Most residents of Kyiv ready to support Klitschko in mayoral election - poll

The results of the survey were presented at a press conference by the Socis Center and the Committee of Voters of Ukraine on Tuesday, May 26, according to an Ukrinform correspondent.

"As for the Kyiv mayor, at the moment, if the election took place now, incumbent mayor Vitali Klitschko has been the main candidate for mayor for a very long time. We see he has a figure of 32.5% [of voter support]. In fact, in second place are four main candidates: Andriy Palchevsky - 6.9%, Serhiy Prytula - 6.4%, Oleksandr Omelchenko - 6.3%, Dmytro Gordon - 6.1%, Oleksandr Popov - 4.2%," Executive Director of the Socis Center Oleksandr Chashkovsky said.

At the same time, among those who have already decided on their choice, 41.1% of Kyiv residents would vote for Klitschko, 8.8% would support Palchevsky, and 8% would back Prytula. Some 7.8% of those polled would vote for Omelchenko and Gordon each. Some 5.3% would vote for Popov, 5.2% for Kucherenko (Batkivshchyna Party), 3.3% for Boryslav Bereza, 3.2% for Andriy Illienko (Svoboda Association), and 1.3% for Oleksandr Tkachenko from the Servant of the People party.

Some 7.6% of respondents would support another candidate.

The survey titled "The social and political situation in the city of Kyiv" was conducted from May 8 to May 20, 2020 by computer-assisted telephone interviewing. A total of 4,000 respondents were interviewed. The study was conducted in all ten administrative districts of the city, which represents the adult population of the capital on such indicators as age (over 18 years), gender, as well as the division of the city into districts.

The poll's margin of error is 1.9%. One interview lasted on average ten minutes.

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