Over half of the potential voters at the Verkhovna Rada elections are against the peace achieved on the conditions of surrendering Ukrainian territories to the Russian Federation, according to the results of the poll conducted by GfK Ukraine, which were posted on the company's Web site on Sept. 29.
Respondents of the poll had to choose which statement, of two, they supported the most: ‘A poor peace achieved by surrendering a part of Ukrainian territories under the control of the Russian Federation is better than the continuation of the war’ or ‘It’s better not to give up, continue military actions, and hold on to every inch of Ukrainian land.’
A total of 54% of the respondents planning to vote at the parliamentary elections believe that it’s better not to give up and continue military actions. This statement was highly supported among the citizens of Kyiv, northern and western regions of Ukraine (66-65 percent). People from southern and eastern regions of Ukraine supported it the least (40-37 percent). A total of 31 percent of the respondents supported ‘poor peace’ and 15 percent couldn’t answer the question.
Respondents also were offered to answer the question if they would support the peace achieved by giving up Ukrainian territories to Russia, if they contain a population area, “in which you live.” Over three fourths of the respondents (76 percent) would not agree to such a peace, and only 16% are ready to agree to that in order to preserve peace. A total of 9 percent of the respondents hesitated to answer.
According to the poll, the statement on continuing the war is supported mostly by men rather than women (60 percent and 49 percent accordingly). However, surrendering territory with one’s own population area to Russia in order to preserve peace isn’t supported by either men or women almost equally (78 percent and 74 percent accordingly).
Only half of representatives of southern and eastern Ukraine agreed with the statement that a poor peace is better than the continuation of the war.
The poll was conducted by GfK Ukraine upon the order of Open Policy Foundation, Sept. 24 through Sept. 28, 2014. A total of 967 respondents that are likely to vote at the early parliamentary elections, over 18 years old were surveyed during the poll. The poll was conducted by telephone interviews (on mobile phones). The maximum sampling error equals to 3.1 percent.
