Posted by
Joel Gaines on Thursday, January 17, 2008 4:45:07 PM
This is an amazing statistic because it should be much closer to 100%.
In the poll, conducted in January, respondents gave the
ultra nationalist Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) leader Vladimir
Zhirinovsky and Russia’s Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov a 1%
chance of victory. 21% of respondents said they could see no likely
winner.
Other politicians mentioned in the survey - Democratic Party leader
Andrei Bogdanov and former prime minister Mikhail Kasyanov - were seen
as likely winners by less than 1% of respondents.
53% of respondents said Medvedev would be able to handle his
potential presidential duties, saying that he was “educated,
cool-headed, fair, and hardworking.” Three other presidential
candidates, Zhirinovsky, Zyuganov, and Kasyanov received 11%, 9% and
4%, respectively, in this category of the poll.
With Putin’s popularity, Medvedev would have to do something ridiculously stupid to lose the race.
No Pundit Intended