50% of Ukrainians believe that Zelensky has not fulfilled his pre-election promises
Source: Kyiv Institute of Sociology
According to the survey, half of Ukrainians believe that president Volodymyr Zelensky has not fulfilled his pre-election promises.
18% of respondents answered that Zelensky fulfilled most or all of the promises, 19% believe that he fulfilled about half of the promises, and 50% – fulfilled a minority or none of the promises (of which 25% believe that he did not fulfill any of the promises).
Among those who believe that Zelensky has not fulfilled his promises, 50% explain this by the presence of dishonest, corrupt people in his team.
32% think that it is due to a lack of competent people in the president’s team, and 31% said that it is due to the full-scale Russian invasion.
The poll was conducted on May 16 – 22, 2024.
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