Politician of the year 2022 (December 2022–January 2023)

January 17, 2023

Results of the public opinion poll conducted by the Razumkov Centre Sociological Service on December 21, 2022 – January 3, 2023.

Face-to-face interviews were held in Vinnytsia, Volyn, Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomyr, Transcarpathian, Zaporizhia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv, Kirovohrad, Lviv, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Poltava, Rivne, Sumy, Ternopil, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Chernivtsi regions and Kyiv city (in Zaporizhia, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv regions — only in the territories controlled by the Ukrainian government and free of hostilities).

The survey was conducted using stratified multistage sampling with random selection at the first stages of sampling and quotas at the final stage (respondents were selected by gender and age quotas). The sample population structure reproduced the demographic structure of the adult population of the territories where the poll was conducted as of the beginning of 2022 (by age, sex, settlement type).


2017 respondents in the age of 18 and more were polled. The theoretical sampling error does not exceed 2.3%. Meanwhile, additional systemic deviations of the sample may be caused by the effects of the Russian aggression, in particular, displacement of millions of citizens.

Answering the question "Which Ukrainian political figure would you call Politician of the year 2022?", 59% of respondents named Volodymyr Zelenskyy. After being elected President in 2019, Volodymyr Zelenskyy led the ratings in the "Politician of the Year" nomination every year: in 2019, 46% of the polled citizens of Ukraine named him, in 2020 — 15%, in 2021 — 17 %.

Valeriy Zaluzhnyi (10%) took the second place in terms of frequency of mention. Oleksiy Arestovych, Petro Poroshenko and Dmytro Kuleba collected 2% each, Mykhailo Podoliak and Serhiy Prytula — 1%.

Zelenskyy was named Politician of the Year 2022 by the majority of respondents in all regions: 66.5% in the country’s South, 61% in the Centre, 57% in the West and 55% in the East. He was mentioned more often by women (62%) than by men (55%). Younger age groups like him more than middle-aged and older people: 68% of those under 30, 63% between 30 and 39, and 54% to 56% in the middle and older age groups.

Among those who mainly speak Ukrainian at home, Volodymyr Zelenskyy was named politician of the year by 60%, among Russian-speakers — by 55%. The higher the level of well-being of the respondents is, the more often they mention V. Zelenskyy: from 54% of those who said that their family "hardly makes ends meet" to 63% among those who reportedly "do well."




SURVEY RESULTS IN TABLES

(data in the tables are given as percentages)




Which Ukrainian politician would you call Politician of the year 2022?
Respondents themselves named the politicians. All tables contain the names of only those persons who collected more than 1%.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

59.0

Valeriy Zaluzhnyi

10.0

Oleksiy Arestovych

2.4

Petro Poroshenko

2.4

Dmytro Kuleba

1.7

Mykhailo Podoliak

1.1

Serhiy Prytula

1.1

None

5.2

Hard to say

8.4


Which Ukrainian politician would you call Politician of the year 2022?
by macro region

West

Centre

South

East

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

56.6

60.7

66.5

54.7

Valeriy Zaluzhnyi

14.2

9.3

3.8

8.8

Oleksiy Arestovych

2.6

2.3

1.0

3.2

Petro Poroshenko

3.5

2.3

1.9

1.2

Dmytro Kuleba

2.6

1.9

0.5

1.2

Mykhailo Podoliak

0.0

0.7

2.4

2.5

Serhiy Prytula

2.4

0.8

0.5

0.5

None

5.4

4.1

8.1

5.6

Hard to say

4.6

8.5

5.7

14.7


Which Ukrainian politician would you call Politician of the year 2022?
by respondents’ sex

Men

Women

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

55.3

62.1

Valeriy Zaluzhnyi

11.1

9.1

Oleksiy Arestovych

2.1

2.7

Petro Poroshenko

2.8

2.0

Dmytro Kuleba

1.6

1.8

Mykhailo Podoliak

1.2

0.9

Serhiy Prytula

1.1

1.1

None

5.9

4.5

Hard to say

8.9

8.1


Which Ukrainian politician would you call Politician of the year 2022?
by respondents’ age

18–29 years

30–39 years

40–49 years

50–59 years

60 years and more

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

68.0

62.7

56.4

54.2

56.0

Valeriy Zaluzhnyi

8.1

9.8

9.2

13.6

9.5

Oleksiy Arestovych

2.2

2.2

1.4

3.6

2.7

Petro Poroshenko

1.6

1.5

1.9

1.8

4.1

Dmytro Kuleba

1.2

2.2

1.1

2.4

1.5

Mykhailo Podoliak

0.9

0.7

2.2

0.3

1.0

Serhiy Prytula

2.2

0.7

1.6

0.6

0.7

None

3.1

4.1

4.9

8.1

5.7

Hard to say

6.5

7.1

9.5

8.7

9.6


Which Ukrainian politician would you call Politician of the year 2022?
Dependent on the language spoken at home

Russian

Ukrainian

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

55.4

59.9

Valeriy Zaluzhnyi

8.5

10.7

Oleksiy Arestovych

2.1

2.5

Petro Poroshenko

2.3

2.6

Dmytro Kuleba

1.7

1.8

Mykhailo Podoliak

2.1

0.8

Serhiy Prytula

0.4

1.4

None

6.9

4.4

Hard to say

11.0

7.3


Which Ukrainian politician would you call Politician of the year 2022?
Dependent on the respondents’ wellbeing

How would you describe the wellbeing of your family?

We hardly make ends meet, money is not enough even for necessary foodstuffs

It is enough for food and acquisition of necessary inexpensive items

Generally, you can live with it, but acquisition of durables arouses difficulties

We do well but cannot afford some purchases so far

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

54.1

58.2

60.8

63.2

Valeriy Zaluzhnyi

12.9

9.4

9.2

14.1

Oleksiy Arestovych

2.1

3.0

2.2

1.8

Petro Poroshenko

3.1

2.3

2.6

1.8

Dmytro Kuleba

0.5

2.4

1.5

0.6

Mykhailo Podoliak

0.0

1.0

1.6

0.0

Serhiy Prytula

0.5

1.0

1.1

1.8

None

5.7

4.9

5.7

3.1

Hard to say

11.3

8.4

7.5

8.6


https://razumkov.org.ua/napriamky/sotsiologichni-doslidzhennia/polityk-2022-roku-gruden-2022r-sichen-2023r