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Public Opinion Monitoring PUBLIC OPINION MONITORING Public Opinion Monitoring of the State of the Russian Society As in the previous issues, we publish the results of the monitoring of public opinion concern- ing the state of the Russian society conducted by VolRC RAS in the Vologda Oblast1. The following tables show the dynamics of several parameters indicating the social feeling and socio-political sentiment of the Vologda Oblast population in February – April 2018, and also on average for the latest six polls (June 2017 – April 2018). These data are compared with the data for 2007 (the last year of Vladimir Putin’s second presidential term, when the assess- ment of the President’s work was the highest) and for 2011 (the last year of Dmitry Medvedev’s presidency). The yearly dynamics of the data are presented beginning from 2014. In February – April 2018, the level of approval of the work of the President of the Russian Federation was 68%, which corresponds to an average annual indicator for 2015–2017. The share of negative evaluations of the President’s work for the past two months decreased by 3 p.p. (from 21 to 18%). The level of support of the work of the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federa- tion in February – April 2018 was 48–50%, which is a bit lower than in 2014–2016 (52–58%). The proportion of negative assessments in the past two months decreased by 3 p.p. (from 31 to 28%). For reference: according to VTsIOM, the share of positive assessments of the President’s work nationwide amounted to 82–83% in January – April 2018 (the share of negative judgments was 11%). According to Levada-Center, the support of the head of state from February to April increased by 5 p.p. (from 76 to 81%), the share of negative assessments decreased by p.p. (from 22 to 19%). 1 The polls are held six times a year in Vologda, Cherepovets, and in eight districts of the oblast (Babayevsky District, Velikoustyugsky District, Vozhegodsky District, Gryazovetsky District, Kirillovsky District, Nikolsky District, Tarnogsky District and Sheksninsky District). The method of the survey is a questionnaire poll by place of residence of respondents. The volume of a sample population is 1,500 people 18 years of age and older. The sample is purposeful and quoted. The representativeness of the sample is ensured by the observance of the proportions between the urban and rural population, the proportions between the inhabitants of settlements of various types (rural communities, small and medium-sized cities), age and sex structure of the Oblast’s adult population. Sampling error does not exceed 3%. More information on the results of VolRC RAS polls is available at http://www.vscc.ac.ru/. Economic and Social Changes: Facts, Trends, Forecast Volume 11, Issue 2, 2018 231 PUBLIC OPINION MONITORING How do you assess the current performance of..? (percentage of respondents) Average Dynamics (+/-), the June Aug. Oct. Dec. Feb. Apr. for the latest 6 surveys Answer 2007 2011 2014 2015 2016 2017 compared to … 2017 2017 2017 2017 2018 2018 latest 6 surveys 2016 2011 2007 RF President I approve 75.3 58.7 64.1 69.1 67.8 67.3 67.5 69.7 68.3 68.9 68.7 68.1 68.5 +1 +10 -7 I don’t 11.5 25.6 22.3 17.5 18.8 20.0 19.3 17.3 19.4 19.3 20.8 18.4 19.1 0 -7 +8 approve Chairman of the RF Government* I approve -* 59.3 54.2 58.1 52.3 49.5 47.9 49.7 51.5 49.9 48.3 49.9 49.5 -3 -10 - I don’t - 24.7 27.6 21.7 27.6 31.1 32.1 30.9 29.9 31.3 30.8 27.8 30.5 +3 +6 - approve Governor I approve 55.8 45.7 40.1 39.3 37.7 39.8 40.6 42.3 40.8 39.4 39.3 39.5 40.3 +3 -5 -15 I don’t 22.2 30.5 38.9 36.2 39.3 39.3 38.9 38.7 39.2 40.1 37.9 36.1 38.5 -1 +8 +16 approve * Included in the survey since 2008. There were no substantial changes in the assessment of success of the President’s work on addressing the key problems of the country over the past two months: – the share of those who think that the President successfully copes with the task of strengthening international positions of Russia is 55–56%; – the share of those who believe that the President is successful in protecting democracy and strengthening citizens’ freedoms is 43%; – the share of those who believe that the President successfully copes with the task of economic recovery and promotes the increase in the welfare of citizens is 31%. Among the tangible changes that occurred in February – April 2018, we should note the increase in the proportion of Vologda Oblast residents who believe that the President successfully copes with the problem of restoring order in the country (by 3 p.p., from 51 to 54%). This is much higher than in 2014–2017 (48–50%) and considerably higher than in 2011 (37%). It should be noted that, on average, over the past six surveys, the assessment of the President’s success in solving key problems of the country roughly corresponds to the level of 2007 (the difference makes 1–2 p.p.). This applies to all problems, except for the “economic recovery and the growth of the welfare of citizens”: the proportion of people who positively assess the work of the head of state in this direction was 47% in 2007 and on average over the past six surveys – 31% (it decreased by 16 p.p.). 232 Volume 11, Issue 2, 2018 Economic and Social Changes: Facts, Trends, Forecast PUBLIC OPINION MONITORING In your opinion, how successful is the RF President in coping with challenging issues?* (percentage of respondents) Average Dynamics (+/-), June Aug. Oct. Dec. Feb. Apr. for the the latest 6 surveys Answer 2007 2011 2014 2015 2016 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2018 2018 latest compared to … 6 surveys 2016 2011 2007 Strengthening Russia’s international standing Successful 58.4 46.2 50.4 51.7 51.2 55.7 55.3 58.1 57.6 56.5 55.2 56.1 56.5 +5 +10 -2 Unsuccessful 24.9 33.7 32.4 31.3 29.9 26.8 25.8 26.1 26.3 28.3 26.9 26.9 26.7 -3 -7 +2 Success 133.5 112.5 118.0 120.4 121.3 129.0 129.5 132.0 131.3 128.3 128.3 129.2 129.8 +8 +17 -4 index Imposing order in the country Successful 53.2 36.6 48.0 50.2 49.2 50.6 49.9 52.0 52.7 52.0 50.9 54.2 52.0 +3 +15 -1 Unsuccessful 34.0 50.0 39.1 37.9 36.7 36.1 35.8 35.6 35.1 34.6 32.7 30.8 34.1 -3 -16 0 Success 119.2 86.6 108.9 112.3 112.6 114.5 114.1 116.4 117.6 117.4 118.2 123.4 117.9 +5 +31 -1 index Protecting democracy and strengthening citizens’ freedoms Successful 44.4 32.4 37.5 40.4 36.6 40.3 39.1 41.7 42.5 43.3 42.8 42.9 42.1 +5 +10 -2 Unsuccessful 37.0 48.3 45.4 41.5 44.3 40.2 39.7 38.8 38.3 39.3 38.7 37.1 38.7 -6 -10 +2 Success 107.4 84.1 92.1 99.0 92.3 100.2 99.4 102.9 104.2 103.9 104.1 105.8 103.4 +11 +19 -4 index Economic recovery and increase in citizens’ welfare Successful 47.2 30.7 34.8 34.2 27.2 29.3 28.5 31.3 32.3 31.6 31.0 31.3 31.0 +4 0 -16 Unsuccessful 39.1 56.1 53.4 52.3 59.4 56.9 57.2 55.9 55.3 56.3 53.7 55.3 55.6 -4 0 +17 Success 108.1 74.6 81.4 81.8 67.8 72.4 71.3 75.4 77.0 75.3 77.3 76.0 75.4 +8 +1 -33 index * Ranked according to the average value of the index of success for 2016. In the past two months, the support for United Russia increased by 2 p.p. (from 38 to 40%), which corresponds to the level of 2015 (39%) and which is higher than in 2016–2017 (35%). In February– April 2018, there was a decline in the proportion of those who believe that none of the major political parties expresses their interests (by 3 p.p., from 29 to 26%). It is less than in 2011–2017 (30–34%), however, it is still significantly higher than in 2007 (18%). The structure of Vologda Oblast residents’ preferences concerning political parties did not change significantly and corresponds to the level of 2016–2017: LDPR is supported by 10–11%, KPRF – by 8%, the Just Russia party – by 3–5%. Economic and Social Changes: Facts, Trends, Forecast Volume 11, Issue 2, 2018 233 PUBLIC OPINION MONITORING Which party expresses your interests? (percentage of respondents) Dynamics (+/-), the latest 6 surveys compared to … Party 2007 2011 2014 2015 2016 2017 Oct.
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