Opinion polling for the 2008 Russian presidential election

This is a collection of scientific, public opinion polls that have been conducted relating to the 2008 Russian presidential election.

Opinion polling for the Russian presidential election, 2008

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Opinion polls by "Levada-center"

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Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20071130210431/http://www.levada.ru/vybory2008.html[1]Russia votes

First round

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2004 polls

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Opinion polling
Candidate13-16 August 2004
Vladimir Putin49-
Sergei Ivanov-2
Gennady Zyuganov56
Vladimir Zhirinovsky69
No preference26-
Other1546
Undecided823
Wouldn't vote1215

2005 polls

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Opinion polling
Candidate15–18 July 200519–22 August 200526–29 September 200514−17 October 200511−14 November 20059−12 December 200516−19 December 2005
Vladimir Putin36373535-36-36--
Sergei Ivanov-------1-8
Gennady Zyuganov64641231541317
Vladimir Zhirinovsky4333839389
No preference45474851-49-51--
Other1098845104764737
Undecided24232230242423242321
Unsure if I will vote87117-9-10--
Wouldn't vote1013108121015101317

2006 polls

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Opinion polling
Candidate20-24 January 200610–14 February 200610–13 March 200620–25 April 200619–22 May 200610–14 June 200614–17 July 200618–21 August 200615–18 September 200613–16 October 200610–13 November 20068–12 December 2006
Vladimir Putin33-34-31-33-32--40-40-39-37-38-36-
Sergei Ivanov025125226-2322521122123127129123230
Dmitry Medvedev----2-2821011212210214211214319
Gennady Zyuganov39473747476373839594925
Vladimir Zhirinovsky38373828371039410383104826
No preference53-52-53-52-50--47-45-48-50-46-51-
Other83773663673072830526612510384949
Unsure if I will vote9-9-12-8-11--6-9-14-7-11-10-
Wouldn't vote3115251827173015271617271622291026292522282718

2007 polls

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January–June
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Opinion polling
CandidateJanuary 200719-22 January 2007February 200716-19 February 2007March 200716-19 March 2007April 200713-16 April 2007May 200711-14 May 2007June 200715-18 June 2007
Vladimir Putin-34--32--33--31--41--44-
Sergei Ivanov213112731625314314183131231519
Dmitry Medvedev335173251931617296183451527317
Gennady Zyuganov145713581547175912321449
Vladimir Zhirinovsky1427133814361131013331439
Sergey Glazyev5--5--6--5--3--5--
"Liberal Candidate"*11--8--8--6--6--7--
Dmitry Rogozin1--2--4--2--2--2--
No preference-46--46--47--45--41--35-
Other-1010-119-98-69-89-68
Undecided-2528-2520-2527-2523-2544-1920
Unsure if I will vote-88-54-98-118-76-810
Wouldn't vote-1020-1121-913-610-88-611
July–December
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Opinion polling
Candidate13—16 July 2007August 200710—13 August 2007September 200714—17 September 2007October 200712—15 October 2007November 20079—12 November 2007December 200721—24 December 2007
Vladimir Putin48--40-32-35-------
Sergei Ivanov422365193461825514251621-
Dmitry Medvedev31734518305162651424133579
Viktor Zubkov-----4--19-10201117-
Gennady Zyuganov48124715481247159119
Vladimir Zhirinovsky3612261137132786119
Sergey Glazyev--1--4--3--4---
"Liberal Candidate"*--3--3--2--4-32
Dmitry Rogozin--1--<1---------
No preference34--41-46-44-------
Other45-33-34-53-4--
Undecided1822-2223-2827-2826-22--
Unsure if I will vote76-1010-117-107-9--
Wouldn't vote814-7148-712-11-10--

2008 polls

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Opinion polling
CandidateJanuary 2008February 2008
Dmitry Medvedev8280
Gennady Zyuganov910.5
Vladimir Zhirinovsky89
"Liberal Candidate"*1-
Andrey Bogdanov<10,5

Second-round

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Two-way contest
Date1st candidate%vs%2nd candidate
December 2007Sergei Ivanov44------->56Dmitry Medvedev
December 2007Sergei Ivanov58<-------42Viktor Zubkov
December 2007Dmitry Medvedev63<-------37Viktor Zubkov
November 2007Sergei Ivanov53<-------47Dmitry Medvedev
November 2007Sergei Ivanov57<-------43Viktor Zubkov
November 2007Dmitry Medvedev57<-------43Viktor Zubkov
October 2007Sergei Ivanov53<-------47Dmitry Medvedev
October 2007Sergei Ivanov59<-------41Viktor Zubkov
October 2007Dmitry Medvedev56<-------44Viktor Zubkov
September 2007Sergei Ivanov59<-------41Dmitry Medvedev
August 2007Sergei Ivanov54<-------46Dmitry Medvedev
June 2007Sergei Ivanov55<-------46Dmitry Medvedev
May 2007Sergei Ivanov49------->51Dmitry Medvedev
April 2007Sergei Ivanov55<-------45Dmitry Medvedev
March 2007Sergei Ivanov52<-------48Dmitry Medvedev
February 2007Sergei Ivanov48------->52Dmitry Medvedev
January 2007Sergei Ivanov46------->54Dmitry Medvedev

Polls by FOM

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2007 polls

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Opinion polling
DatesNovember 24—25[2]November 27—28[3][4]December 11—12[5]December 15—16[6]December 22—23[7]
Vladimir Putin57576054--
Dmitry Medvedev33393246
Gennady Zyuganov334456
Vladimir Zhirinovsky444577
Boris Gryzlov00001-
Sergei Ivanov11225-
Sergey Mironov11212-
Sergey Shoygu11224-
Viktor Zubkov11112-
Other22213-
Will not participate101089109
Don't know161612122825

2008 polls

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Opinion polling
DatesJanuary 12—13[7]January 19—20[7]January 26—27[7]February 2—3[7]February 9—10[7]February 16—17[8]February 20[9]February 23—24[10]March 2[11]
Dmitry Medvedev505054524949.667.85070.050
Gennady Zyuganov665799.116.3915.89
Vladimir Zhirinovsky777788.713.7912.48
Andrey Bogdanov000010.61.310.70
Will make ballot invalid-01100.60.911
Will not participate109109119.3910
Don't know262623242222.12222

Exit polls

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AgencyMedvedevZyuganovZhirinovskyBogdanov
POF[10][12]67.4%19.5%10.5%1.4%

References

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  1. ^ (in Russian) Левада-Центр > ВЫБОРЫ 2008 Archived 2007-11-30 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "База данных ФОМ > Индикаторы".
  3. ^ "База данных ФОМ > Индикаторы".
  4. ^ "База данных ФОМ > Индикаторы".
  5. ^ "База данных ФОМ > Индикаторы".
  6. ^ "База данных ФОМ > Индикаторы".
  7. ^ a b c d e f "База данных ФОМ > Индикаторы".
  8. ^ Preliminary forecast of the results of the election of the President of the Russian Federation on March 2, 2008 (according to a poll from February 16-17)
  9. ^ "База данных ФОМ > Индикаторы".
  10. ^ a b Elections of the President of the Russian Federation: FOM forecast, exit-poll results and election results (CEC) FOM
  11. ^ "База данных ФОМ > Индикаторы".
  12. ^ Election of the President of the Russian Federation on March 2, 2008. Poll at the exit from polling stations (exit-poll). Final results FOM