Rural voters to support BYUT, city voters to support Yatseniuk, poll says

October28200819:47

Amid expectations of snap elections approval ratings of political parties increased insignificantly in comparison with September Sotsinform polls, with Svoboda becoming the largest earner (up 3.3%).

The opinion poll was conducted by the Sotsinform Oct. 1-12 in Ukraine’s five Western oblasts, the center’s director Olexy Antypovych told ZIK Oct. 28.

Almost half of respondents who would vote support BYUT (45.1%). Our Ukraine has a 10.5% support, with the Yatseniuk bloc at 9.9% and Svoboda at 9.3%.

A 3% threshold will be cleared by the Party of Regions (4.2%), Self-Defense (3.5%, and Lytvyn’s People’s party, 3.3%. The Communist got 1.7% support, the Ukrainian People’s party 0.9% and the Socialists 0.7%.

BYUT has the largest support among the residents of oblasts Lviv, Volyn and Rivne. Our Ukraine and the Yatseniuk bloc has the most support in oblasts Ternopil and Ivano-Frankivsk.

Interestingly, while BYUT and OU is supported by the rural population, the Yatseniuk bloc and Svoboda enjoy most of their support in the cities of Western Ukraine.