This survey took place between October 18–24, 2018 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 136 localities of 52 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%
The sum of the figures in the columns may deviate from 100% by ± 2 due to rounding. This is an acceptable degree of deviation.
IF THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WERE HELD NEXT SUNDAY, WOULD YOU PARTICIPATE? IF YES, WHICH OF THE CURRENT POLITICIANS WOULD YOU VOTE FOR? (respondents named the politician for whom they would vote themselves and could only name one person; as a percentage of those surveyed; ranked in descending order according to October 2018)
| Oct. 17 | Oct. 18 | |
| Vladimir Putin | 53 | 40 |
| Vladimir Zhirinovsky | 3 | 4 |
| Pavel Grudinin | – | 3 |
| Gennady Zyuganov | 2 | 2 |
| Alexei Navalny | 2 | 1 |
| Sergey Shoygu | 1 | <1 |
| Sergey Lavrov | – | <1 |
| Grigory Yavlinsky | – | <1 |
| Other candidates | 1 | 2 |
| I don’t know for whom I would vote | 20 | 21 |
| I wouldn’t vote | 11 | 23 |
| I don’t know whether or not I would vote | 9 | 6 |
IF THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WERE HELD NEXT SUNDAY, WOULD YOU PARTICIPATE? IF YES, WHICH OF THE CURRENT POLITICIANS WOULD YOU VOTE FOR? (respondents named the politician for whom they would vote themselves and could only name one person; as a percentage of those surveyed who were ready to vote at the time of the survey; ranked in descending order according to October 2018)
| Oct. 17 | Oct. 18 | |
| Vladimir Putin | 66 | 56 |
| Vladimir Zhirinovsky | 3 | 5 |
| Pavel Grudinin | – | 4 |
| Gennady Zyuganov | 2 | 2 |
| Alexei Navalny | 2 | 1 |
| Sergey Shoygu | 1 | <1 |
| Sergey Lavrov | – | <1 |
| Grigory Yavlinsky | – | <1 |
| Other candidates | 2 | 2 |
| I don’t know for whom I would vote | 25 | 29 |
DO YOU THINK THAT VLADIMIR PUTIN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROBLEMS THAT THE COUNTRY FACES WHILE HE IS IN POWER? (respondents were presented with a card and could only choose one answer)
| Jan. 12 | Feb. 13 | Mar. 14 | Jan. 15 | Jan. 16 | Oct. 17 | Oct. 18 | |
| Yes, fully responsible | 50 | 48 | 52 | 46 | 43 | 55 | 61 |
| Yes, responsible to some degree | 28 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 21 | 22 |
| No, he has done everything correctly; if something didn’t work out, it was the fault of negligent and corrupt officials | 12 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 10 |
| No, he has done everything correctly; if something didn’t work out, it was the result of external circumstances (the country’s position at the end of the 90s, the global crisis, etc.) | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6 |
| It is difficult to say | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
Translated by Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (formerly Monterey Institute of International Studies).
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