Zelenskyy leads in the presidential polls, followed by Zaluzhny
According to a poll conducted by Socis on March 12–18, Ukraine’s incumbent President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, now Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, lead the presidential approval ratings.
If the election were held this coming Sunday, 22.6% of voters would vote for Zelenskyy and 19.3% for Zaluzhnyy. Pollsters note that if Zelenskyy did not run, Zaluzhnyy would win.
Among those who have made up their minds and plan to vote, 29.3% would vote for Zelenskyy and 25% for Zaluzhnyy.
In third place is the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov, for whom 10.5% of those surveyed and 13.7% of those who have made up their minds are ready to vote. In fourth place is Petro Poroshenko, a member of the Ukrainian Parliament and leader of the European Solidarity party, for whom 5.7% of respondents or 7.4% of those who have made up their minds would vote.
Next in the ranking are Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov, independent MP Dmytro Razumkov, and Commander of the 3rd Army Corps Andriy Biletsky, for whom 3.1–3.4% of respondents or 4–4.4% of those who have made up their minds are ready to vote. In eighth place is MP and leader of the All-Ukrainian Union “Batkivshchyna” Yulia Tymoshenko, for whom 2.2% of respondents, or 2.9% of those surveyed, would vote.
Between 1% and 2% of Ukrainians would vote for volunteer and public figure Serhiy Prytula and the head of the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration, Vitaliy Kim; less than 1% would vote for Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko and the head of the Defense Council of Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Oleksandr Vilkul; and 3.6% would vote for other candidates combined.
6.7% of respondents do not intend to participate in the election, while 16.2% are undecided.
At the same time, if the candidate chosen by respondents were not on the ballot, a relative majority—22.7%—of those surveyed would vote for Budanov, while Zaluzhny would receive 17.5% of the vote.
In a “second-choice” scenario, Zelenskyy would come in third place—6.3% of respondents would support him. Terekhova would receive 5.1%, Poroshenko 4.9%, and Biletsky 4.3%. In this scenario, 2.2% would refuse to participate in the election.
In total, the survey polled 1,204 respondents using a quota-stratified sample across all government-controlled territories of Ukraine. Survey method: face-to-face interviews using tablets (CAPI). Statistical margin of error (confidence interval): ±2.5%.
Russia blackmailed the U.S., demanding it stop sharing intelligence with Ukraine — Zelenskyy.
Zelenskyy also confirmed that the U.S. is offering Ukraine security guarantees in exchange for the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the unoccupied territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. According to Zelenskyy, the White House’s readiness to conclude Operation “Epic Rage” in the Middle East and calls to conserve interceptor missiles directly influence Washington’s position regarding Ukrainian territories.
Meanwhile, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson stated on March 25 that the “Epic Rage” military operation against Iran is nearing its conclusion.
