Putin's Approval Rating Rises to 88% in October, Levada Says

[Purveyor]

By Scott Rose
October 28, 2015 — 5:53 AM EDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s public approval rating rose to 88 percent in October from 84 percent the previous month, according to the Levada Center.

The latest rating was one point below Putin’s high of 89 percent in June, the independent Moscow-based polling company said in a website statement Wednesday. State-run VTsIOM said Oct. 22 that the president’s backing rose to a record 88.9 percent in its survey after Russia began bombing Syria.

Sixty-one percent of Levada’s respondents said Russia was heading in the right direction, up from 55 percent in September. The survey of 1,600 people was conducted Oct. 23-26 and had a margin of error of 3.4 percentage points.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-28/putin-s-approval-rating-rises-to-88-in-october-levada-says

[underpants]

1. Is he going to be at the debate in Boulder tonight?

Fox News and their believers loves them some Putin.

[Purveyor]

2. Someone should commission a poll with all candidates and include Vlad. I'd love to know the result.

[underpants]

3. He'd be in the top 3 at least

From Fox News gushing coverage of him (or anyone NOT OBAMA) their minions flood Facebook with the latest memes.

[geek tragedy]

4. Like Trump, without the class nt

[Takket]

5. oh... so the Iraqi information minister is running a polling place in Russia now?

[Purveyor]

7. Cute but Vlad's support has been and is consistent all along.

I understand that many here in the west can't except that reality but it is what it is...

[uhnope]

8. you should be embarrassed by that, but instead you think it's great.

unfuckingbelievable

[Purveyor]

11. Such needless drama, indeed.

[uhnope]

12. I believe in North Korea the dictator's approval rate is at 99.9% so Putin has work to do

[Takket]

10. knowing what happens to the opposition in russia, i'd give my support in he polls too

[denverbill]

6. Is that 88% approval among Republicans, or Russians?

[tabasco]

9. He's catching up to Hitler's 99 percent approval rating.

Seize some more territory from his neighbors and he'll get right up there.