Most of the supporters of joining the EU are among the voters of Petro Poroshenko \u2013 87%, Ihor Smeshko \u2013 60.5%, Volodymyr Zelensky \u2013 52.6%, and Yulia Tymoshenko \u2013 41.2%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Almost 50% of Ukrainians support the idea of their country’s accession to the European Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over 40% of the respondents speak up for joining North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), that’s per the latest poll conducted by Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In October, 49% of respondents supported accession to the EU (46.1% in April), as well as 13.8% \u2013 to the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) consisting of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, and Kyrgyzstan (against 13.1% in April). At the same time, 27% of Ukrainians stand for refraining from joining any of the unions. Some 10.2% of the respondents found the question difficult to answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most of the supporters of EU membership are among the voters of ex-president Petro Poroshenko (87%), former security chief Ihor Smeshko (60.5%), incumbent President Volodymyr Zelensky (52.6%), and Batkivshchyna party leader Yulia Tymoshenko (41.2%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among pro-Russian politician Yuriy Boyko’s voters, only 15% support joining the EU, but at the same time, 40.3% of those polled consider it expedient to join the EAEU. Supporters of Vladimir Putin’s political operative in Ukraine Viktor Medvedchuk, only 5.4% support joining the EU, while 53.7% are in favor of acceding to the EAEU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also, the poll shows 41% of Ukrainians believe the country should join NATO<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most of the supporters of NATO membership are among the voters of Petro Poroshenko (83.2%), Ihor Smeshko (62.2%), and Yulia Tymoshenko (38.2%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volodymyr Zelensky’s voters mostly opt for a non-aligned status (42.7%), while 36.5% support joining NATO, and just 9.1% \u2013 joining the CSTO, while 11.8% found it difficult to answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among Yuriy Boyko’s voters, only 11.4% support joining NATO, while 25.7% stand for joining the CSTO. Among Viktor Medvedchuk’s supporters, only 5.5% back joining NATO, while 43.2% root for CSTO membership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poll details<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The survey was conducted on October 17-24 through computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI) using a random selection of cell numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The sample is representative of the adult population (aged 18 and older). The survey was conducted in settlements across Ukraine with the exception of Russia-occupied Crimea and certain districts in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The study involved 1,502 respondents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The margin of error does not exceed 2.6% for indicators close to 50%, 2.2% for indicators close to 25%, 1.7% for indicators close to 10%, and 1.1% for indicators close to 5%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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