Trump is wrong: Selenskyj has over 50% approval rate, not 4%
Trump is wrong: Selenskyj has over 50% approval rate, not 4%
The wrong claim of President Donald Trump that Ukraine had "started" the war against Russia, attracted most attention on Tuesday. But Trump also expressed another, strongly incorrect statement about Ukraine: he claimed that the approval rate of Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj was only 4 %.
Trump calls for presidential elections in Ukraine
Trump asked Ukraine to hold its first presidential election since Selenskyj's election in 2019. The Ukrainian constitution allows no national elections ; Since the Russian invasion in 2022, the Ukraine has been in the state of war and has .
The wrong numbers of Trump
When Trump was asked on Tuesday whether the United States would support an alleged Russian requirement to force Ukraine to sign new elections to sign any kind of peace agreement, Trump replied: "Well, we have a situation in which we had no elections in Ukraine; where we have essentially war law in Ukraine; where the leader in Ukraine, I read it with 4 % Consumption rate lies. “
The reality of the approval rates
facts first : Trump's claim is simply inaccurate. Selenskyj's approval rate is well over 4 %. In fact, it is in important current surveys over 50 %.
on Wednesday Selenskyj spoke to reporters and described Trump's “4 %” claim as a disinformation from Russia. Where did Trump got this number from that, the White House did not respond to a request from CNN.
results of renowned surveys
Keith Darden, a professor at American University that studies Ukraine, told CNN that a survey this month of "the best and most reliable survey organization in Ukraine", the Kyjiw International Institute for Sociology, showed that 57 % of Ukrainian Selenskyj trust. Darden made it clear: "You do not ask about 'consent' values, but about 'trust' in the lead. In Ukrainian, this is very similar to approval and refers to a kind of trust that you do your job well."
studies by other scientists
Olga Onuch, professor at the University of Manchester, who conducts public opinion research in Ukraine in cooperation with other academics, said CNN on Tuesday that her Latest survey , which was carried out from November 22nd to 7th January this year, showed that "63 % of Ukrainer Selenskyjs act as president either fully or fully or tend to be good. ” This survey was also carried out by the Kyjiwer Institute of Sociology.
Tymofiy Mylovanov, President of the Kyjiwer School for Economics and former Minister of Economics in Ukraine in 2019 and 2020, told CNN on Tuesday: "We never saw anything near a 4%approval value for Selenskyj." Mynovanov pointed out that Selenskyj's lowest approval rates were in 2021, but even then they were well over 4 %. He referred to a 2021 , which shows that the consent for Selenskyj was around 26 %.
Selenskyj's popularity at the beginning of the war in 2022, as surveys Ukrainer familiar him . Since then, however, it has dropped significantly. But Trump not only claimed that Selenskyj had a lower approval rate than before.
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