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Nearly two-thirds of the public that watched Zelensky’s New Year’s Eve speech viewed it positively, the poll said, compared to 22% with a neutral view and 13% who had a negative impression. In that speech, Zelensky called for unity among Ukrainians despite cultural differences.
Latest polls show trust in Ukraine's government and general direction
fading The Razumkov Center released on Friday, February 21, the results of
its February polling of Ukrainian political sentiment. Highlights include a
continued drop in trust in the government, which has roughly halved since Sep.
2019 from 57% to 28% in February. Trust in the Cabinet of Ministers is
particularly low, with only 6% of respondents fully favoring the activities of
Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk and 52% not supporting him. The view that
the country is able to sort out its problems in the near future is fading, as only
21% of those polled hold this opinion compared to 49% of respondents in
September. However, the country's ability to overcome obstacles in the long
term has actually risen, at 49% compared to 50% in December and only 40%
in September. That said, 53% of respondents think that the country is currently
headed in the wrong direction compared to 57% thinking that it was headed in
the right direction in September. The Razumkov Center notes that political
The majority (53%) of Ukrainians believe that events are developing in the wrong direction (17% in September, and in December - 36%)
affiliation is a factor in shaping current views, with 65% of supporters of
President Zelenskiy's People's Servant party still favoring the government's
actions.
to the results of a study of the sociological service of the Razumkov Center
, according
conducted during the last two weeks of February. Some 25% of respondents
believe that events in Ukraine are developing in the right direction (57% said
so in September 2019, 44% in December 2019).
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