About 48% of Russians are ready to vote for Putin in the presidential elections, if they were held next Sunday. At the same time, no other candidate gets more than three percent of the population's support, according to a press release from Levada Center,.
Over the past four years, Putin's rating has experienced a sharp leap and a gradual decline.
In April 2013, only 29% of Russians were ready to vote for him, whereas in April 2015 this figure was 62%. After that, Putin's rating gradually decreases, but neither now, nor earlier he has no competitors. Second place in the rating of electoral sympathies is Gennady Zyuganov with a 3%.
Also in the last two years, the number of those who do not know who to vote for (from 9% to 19%) has increased significantly.. The number of those who do not go to the polls has slightly increased, or has not yet decided whether.