Among politicians and public figures, as of fall 2023, Ukrainians most trust Vladimir Zelensky (75%), Vitaly Kim (64%) and Serhiy Prytula (51%).
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These are the results of a new survey by the Razumkov Center.
The majority of respondents do not trust Yuriy Boyko (82%), Yulia Tymoshenko (82%), Petro Poroshenko (73%), Alexey Arestovich (71%), Dmitry Gordon (58%), David Arakhamia (54%) and Andrey Yermak (53 ). %).
At the same time, 64% of Ukrainians have a negative attitude towards the idea of holding elections in Ukraine before the end of the war.
Most often, this is argued by the lack of money in the country, security problems and the impossibility of holding elections during martial law according to the law. Only 15% of respondents have a positive attitude towards the idea of holding elections in 2024.
Almost half of Ukrainians (49%) believe that events in Ukraine are developing in the right direction. The opposite opinion is shared by 30.5% of respondents.
The respondents usually assessed the level of well-being of their own family as better than the economic situation in the country. More than 56% of Ukrainians believe that the economic situation in Ukraine is bad, 35% say that it is neither bad nor good. At the same time, half of the respondents call the level of well-being of their own family mediocre.
In the rating of trust in state and public institutions, the Armed Forces received 93%, volunteer units – 85%, volunteer organizations – 84%, and the State Emergency Service – 83%.
The remaining institutions received the following percentages of trust from respondents:
- National Guard – 81%;
- State Border Service – 76.5%;
- president – 72%;
- Ministry of Defense – 71%;
- Security Service of Ukraine – 66%.
The sociological survey was conducted by the sociological service of the Razumkov Center from September 21 to 27, 2023 as part of the “Join In!” Program for promoting social activism, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by Pact in Ukraine.
The face-to-face survey was conducted in all government-controlled regions of Ukraine. 2016 respondents aged 18 years and over were surveyed. The theoretical sampling error does not exceed 2.3%.
Source: Racurs

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