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estimates that Ukraine’s population is 41.4mn people. However in January 2020, then-Cabinet Minister Dmytro Dubilet announced that an ‘electronic census’ indicated that the population was 37.2mn.
Razumkov Centre poll shows Zelensky's rating improving. Razumkov Centre published the latest polls on public attitudes toward President Volodymyr Zelensky on Aug 17. The polls show a more positive assessment than in the poll conducted in March 2021. In particular, men, those aged between 30 and 60, and those with below average education viewed the president more positively than in March. Results for those aged 18-29 were net positive for all criteria except for his Professional rating which was still viewed negatively by 8.7% more of those respondents. Ratings among Zelensky's supporter remained essentially in the two surveys. The poll also explored the possibility of Zelensky running for a second term. Respondents with an opinion were generally negative, at 48%. Another 21.9% of respondents were positive, 18.5% were indifferent, and 11.6% claimed that it was difficult to answer.
Razumkov Centre published the latest polls on public attitudes toward President Volodymyr Zelensky on Aug 17. The polls show a more positive assessment than in the poll conducted in March 2021. In particular, men, those aged between 30 and 60, and those with below average education viewed the president more positively than in March. Results for those aged 18-29 were net positive for all criteria except for his Professional rating which was still viewed negatively by 8.7% more of those respondents. Ratings among Zelensky's supporter remained essentially in the two surveys. The poll also explored the possibility of Zelensky running for a second term. Respondents with an opinion were generally negative, at 48%. Another 21.9% of respondents were positive, 18.5% were indifferent, and 11.6% claimed that it was difficult to answer.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s rating slipped below 30% again, according to the Razumkov Center in the August 10 release of its latest poll data.
The president’s rating slipped from 32.4% in June to 28.8%. Likewise, former president Petro Poroshenko’s rating slipped from 17.2% to 15.9%. However, Zelenskiy is the only politician included in the polling who was fully trusted by more than 10% of respondents, at 11.9% of respondents.
The ratings of both Yulia Tymoshenko and Yuriy Boyko improved slightly, with Boyko up from 13.0% to 14.6% and Tymoshenko up from 9.8% to 10.9%. Their parties’ ratings also rose, with Tymoshenko’s Fatherland party’s rising from 10.5% to 11.4%, which is a high going back at least 10 polling periods. Boyko’s and Viktor Medvedchuk’s Opposition Bloc - For Life rating rose from 15.0% to 16.2%.
The poll also charts the effective end of the Holos party, as its rating is at 1.1% for the second quarter in a row.
19 UKRAINE Country Report September 2021 www.intellinews.com