The results of Ukraine’s 2019 presidential elections were a devastating blow for incumbent president Petro Poroshenko – not only did he lose to comic Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who has neither political experience nor concrete plans for solving Ukraine’s problems, but the comic won in a landslide, 73.22 percent vs 24.45 percent. Poroshenko’s defeat came as a surprise to many, except those who had been keeping an eye on opinion polls, which showed the politician’s high anti-rating already several years ago. Sociologists have established that nearly half of Zelenskiy’s votes were actually votes against Poroshenko, who came to power in snap elections after the Euromaidan revolution in 2014 with significant support in all Ukrainian regions. So, why did Poroshenko lose?
2019 Presidential Election
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Ukraine's President and presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko delivers a speech following the announcement of the first exit poll in a presidential election at his campaign headquarters in Kyiv on April 21, 2019.
