The recently sacked General Zaluzhny is more popular than the current president of Ukraine
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky would not be the winner if an election were held right now, according to a poll made public on Tuesday. The Ukrainian government has postponed all elections for the duration of the conflict with Russia.
A survey carried out by the Ukrainian pollster SOCIS showed Zelensky trailing in the first round and then losing the runoff to the recently sacked General Valery Zaluzhny.
The SOCIS survey showed Zaluzhny getting 41% of the vote in the first round, going to 67.5% in the runoff, while the incumbent would get only 23.7% initially and no more than 32.5% in the second round.
Former President Pyotr Poroshenko would get just 6.4% of the vote in the first round, while the ex-speaker of Ukraine’s parliament, Dmitry Razumov, would get just 5.6%, the pollster said.
If the parliamentary elections were held today, a hypothetical “Zaluzhny bloc” would get 46.4% of the seats, and Zelensky’s party just 21.1%, while Poroshenko would max out at 7.5%.