This survey took place between September 15-19, 2017 and was conducted throughout all of Russia in both urban and rural settings. The survey was carried out among 1600 people over the age of 18 in 137 localities of 48 of the country’s regions. The survey was conducted as a personal interview in respondents’ homes. The answer distribution is presented as percentages of the number of participants along with data from previous surveys. The statistical error of these studies for a selection of 1600 people (with a probability of 0.95) does not exceed: 3.4% for indicators around 50%; 2.9% for indicators around 25%/75%; 2.0% for indicators around 10%/90%; 1.5% for indicators around 5%/95%.
DO YOU KNOW WHEN THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WILL BE HELD? IF SO, CAN YOU PROVIDE THE MONTH AND YEAR WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN?
| Sept. 17 | |
| Answered “March 2018” | 44 |
| Were only able to give the correct year (2018) | 32 |
| Answered with a different date | 3 |
| I don’t know/It’s difficult to say | 21 |
IF THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WERE TO BE HELD NEXT SUNDAY, WOULD YOU VOTE? IF SO, WHICH CURRENT POLITICIAN WOULD YOU VOTE FOR? (the percentages include ALL respondents; OPEN-ENDED question — the respondents provided the last names of politicians THEMSELVES and WERE NOT prompted or given a list of politicians; single-answer question; arranged in descending order from September 2017)*
| Sept. 07 | Sept. 11 | Aug. 2017 | Sept. 17 | |
| Putin | 32 | 27 | 48 | 52 |
| Zhirinovsky | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Zyuganov | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Navalny | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Medvedev | 5 | 13 | <1 | <1 |
| Yavlinsky | <1 | – | <1 | <1 |
| Mironov | – | 1 | <1 | <1 |
| Shoygu | <1 | <1 | 1 | <1 |
| Other | 9** | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| I don’t know for whom I would vote | 28 | 21 | 24 | 23 |
| I wouldn’t vote | 8 | 11 | 10 | 9 |
|
I don’t know whether or not I would vote |
11 | 13 | 11 | 9 |
*The sum of the figures in the above columns may deviate from 100% by ± 2 due to rounding. This is considered to be an acceptable degree of deviation.
**The “Other” category was removed in September 2007: Sergei Ivanov – 6%, Nikolai Zubkov – 1%, and all others receiving less than 0.5%.
IF THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS WERE TO BE HELD NEXT SUNDAY, WOULD YOU VOTE? IF SO, WHICH CURRENT POLITICIAN WOULD YOU VOTE FOR? (The percentages include those respondents who were ready to vote at the time of polling; respondents provided the last names of politicians THEMSELVES; single-answer question; arranged according to September 2017)*
| Sept. 07 | Sept. 11 | Aug. 2017 | Sept. 17 | |
| Putin | 39 | 36 | 60 | 64 |
| Zhirinovsky | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Zyuganov | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| Navalny | – | – | 2 | 1 |
| Medvedev | 6 | 17 | <1 | <1 |
| Yavlinsky | <1 | <1 | 1 | <1 |
| Mironov | <1 | 2 | <1 | <1 |
| Shoygu | <1 | <1 | 1 | <1 |
| Other | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| I don’t know for whom I would vote | 34 | 27 | 30 | 28 |
IF VLADIMIR PUTIN DOES NOT RUN FOR PRESIDENT, WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE BECOME THE NEXT PRESIDENT? (The percentages include ALL respondents; respondents provided the last names of politicians THEMSELVES; single-answer question; arranged in descending order)*
| Sept. 17 | |
| Medvedev | 8 |
| Zhirinovsky | 6 |
| Shoygu | 6 |
| Zyuganov | 4 |
| Putin | 3 |
| Lavrov | 2 |
| Navalny | 2 |
| Mironov | 1 |
| Sobyanin | 1 |
| Yavlinsky | 1 |
| Matviyenko | <1 |
| Volodin | <1 |
| Peskov | <1 |
| Dyumin | <1 |
| Other | 2 |
| None of the above | <1 |
| It is difficult to say | 55 |
| I won’t vote | 1 |
| None | 7 |
Translated by Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (formerly Monterey Institute of International Studies).
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