Poll shows Putin set for landslide victory in presidential vote

[Little Tich]

Source: The Irish Times

PRIME MINISTER Vladimir Putin is heading for a massive victory in the first round of the Russian presidential elections on March 4th, according to the latest poll published by the reliable Levada Centre in Moscow.

Voters were asked who they would vote for if the elections were to be held now, and 66 per cent of respondents replied that they would vote for Mr Putin. This margin of victory would mean a second round would not be held.

The communist candidate, Gennady Zyuganov, was way behind in second place on 15 per cent, with the extreme right-winger Vladimir Zhirinovsky on 8 per cent, the billionaire independent Mikhail Prokhorov on 6 per cent, and Sergei Mironov of the Social Democratic “A Just Russia” party last on 5 per cent.

The poll was taken between February 17th and 20th from a sample of 1,600 people of voting age in 130 locations within 45 Russian regions. Levada has put the margin of error at 3.4 per cent.

Read more: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2012/0225/1224312378214.html

[David__77]

1. The Western elites just can't wrap their heads around Putin's popularity.

He will be elected by a clear majority, against a number of opposition candidates, including Prokhorov, who the Western media tried to promote. The Russian voters want a candidate that will most emphatically not be like Yeltsin, and won't go along with the old Washington consensus.

[flying rabbit]

2. Surprise, surprise, surprise.

in my Gomer accent of course.

[NuttyFluffers]

4. you mean Russia doesn't want to be a proxy to Oligarchic Western powers? *gasp*

say it ain't so!

usually such results would be 'better the devil you know, than the devil you don't' ... however in this case, especially after the crapola that was Yeltsin, it's more, 'better the devil on your side, than the devil that's not.'

[tanyev]

5. Well, that settles it. We need $arah to stay in Alaska.