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Some 40.4% of Ukrainian citizens are ready to vote for incumbent President Volodymyr Zelensky if the presidential election are held next Sunday.

This is evidenced by a survey of socio-political sentiments during quarantine conducted by the SOCIS Center for Social and Marketing Research.

According to the published report, Zelensky’s rating was 40.4% in March. For comparison, it constituted 38.4% in February.

The rating of Petro Poroshenko has also increased, who took the second place – from 9.6% in February to 11.8% in March.

Yuriy Boiko’s rating has decreased over the month – from 9.6% in February to 8.8% in March. Similarly, support for Yulia Tymoshenko fell from 7.5% in February to 5.1% in March.

Holos party leader Svyatoslav Vakarchuk got 0.8% of the vote, while film director Oleh Sentsov received 1.1%.

The poll was conducted from March 13 to March 23, using the CAPI method by means of tablets. The sample represents the adult population of Ukraine, except for Crimea and the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, by such indicators as gender, age, region of residence and type of settlement. Some 2,000 respondents were interviewed.