Poroshenko takes the lead in the presidential race

Wednesday, March, 26, 2014, 18:48 According to data from a survey conducted by SOCIS, KIIS, Rating, and Rozumkov Centre, Petro Poroshenko clearly leads in the presidential rating with more than twice as high a percentage as Vitali Klitschko and Yulia Tymoshenko. According to reports, Ukrainians currently show very high level of electoral interest, with about 84 % of voters willing to participate in elections. In the presidential election, 24.9 % of respondents are ready to support Poroshenko, 8.9%- Vitali Klitschko, and 8.2% - Yulia Tymoshenko. 7.3% support Sergei Tigipko, 4.2%.ex- governor of Kharkiv Mikhaylo Dobkin. Petro Symonenko would receive 3.6 % of votes, Oleg Liashko - 3.5%, Anatoly Hrytsenko - 3.2 %. Nationalist Oleh Tiahnybok would have 1.7%, and Dmitro Yarosh - 0.9 %. Among those who intend to vote, the top five would look like this: Poroshenko - 36.2 %, Klitschko - 12.9 %, Tymoshenko - 12.0 %, Tigipko and Dobkin - 10.0 % and 5 3%, respectively. About 20 % of voters are not yet sure who to vote for or will not to go elections. 9.7% would vote "against all" candidates. In the second round Poroshenko is also a confident winner against major competitors. Against Klitschko: Poroshenko gets 42.9 %, and Klitschko - 15.3 %. Against Tymoshenko, Poroshenko gets 46.3 % versus 11.6% for Tymoshenko. Poroshenko - Tigipko: 50.8 % and 14.4 %, respectively. The survey was held on March 14-19, 2014 among adults. A representative sample of 6200 respondents (1550 respondents in each of sociological centers) in all regions of Ukraine (excluding the population of Crimea). Method: Personal interviews formalized according to the questionnaire (face to face) at the residence of the respondent The statistical margin of error - no more than 0.8% http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/03/26/7020392/