Results of our studies

IN BRIEF

Approval ratings of the key state and public institutions have slightly risen in December.

MOSCOW, December 27, 2018. Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) presents the data of a study devoted to Russians’ assessments of the performance of state and public institutions.

December saw an increase in approvals of the Russian State Duma performance (from 31.4% to 35.5%), while the number of negative assessments has decreased. The Russian Federation Council saw improvements in approval rating and reached 39.2%.

Army’s approval rating has highest levels, compared to other public institutions, (86% approvals vs 6% disapprovals). The Russian Orthodox Church and law enforcement agencies are also popular (68.8% and 57%).

The Civic Chamber performance is viewed positively by 42.6% (an increase from 37.7% in November 2018) and negatively by 21.1%. The performance of political parties satisfies 33.3% of Russians; they are opposed by 37.4%. Opposition has lowest approvals compared to other public institutions (31.2%); the share of negative views (41.3%) outweighs the share of positive ones.

The VCIOM-Sputnik survey was conducted on December 17, 2018. The survey involved 1,600 Russians aged 18 and over. The survey was telephone-based and was carried out using stratified dual-frame random sample based on a complete list of landline and mobile phone numbers operating in Russia. The data were weighted according to selection probability and social and demographic characteristics. The margin of error at a 95% confidence level does not exceed 2.5%. In addition to sampling error, minor changes in question wording and different circumstances arising during the fieldwork can introduce bias into the survey.

 

State institutions’ approval rating* (% respondents)

 

XII.
14

XII.
15

XII.
16

XII.
17

I.

18

II.18

III.

18

IV.

18

V.

18

VI.

18

VII.18

VIII.

18

IX.

18

X.
18

XI.

18

XII.

18

Russian State Duma

48,5

51,2

52,1

52,5

39,2

42,3

43,0

42,3

47,2

34,3

31,8

33,1

34,6

35,9

31,4

35,5

Russian Federation Council

45,6

51,4

50,5

57,5

41,9

45,1

46,2

47,9

50,7

36,1

36,9

37,3

40,1

41,5

37,1

39,2

* based on the question “Do you generally approve or disapprove of the performance of…?” (closed-ended question, one answer, %)

 

State institutions’ disapproval rating * (%  respondents)

 

XII.
14

XII.
15

XII.
16

XII.
17

I.

18

II.18

III.

18

IV.

18

V.

18

VI.

18

VII.18

VIII.

18

IX.

18

X.
18

XI.

18

XII.

18

Russian State Duma

26,6

32,3

33,3

32,3

28,7

32,9

29,2

33,0

33,4

41,2

44,4

45,2

44,7

42,7

49,1

47,0

Russian Federation Council

21,8

24,7

19,7

19,4

14,4

16,9

14,5

17,7

18,7

27,5

27,3

27,7

27,4

26,0

31,1

31,2

* based on the question “Do you generally approve or disapprove of the performance of…?” (closed-ended question, one answer, %)

 

Public institutions’ approval rating* (% respondents)

 

XII.
14

XII.
15

XII.
16

XII.
17

I.

18

II.

18

III.

18

IV.

18

V.

18

VI.

18

VII.18

VIII.

18

IX.

18

X.
18

XI.

18

XII.

18

Russian army

69,3

83,0

87,0

91,4

85,4

86,2

89,2

86,3

88,5

86,8

84,8

87,7

85,2

85,8

85,2

86,0

Russian Orthodox Church

64,9

72,1

71,9

74,0

69,9

68,5

69,9

71,8

71,4

68,7

65,7

68,9

65,8

69,6

69,0

68,8

Law enforcement bodies

48,8

53,9

55,6

60,5

53,3

54,1

56,1

54,8

56,2

58,5

55,7

56,8

55,6

55,9

58,6

57,0

Mass media

61,0

65,7

65,4

65,7

58,9

56,0

59,3

59,6

60,9

57,8

53,3

56,2

53,6

55,5

55,7

54,4

Civic Chamber

40,6

47,6

43,0

53,6

37,3

38,9

41,9

42,8

46,3

38,4

37,4

42,2

40,5

42,8

37,7

42,6

Judicial system

39,5

42,3

43,8

43,7

32,5

34,0

34,8

35,1

37,8

35,9

34,4

37,8

35,3

37,1

38,0

37,6

Political parties

40,8

46,5

46,9

49,0

33,7

33,7

37,2

39,5

42,5

34,6

33,7

35,9

38,0

38,7

34,2

33,3

Trade unions

36,8

38,8

41,1

41,9

29,5

30,5

33,1

32,2

34,7

34,5

31,3

32,6

34,5

31,7

31,7

32,4

Opposition

30,3

34,0

34,9

38,9

27,0

29,6

30,9

28,1

34,8

30,5

29,0

31,9

31,9

32,5

29,9

31,2

* based on the question “Do you generally approve or disapprove of the performance of…?” (closed-ended question, one answer, %)

 

Public institutions’ disapproval rating * (%  respondents)

 

X.
14

X.
15

X.
16

X.
17

I.

18

II.

18

III.

18

IV.

18

V.

18

VI.

18

VII.18

VIII.

18

IX.

18

X.
18

XI.

18

XII.

18

Opposition

32,5

39,5

37,0

41,2

33,6

38,5

36,8

40,5

38,9

38,4

39,1

39,4

38,6

40,1

41,6

41,3

Judicial system

33,9

37,0

37,2

38,1

33,9

36,7

33,7

37,2

36,8

37,2

35,6

35,7

38,3

36,8

36,4

37,6

Political parties

27,1

30,4

29,1

27,5

21,2

27,8

26,6

27,2

26,8

32,5

34,2

31,3

30,8

33,2

35,8

37,4

Trade unions

29,3

30,6

28,1

29,6

26,3

30,0

27,6

28,0

28,6

31,9

33,0

35,7

33,6

35,6

33,6

35,8

Mass media

21,2

24,9

25,1

24,2

23,2

26,2

25,6

25,1

24,8

26,9

31,7

29,9

31,9

30,9

31,0

34,1

Law enforcement bodies

31,4

32,9

31,4

28,4

23,6

25,9

24,6

27,0

27,2

24,0

25,6

26,5

26,5

27,0

26,4

27,4

Civic Chamber

21,6

21,2

22,7

16,8

11,4

15,5

11,3

14,5

13,8

19,3

19,0

19,0

20,0

18,2

21,9

21,1

Russian Orthodox Church

13,8

13,8

15,0

15,6

12,1

14,6

14,4

13,4

14,8

16,0

18,0

16,9

18,7

15,2

16,6

16,4

Russian army

14,7

10,0

6,3

4,1

4,4

4,7

3,7

5,1

4,4

5,7

5,9

4,8

5,4

4,9

5,4

6,0

* based on the question “Do you generally approve or disapprove of the performance of…?” (closed-ended question, one answer, %)

 

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