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Communists lead latest Russian opinion poll
Interfax
Moscow, 29 December: If elections to the Russian State Duma were held next Sunday, the Russian Communist Party led by Gennadiy Zyuganov would get 35 per cent of the vote.
Interfax on Saturday [29 December] obtained this information from the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Centre (VTsIOM), which conducted a representative interview poll of 1,600 Russians on 25 December.
Meanwhile, sociologists pointed to a decline in the Communist Party's rating of late, as in April 39 per cent of participants in an analogous poll said they were willing to vote for the Communists. The following information cites only answers by Russians definitely planning to vote and who know exactly what parties and blocs they would support.
The Unity-All Russia party led by Sergey Shoygu and Yuriy Luzhkov could count on 30 per cent of the votes, while Women of Russia led by Alevtina Fedulova, Yabloko led by Grigoriy Yavlinskiy and the Union of Right Forces (SPS) headed by Boris Nemtsov would gather 6 per cent each. The Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) headed by Vladimir Zhirinovskiy would obtain 5 per cent of the votes, and Russian National Unity 2 per cent.
The Agrarian Party led by Mikhail Lapshin, the Russia movement of Gennadiy Seleznev, the Democratic Party headed by Mikhail Prusak and the United Social Democratic Party of Mikhail Gorbachev would be supported by 1 per cent of voters each. The People's Party led by Gennadiy Raykov has under 1 per cent of supporters now, while the Liberal Russia party organized and sponsored by Boris Berezovskiy and led by Sergey Yushenkov would by unlikely to be supported by anybody.
All other parties and movements together would obtain about 1 per cent of the votes, and 5 per cent would vote against all the candidates.
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