(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Russia’s two main political leaders are also the top presidential contenders at this point, according to a poll by Bashkirova & Partners. 34 per cent of respondents would vote for current prime minister Vladimir Putin, while 26 per cent would support incumbent president Dmitry Medvedev.
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Russia’s two main political leaders are also the top presidential contenders at this point, according to a poll by Bashkirova & Partners. 34 per cent of respondents would vote for current prime minister Vladimir Putin, while 26 per cent would support incumbent president Dmitry Medvedev.
Communist Party (KPRF) leader Gennady Zyuganov is a distant third with six per cent, followed by Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky with three per cent. Support is lower for Russian Federation Council speaker Sergei Mironov and Union of Right Forces (SPS) member Boris Nemtsov.
Russian voters renewed the State Duma in December 2007. United Russia (YR)—whose candidate list was headed by then president Putin—secured 64.1 per cent of the vote and 315 of the legislature’s 450 seats. On that same month, Putin endorsed Medvedev as a presidential candidate, and Medvedev said it would be of the "utmost importance" to have Putin as prime minister.
In March 2008, Medvedev easily won Russia’s presidential election with 70.28 per cent of the vote. In May, Medvedev was sworn in as president. His nomination of Putin as prime minister was confirmed by the State Duma in a 392-56 vote
The next presidential election is scheduled for March 2012. Both Putin and Medvedev are eligible to run as candidates.
On Mar. 10, United Russia official Andrei Vorobyov said no decision has been made on who would be the party’s presidential candidate in 2012, adding, "Putin is our leader, and this fact speaks for itself. As far as his nomination is concerned, this process is always complicated and requires more discussions and preparations."
Polling Data
Who would you vote for if the presidential elections in Russia were to take place next Sunday?
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Vladimir Putin |
34%
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Dmitry Medvedev
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26%
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Gennady Zyuganov
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6%
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Vladimir Zhirinovsky
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3%
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Sergei Mironov
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1%
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Boris Nemtsov
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1%
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Would not vote
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12%
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Undecided
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16%
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Source: Bashkirova & Partners
Methodology: Face-to-face interviews with 2,000 Russian adults, conducted in February 2010. Margin of error is 2.2 per cent.
