrainians interviewed spoke about the worsening economic situation of their families over the past six months, another 30% said that there are no changes, and only 8% said that their families have improved their economic situation over the period.
The war in eastern Ukraine remains the most important state problem in the eyes of the majority of citizens (78%). Only 55% of those polled complained about bribery and corruption as a nation-wide problem
More than half of respondents are personally concerned about the increase in prices and tariffs, as well as the low level of salaries and pensions. Issues of war in the east, low level of medical services and a lack of good jobs are personal problems for every fifth person.
The survey was conducted on June 14-24, 2018 among 2,500 Ukrainian citizens aged 18 and older through a formalized interview (face-to-face). The sample is representative of age, sex, region, and type of settlement. The margin of error of the survey does not exceed 2%.
2.4 Politics - misc
10 UKRAINE Country Report July 2018 www.intellinews.com
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