One-quarter of Russians expressed their interest in the address of the president. The same share of respondents is confident that the ideas outlined by the president will soon be implemented.
MOSCOW, December 9, 2010. Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) presents the data describing how many Russians were interested in the address of the president; which ideas they liked and which ones they did not like in the presidential address, as well as how realistic Russians think the ideas of the president are; and what impression the speech of the president made on Russians.
This year presidential address attracted the attention of every third Russian (32%): 10% listened to the address, 22% - learned the basic excerpts from the news. The biggest interest was expressed by supporters of the CPRF party (45%), elderly respondents (42%), Muscovites and St.Petersburgians (41%). Forty-two percent of Russians, as usual, did not express any interest in the presidential address: they are mainly supporters of non-parliament parties (69%), and 25-34-year-old Russians (48%).
The majority of Russians believe that the ideas that the president outlined in the address are rather realistic; and every third Russian is confident that the ideas will soon be implemented (31%). They are basically supporters of the United Russia party (41%), Muscovites and St.Petersburgians (44%). Forty-seven percent of respondents think that the corruption will prevent the initiatives from being implemented. Those who share this stance are mostly adherents of the CPRF (58%) and Fair Russia (57%) parties. Only 12% regard the ideas as being common and lacking the concrete details.
Respondents who listened to the presidential address assess it positively. Thus, 17% express hope and inspiration. As a rule, they are the supporters of the Fair Russia (23%) and United Russia (22%) parties. Twenty-two percent believe that the president outlined the right ideas which were mentioned before. Those who think so are mainly adherents of the LDPR party (35%). Only 3% of respondent posed no interest to the presidential address.
The initiative Russian opinion polls were conducted on 4-5 December, 2010. 1600 respondents were interviewed at 138 sampling points in 46 regions of Russia. The margin oferror does not exceed 3.4%.
Did you follow the presidential address? (close-ended question, one answer) | |||||||
| May 2004 | May 2005 | May 2006 | April 2007 | November 2008 | November 2009 | December 2010 |
Yes, I listened to the address very attentively | 16 | 17 | 23 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 10 |
I did not listened to the address attentively, but I have learnt about the main ideas from the news | 22 | 27 | 35 | 32 | 28 | 26 | 22 |
No, I did not follow the presidential address | 50 | 38 | 30 | 38 | 40 | 42 | 42 |
I am not interested in politics; I do not care about that | 11 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 24 |
Hard to tell | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
In your opinion, how realistic are the ideas that the president outlined in his address, and will they be implemented? (close-ended question, one answer, % of those who followed the address or have learnt about that from the news) | ||
| 2009 | 2010 |
The president outlined the main actual realistic tasks which will soon be implemented | 28 | 31 |
The president outlined the actual realistic tasks but they will not be implemented due to corruption and bureaucracy | 49 | 47 |
The ideas of the president are too common and lacking the concrete details; they cannot be implemented | 11 | 12 |
Hard to tell | 12 | 11 |
What is your general attitude to the recent presidential address to the Federal assembly? | ||||||
| May 2005 | May 2006 | April 2007 | November 2008 | November 2009 | December 2010 |
It evoked the feeling of hope and inspiration | 27 | 33 | 24 | 20 | 19 | 17 |
The president expressed the right ideas, but they have already been expressed and have had no real effect | 25 | 22 | 17 | 22 | 24 | 22 |
I do not agree with most of the ideas the president expressed | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Everything the president talked about is not interesting to me | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
I did not hear about tat | 35 | 32 | 42 | 46 | 42 | 50 |
Hard to tell | 8 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 7 |
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