"Poll": In a hypothetical first round of elections, Zelenskyy and Zaluzhny are leading.
According to a survey by the sociological group "Rating" (3–October 5), in a hypothetical first round of presidential elections, Volodymyr Zelenskyy would receive 22,9% of the votes, and Valery Zaluzhny – 20,2%. Petro Poroshenko and Mykhailo Fedorov would each receive 7,6%, and Kyrylo Budanov – 6,7%. The survey was conducted among 1000 Ukrainians, with an error margin of no more than 3,1%.
The sociological group "Rating" conducted a survey from 3 to October 5 to gauge the electoral sentiments of Ukrainians. In a hypothetical presidential election in the first round, Volodymyr Zelenskyy would receive 22,9% of the votes, while Valerii Zaluzhny would receive 20,2%.
The support was then distributed as follows: Petro Poroshenko and Mykhailo Fedorov – 7,6%, Kyrylo Budanov – 6,7%, Andriy Biletsky – 5,4%, Dmytro Razumkov – 5,1%, Serhiy Prytula – 2,4%, Yulia Tymoshenko – 1,9%, Yuriy Boyko – 1,4%. An additional 4,5% of those surveyed would choose a different candidate, 5,2% would not vote, and 9,2% were undecided.
The survey was conducted using telephone interviews with the assistance of a computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) system, targeting 1000 Ukrainian citizens aged 18 years across all regions of Ukraine, excluding temporarily occupied territories and areas with no Ukrainian mobile phone service. The results are weighted according to data from the State Statistics Service, with a representativeness error of no more than 3,1% with a confidence level of 95%.