{"id":1350289,"date":"2022-02-28T18:23:58","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T23:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1350289"},"modified":"2022-02-28T18:24:04","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T23:24:04","slug":"zelensky-approval-rating-skyrockets-to-91-after-collapsing-under-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelensky-approval-rating-skyrockets-to-91-after-collapsing-under-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky Approval Rating Skyrockets to 91% After Collapsing Under Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fzelensky-approval-rating-skyrockets-to-91-after-collapsing-under-coronavirus%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1350289&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AP20282373778399-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\"><span>A poll taken by the Ratings Sociological Group and published by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/uncategorized\/70-believe-in-ukraines-victory-91-support-zelensky\/\"><i><span>Kyiv Independent<\/span><\/i><\/a> <span>on Sunday showed President Volodymyr Zelensky soaring to 91 percent approval for his war leadership, a huge rebound from post-pandemic approval ratings <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wionews.com\/world\/approval-ratings-of-ukrainian-president-volodymyr-zelensky-falls-amid-russia-conflict-453290\"><span>hovering<\/span><\/a><span> in the 30s.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u26a1\ufe0f70% believe in Ukraine\u2019s victory, 91% support Zelensky, according to a Feb. 26-27 survey by the group Rating. <\/p>\n<p>Across Ukraine, pessimistic sentiment is low and the level of faith in Ukraine\u2019s armed forces has grown significantly, Rating says.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KyivIndependent\/status\/1498033693222387712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>The poll found 47 percent of Ukrainians are \u201cabsolutely sure of a military victory\u201d against Russia, with another 23 percent only \u201crather confident\u201d of victory. Confidence was especially high in western and central Ukraine, dipping about ten points in the south and east.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Only six percent of respondents said they did not support Zelensky\u2019s actions in the conflict.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wionews.com\/world\/approval-ratings-of-ukrainian-president-volodymyr-zelensky-falls-amid-russia-conflict-453290\"><span>different poll<\/span><\/a><span> conducted only two weeks ago by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology found only 30 percent of respondents wanted Zelensky to run for a second term as president, and only 23 percent said they would vote for him if he did.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>The earlier poll found Zelensky\u2019s Servant of the People Party (named after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GZ-3YwVQV0M\">TV comedy<\/a> in which Zelensky, a professional comedian, presciently played an ordinary guy who found himself catapulted to the presidency) was in serious danger of losing parliamentary control.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Skeptical observers like the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilsoncenter.org\/blog-post\/just-all-others-end-zelensky-alternative\"><span>Wilson Center<\/span><\/a><span> were writing Zelensky\u2019s political obituary as 2021 drew to a close, pronouncing him a once-promising outsider candidate who failed to deliver much-needed reform of Ukraine\u2019s corrupt system.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, the Wilson Center was charitable enough to note that Zelenksy\u2019s 30 percent approval rating was still more than double that of his closest competitor and the incumbent he displaced, Petro Poroshenko. Poroshenko has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/petro-poroshenko-ukraine-president-battle-gear-streets\"><span>lately<\/span><\/a><span> been following Zelensky\u2019s lead, appearing around Kyiv in battle dress and vowing to fight the Russian invaders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Anna Myroniuk, the head investigative reporter for the <\/span><i><span>Kyiv Independent, <\/span><\/i><span>wrote an op-ed for the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2022\/02\/27\/ukraine-russia-zelensky-president-changed-my-mind-inspired-millions\/\"><i><span>Washington Post<\/span><\/i><\/a> <span>on Monday in which she chronicled her own reversal of opinion on Zelensky.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBack in 2019, I did not vote for him. Like some other Ukrainians, I did not believe Zelensky, a comedian, actor, and entertainer with no experience in politics, was suited for the job. His campaign was idealistic but lacked substance. He was often vague and raised concerns about where he stood toward Russia. He had his own powerful backer, the billionaire who owned the TV station that broadcast \u201cServant of the People,\u201d the show that made Zelensky a star,\u201d Myroniuk recalled.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <\/span><i><span>Kyiv Independent <\/span><\/i><span>journalist chided Zelensky for his \u201cselective\u201d efforts to fight corruption, his evident unwillingness to pursue scandals against his allies, and excessive sensitivity toward media criticism, but said his determination to resist Russia and keep the embattled eastern Donbas region in Ukraine began winning her over.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Myroniuk said she fled Ukraine along with many other journalists when Russia invaded, assuming Zelensky would roll over or flee himself, and now they regret their decision. She said she was not surprised to see her newspaper publish a poll with Zelensky at 91 percent approval.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe actor-turned-president stumbled and did not live up to my expectations at first \u2014 but now he has demonstrated that he is not shying away from the biggest responsibility for any national leader: the protection of their people,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A poll taken by the Ratings Sociological Group and published by the Kyiv Independent on Sunday showed President Volodymyr Zelensky soaring to 91 percent approval for his war leadership, a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1350289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1350289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1350289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1350289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1350289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}