Sociologists: more than 65 percent of Ukrainian citizens believe that the country is going in the wrong direction More than 65 percent of Ukrainian citizens are sure that the country is going in the wrong direction. Such conclusions were made by sociologists from the Kiev International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) based on a study conducted at the end of November.
A telephone survey of respondents – citizens of Ukraine over 18 years old – was conducted from 26 to 29 November 2021. The sample included 1,203 people from all regions of the country controlled by the Kiev authorities. The maximum error of the research results does not exceed 3.2 percent.
Related materials00: 02 – October 7 “The crisis will come by spring Zelenskiy gets rid of political competitors. Why doesn't this help him to hold on to power? 17: 26 – 23 November The DPR and Ukraine declare mutual shelling and are preparing for war. Why are Russia accused of aggravating the situation in Donbass? Another 15.5 percent chose the option “don't know” or “hard to say”. And only 18.6 percent support the current course of Ukraine's development. The dynamics of answers has worsened compared to October – in the middle of autumn, 61.7 percent were disappointed in the path chosen by Ukraine, and 22.6 percent were confident in its correctness.
The majority of Ukrainians still do not support the nomination of the incumbent president for a second term. This step was opposed by 58.2 percent of the country's citizens. This result is also worse for Zelensky than the previous one – in February 2021, 57.1 percent would not approve of the decision of the incumbent president to compete for power again.
Earlier, KIIS cited data according to which the party of the former leader of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko “ European Solidarity “overtook the ruling Servant of the People party for the first time.