MOSCOW, October 17, 2007 Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) presents information concerning how Russians evaluate leaders of lists of parties' participating in the State Duma elections (Agrarian Party of Russia, Civilian Power, Democratic Party of Russia, "Unified Russia", KPRF, LDPR, "Peoples' Union", "Party of Social Justice", "Patriots of Russia", "Russian political party of Peace and Unity", "Fair Russia", Union of Right Forces (SPS) and "Yabloko".
Among the politicians of the federal part of the list of parties, planning to participate in the elections to the State Duma in December this year, best known to Russians are those occupying the first places on the lists of "Unified Russia", KPRF and LDPR: only 3-4% are not familiar with the names of V. Putin, G. Zyuganov and V. Zhirinovsky. Not more than one politician out of each of the "first three" of the Agrarian party of Russia, "Civilian Power", KPRF, LDPR, "Fair Russia", SPS and "Yabloko" is known to the majority of Russians, as a rule, it is the first on the party list, with the exception of the first three of SPS and Agrarian party, where the most famous are № 2, i.e. B. Nemtsov and № 3 V. Shandybin respectively.
Other politicians from KPRF's and LDPR's "first three" (Z. Alferov and N. Kharitonov, A. Lugovoi and I. Lebedev) are not known to every second respondent (51-54%). 7% of respondents have never heard of the politician № 1 on the Yabloko's list, i.e. G. Yavlinsky, the other two members of the first three of this party - S. Ivanenko and S. Kovalev - remain unknown to two thirds of respondents (64-66%). As far as the first three politicians of Fair Russia are concerned, 14% of respondents do not know S. Mironov, 57% S. Goracheva and 73% S. Shargunov. A similar pattern can be observed in the first three of SPS: 11% do not know B. Nemtsov, 56% N. Belykh and 73% have never heard of M. Chudakova.
The № 1 of the "Civilian Power" М. Barshefsky is not known to 42% of respondents. The leaders of "Patriots of Russia" are relatively known, thus, only 54% of respondents have never heard of G. Seleznev (№ 2), and 65% of G. Semigin (№ 1). However, at least 70% of respondents identify that they do not know any of the other politicians staying among the first free on the parties' lists.
V. Putin (23%) has headed the political sympathy rating, followed by V. Zhirinovsky (5%), М. Barshefsky (4%), G. Zyuganov, S. Mironov and V. Shandybin (3% each) lagging far behind him.
V. Zhirinovsky and Zyuganov, however, occupy the first place in the rating of political dislike (18% each). B. Nemtsov gained the third one with his 17% of the respondents' vote. The third place in the rating belongs to G. Yavlinsky. 7-8% of respondents feel dislike towards each of V. Shandybin and S. Mironov, whereas 4-5% of respondents experience negative feelings with regard to A. Lugovoi, M. Barshefsky and I. Lebedev.
V. Putin significantly surpasses all other politicians with 52% in the respect rating. He is then followed by Z.Alferov and G. Zyuganov (12% each), S. Mironov (11%) and V. Zhirinovsky (10%) all lagging far behind.
V. Zhirinovsky (13%) and Zyuganov (12%) also managed to receive the first two places in the condemnation rating only followed by G. Yavlinky (10%) and B. Nemtsov (9%) who received the third and fourth places.
V. Zhirinovsky excites in Russians the most interest (22%), S. Mironov (12%) gained the second place, whereas the third one is shared between М. Barshefsky and V. Putin (9% each).
The most typical emotion in respect to these politicians turned out to be indifference, especially, when the matter touches upon G. Yavlinsky (44%); B. Nemtsov (39%), S. Mironov (37%), G. Zyuganov (35%) who are now the current leaders of the political indifference rating.
The initiative all-Russia opinion polls were conducted by VCIOM on September 29-30 and October 6-7 and 13-14, 2007. 1600 respondents were interviewed in 153 population areas of 46 regions of Russia. The statistical error does not exceed 3.4%
Do you know the following politicians and if you do, how would you treat them? | ||||||||
| With sym- pathy | With respect | With inte- rest | With anti- pathy | With condem- nation | With indiff- erence | I do not know this person | Hard to say |
Alksnis Viktor | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 84 | 5 |
Alferov Zhores | 1 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 52 | 9 |
Baburin Sergei | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 70 | 8 |
Barshefsky Mikhail | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 42 | 8 |
Batanov Alexander | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 86 | 5 |
Belykh Nikita | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 56 | 11 |
Bogdanov Andrey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 87 | 5 |
Brusnikova Nina | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 82 | 6 |
Veduta Elena | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 88 | 5 |
Vorotnikov Valery | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 87 | 5 |
Gimazov Oleg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 88 | 5 |
Zhirinovsky Vladimir | 5 | 10 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 21 | 3 | 8 |
Zyuganov Gennady | 3 | 12 | 7 | 18 | 12 | 35 | 4 | 9 |
Ivanenko Sergei | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 66 | 9 |
Kovalev Sergei | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 64 | 8 |
Konegen Svetlana | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 78 | 6 |
Lebedev Igor | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 54 | 11 |
Leskov Maxim | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 87 | 6 |
Lugovoi Alexander | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 51 | 11 |
Mahovikov Sergey | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 82 | 8 |
Mironov Sergey | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 37 | 14 | 12 |
Nemtsov Boris | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 39 | 11 | 10 |
Panfilov Anatoly | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 70 | 6 |
Plotnikov Vladimir | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 75 | 7 |
Podberezkin Alexey | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 80 | 6 |
Pohmelkin Viktor | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 73 | 9 |
Putin Vladimir | 23 | 52 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
Ryavkin Alexander | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 83 | 7 |
Goryacheva Svetlana | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 57 | 10 |
Seleznyov Gennady | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 54 | 10 |
Semenov Vladimir | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 80 | 8 |
Semigin Gennady | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 65 | 10 |
Smirnov Vyacheslav | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 87 | 6 |
Tyrin Nikolay | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 88 | 6 |
Umalatova Sazhi | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 80 | 5 |
Kharitonov Nikolay | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 54 | 12 |
Chudakova Marietta | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 73 | 10 |
Shandybin Vasiliy | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 35 | 10 |
Shargunov Sergey | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 73 | 9 |
Yavlinsky Grigory | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 44 | 7 | 9 |
Fame Rating | ||
| Place | % |
Zhirinovsky Vladimir, Putin Vladimir | 1 | 97 |
Zyuganov Gennady | 2 | 96 |
Yavlinsky Grigory | 3 | 93 |
Nemtsov Boris | 4 | 89 |
Mironov Sergey | 5 | 86 |
Shandybin Vasiliy | 6 | 65 |
Barshefsky Mikhail | 7 | 58 |
Lugovoi Alexander | 8 | 49 |
Alferov Zhores | 9 | 48 |
Lebedev Igor, Seleznyov Gennady, Kharitonov Nikolay | 10 | 46 |
Belykh Nikita | 11 | 44 |
Svetlana Goryacheva | 12 | 43 |
Kovalev Sergei | 13 | 36 |
Semigin Gennady | 14 | 35 |
Ivanenko Sergei | 15 | 34 |
Baburin Sergei, Panfilov Anatoly | 16 | 30 |
Pohmelkin Viktor, Chudakova Marietta, Shargunov Sergey | 17 | 27 |
Plotnikov Vladimir | 18 | 25 |
Konegen Svetlana | 19 | 22 |
Podberezkin Alexey, Semenov. Vladimir, Umalatova Sazhi | 20 | 20 |
Brusnikova Nina, Mahovikov Sergey | 21 | 18 |
Ryavkin Alexander | 22 | 17 |
Alksnis Viktor | 23 | 16 |
Batanov Alexander | 24 | 14 |
Bogdanov Andrey, Vorotnikov Valery, Leskov Maxim, Smirnov Vyacheslav | 25 | 13 |
Veduta Elena, Gimazov Oleg, Tyrin Nikolay | 26 | 12 |
Sympathy Rating* | ||
| Place | % |
Putin Vladimir | 1 | 23 |
Zhirinovsky Vladimir | 2 | 5 |
Barshefsky Mikhail | 3 | 4 |
Zyuganov Gennady, Mironov Sergey, Shandybin Vasiliy | 4 | 3 |
Nemtsov Boris, Svetlana Goryacheva, Yavlinsky Grigory | 5 | 2 |
Alferov Zhores, Baburin Sergei, Belykh Nikita, Brusnikova Nina, Gimazov Oleg, Ivanenko Sergei, Kovalev Sergei, Konegen Svetlana, Lebedev Igor, Lugovoi Alexander, Panfilov Anatoly, Plotnikov Vladimir, Podberezkin Alexey, Seleznyov Gennady, Semigin Gennady, Umalatova Sazhi, Kharitonov Nikolay | 6 | 1 |
* Here and hereafter names of politicians who gathered less than 1% of votes are omitted. | ||
Respect rating* | ||
| Place | % |
Putin Vladimir | 1 | 52 |
Alferov Zhores, Zyuganov Gennady | 2 | 12 |
Mironov Sergey | 3 | 11 |
Zhirinovsky Vladimir | 4 | 10 |
Barshefsky Mikhail, Seleznyov Gennady. Yavlinsky Grigory | 5 | 6 |
Nemtsov Boris, Svetlana Goryacheva, Kharitonov Nikolay, Shandybin Vasiliy | 6 | 5 |
Kovalev Sergei, Semigin Gennady | 7 | 4 |
Plotnikov Vladimir | 8 | 3 |
Baburin Sergei, Belykh Nikita, Ivanenko Sergei, Lebedev Igor, Lugovoi Alexander, Panfilov Anatoly, Pohmelkin Viktor | 9 | 2 |
Alksnis Viktor, Bogdanov Andrey, Brusnikova Nina, Vorotnikov Valery, Konegen Svetlana, Mahovikov Sergey, Podberezkin Alexey, Ryavkin Alexander, Semenov Vladimir, Smirnov Vyacheslav, Tyrin Nikolay, Umalatova Sazhi, Chudakova Marietta, Shargunov Sergey | 10 | 1 |
Rating of Interest* | ||
| Place | % |
Zhirinovsky Vladimir | 1 | 22 |
Mironov Sergey | 2 | 12 |
Barshefsky Mikhail, Putin Vladimir | 3 | 9 |
Shandybin Vasiliy | 4 | 8 |
Zyuganov Gennady, Nemtsov Boris | 5 | 7 |
Alferov Zhores, Goryacheva Svetlana, Yavlinsky Grigory | 6 | 6 |
Belykh Nikita, Ivanenko Sergei | 7 | 5 |
Lebedev Igor, Lugovoi Alexander, Panfilov Anatoly, Seleznyov Gennady, Kharitonov Nikolay | 8 | 4 |
Baburin Sergei, Kovalev Sergei, Pohmelkin Viktor, Semigin Gennady | 9 | 3 |
Brusnikova Nina, Konegen Svetlana, Mahovikov Sergey, Plotnikov Vladimir, Podberezkin Alexey, Umalatova Sazhi, Chudakova Marietta, Shargunov Sergey | 10 | 2 |
Alksnis Viktor, Batanov Alexander, Bogdanov Andrey, Veduta Elena, Vorotnikov Valery, Gimazov Oleg, Leskov Maxim, Ryavkin Alexander, Semenov Vladimir, Smirnov Vyacheslav, Tyrin Nikolay | 11 | 1 |
Rating of Dislike* | ||
| Place | % |
Zhirinovsky Vladimir, Zyuganov Gennady | 1 | 18 |
Nemtsov Boris | 2 | 17 |
Yavlinsky Grigory | 3 | 16 |
Shandybin Vasiliy | 4 | 8 |
Mironov Sergey | 5 | 7 |
Lugovoi Alexander | 6 | 5 |
Barshefsky Mikhail, Lebedev Igor | 7 | 4 |
Alferov Zhores, Baburin Sergei, Belykh Nikita, Kovalev Sergei, Panfilov Anatoly, Seleznyov Gennady, Kharitonov Nikolay | 8 | 3 |
Ivanenko Sergei, Konegen Svetlana, Podberezkin Alexey, Svetlana Goryacheva, Umalatova Sazhi, Chudakova Marietta | 9 | 2 |
Alksnis Viktor, Batanov Alexander, Bogdanov Andrey, Brusnikova Nina, Veduta Elena, Vorotnikov Valery, Gimazov Oleg, Leskov Maxim, Mahovikov Sergey, Plotnikov Vladimir, Pohmelkin Viktor, Putin Vladimir, Ryavkin Alexander, Semenov Vladimir, Semigin Gennady, Smirnov Vyacheslav, Tyrin Nikolay, Shargunov Sergey | 10 | 1 |
Condemnation Rating* | ||
| Place | % |
Zhirinovsky Vladimir | 1 | 13 |
Zyuganov Gennady | 2 | 12 |
Yavlinsky Grigory | 3 | 10 |
Nemtsov Boris | 4 | 9 |
Shandybin Vasiliy | 5 | 5 |
Lebedev Igor, Lugovoi Alexander, Mironov Sergey | 6 | 4 |
Kovalev Sergei, Seleznyov Gennady | 7 | 3 |
Alferov Zhores, Belykh Nikita Putin Vladimir, Goryacheva Svetlana, Kharitonov Nikolay | 8 | 2 |
Alksnis Viktor, Baburin Sergei, Barshefsky Mikhail, Batanov Alexander, Ivanenko Sergei, Konegen Svetlana, Panfilov Anatoly, Pohmelkin Viktor, Semigin Gennady, Tyrin Nikolay, Umalatova Sazhi, Chudakova Marietta, Shargunov Sergey | 9 | 1 |
Indifference Rating* | ||
| Place | % |
Yavlinsky Grigory | 1 | 44 |
Nemtsov Boris | 2 | 39 |
Mironov Sergey | 3 | 37 |
Zyuganov Gennady | 4 | 35 |
Barshefsky Mikhail, Shandybin Vasiliy | 5 | 26 |
Lugovoi Alexander | 6 | 22 |
Zhirinovsky Vladimir | 7 | 21 |
Belykh Nikita, Lebedev Igor | 8 | 20 |
Seleznyov Gennady, Kharitonov Nikolay | 9 | 19 |
Svetlana Goryacheva | 10 | 16 |
Alferov Zhores, Semigin Gennady | 11 | 15 |
Ivanenko Sergei, Kovalev Sergei | 12 | 14 |
Panfilov Anatoly, Shargunov Sergey | 13 | 13 |
Baburin Sergei | 14 | 12 |
Plotnikov Vladimir, Pohmelkin Viktor, Chudakova Marietta | 15 | 11 |
Konegen Svetlana, Semenov Vladimir | 16 | 9 |
Podberezkin Alexey | 17 | 8 |
Alknis Viktor, Brusnikova Nina, Putin Vladimir, Ryavkin Alexander, Umalatova Sazhi | 18 | 7 |
Batanov Alexander, Mahovikov Sergey |
| 6 |
Bogdanov Andrey, Vorotnikov Valery, Leskov Maxim |
| 5 |
Veduta Elena, Gimazov Oleg, Smirnov Vyacheslav, Tyrin Nikolay |
| 4 |