“Levada Center”: The majority of Russians are ready to re-elect Putin for a fourth term – Moskovsky Komsomolets

In this case, 25% of respondents in favor of the fact that three years later he was replaced by another politician

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Vladimir Putin would have won a landslide victory in the presidential election if they held next Sunday, according to the survey, “Levada Center.” Moreover, since December 2013 in two and a half times increase in the number of Russians who would like and in 2018 see this post Putin. When the power in the country for many years in the hands of the same people, it provides order and stability in the country – so says 41%.

The survey was conducted February 20-23 among 1,600 people in 46 regions. The statistical error does not exceed 3,4%.

For the current president now would give 55% of the votes of citizens of the Russian Federation as a whole and 86% of those who have already decided on the choice (it is noteworthy that the names of the politicians were not read, and called respondents spontaneously – approx.).

According to sociologists, with respondents’ answers to the same question, with specific policies of Putin receives 59% of the vote as a whole and 80% of the votes of those who have already decided on the choice “Interfax”.

to vote for the Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov in the presidential election hypothetical willing 7% undecided respondents for the LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky – 4%. 1% of the respondents are willing to support Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

At the same time 57% of Russians expressed a desire to three years later, Putin was elected President of Russia for another one term. One in four respondents (25%) is in favor of that in three years it was succeeded by another person (in December 2013 it wanted 47% of Russians). Difficult to answer 19%.

According to 41% when the power in the country for many years in the hands of the same people, it provides order and stability in the country. For 19% it does not matter what kind of people are in power, most importantly, to abide by the law; that the tenure of power leads to increased lawlessness and the growth of corruption, 18% of Russians think; 12% believe that it leads to stagnation and lagging behind other countries. Difficult to answer 9%.

The turning point in the consciousness occurred in March last year, said the deputy director, “Levada Center” Alexei Grazhdankin. Against the background of confrontation with the West, Putin looks like a tough leader, providing the order in the country, and the opposition was discredited events on the Maidan. “People are afraid of the events in Ukraine, and therefore want to power remained in the hands of one man” – he said the newspaper “Vedomosti”.

This is probably the rating is no alternative, says political analyst Konstantin Kalachev. The desire to keep the Russians Putin as president connected with the idea that once he is in Russian crisis started, then he must withdraw from it. If after two years out of the crisis will not come, a request for an alternative to Putin there a large part of society, believes Kalachev.

Note that, according to another survey, “Levada Center” approval rating of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin Early in February reached 86 per cent increase compared with the data for January 2015 by 1 percent.