Preliminary comments of Anton Hrushetskyi, KIIS Deputy Head, on candidates ratings:

At the time of the poll, the final list of candidates was not yet known. Therefore, the respondents were offered a list of 36 candidates, that included all the major candidates so that the list is as close as possible to the one finally registered. However, the differences between the lists may have some influence.

According to polls conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, in December 2018, 44% of adult Ukrainians were ready to take part in protest actions. Compared to previous years, the level of readiness to participate in social protests, at first, increased from 43% in December 2014 to 49% in December 2016, then decreased to 40% in December 2017, and equaled 44% in December 2018. At the same time, the proportion of those who said they were not ready to take part in any mass protests was 53% in 2017, and 49% in 2018.

 

The most trusted category among the Ukrainians is ordinary people living nearby (68%), volunteers who are helping the army and displaced people (63% and 61%), the church (51%), and the armed forces of Ukraine (51%). The least trust belongs to the government of Ukraine (11%), the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (8%) and Russian media (4%). In general, the level of trust in some institutions has changed somewhat over the year.

The data of the research that was conducted at the request of the public organization "All-Ukrainian Blockchain Association" by Kyiv International Institute of Sociology was presented on December 19, 2018 during the presentation of the "Koalitsiia natsionalnoi yednosti (Coalition of National Unity)" initiative at a press conference in the Ukrainian Crisis Media Center. Below are the major results of this survey.

 

• 92,2% респондентів вважають, що з підвищенням тарифів на комунальні послуги потрібно боротися. Вважають, що не потрібно боротися – 2%. Ще 5,8% респондентів не змогли або відмовилися відповісти на запитання.
• Разом з цим, серед 92,2% респондентів, які вважають, що слід боротися, 15% дотримуються думки, що найбільш ефективний у цьому О. Ляшко, 14,2% – Ю. Тимошенко. Далі йдуть Ю. Бойко (5,7%), В. Зеленський (2,9%), А. Гриценко (2,4%), П. Порошенко (1,7%), Є. Мураєв (1,5%), С. Вакарчук (1%). Інших політиків загалом назвали 3,1% респондентів. Ще 31,8% респондентів вважають, що жоден з політиків не бореться з підвищенням тарифів, а 12,8% не змогли або відмовилися відповісти на запитання.