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Predicted Turnout at Russia Presidential Election Tops 80% – Poll
Predicted Turnout at Russia Presidential Election Tops 80% – Poll
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Over 80 percent of Russians are expected to go to the polls next month to elect the country’s next president, an opinion poll has found. 21.02.2018, Sputnik International
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Predicted Turnout at Russia Presidential Election Tops 80% – Poll
21:46 GMT 21.02.2018 (Updated: 13:14 GMT 28.02.2018) MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Over 80 percent of Russians are expected to go to the polls next month to elect the country’s next president, an opinion poll has found.
A survey conducted by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM) last week discovered that 81.1 percent of those sampled would "certainly" or "probably" cast ballot in the March 18 election.
This is almost 2 percentage points higher than the pollster’s earlier estimates for the end of January.
READ MORE: Total of 400 Polling Places Set Up Outside Russia for Election — Commission
Only 7.3 percent said they would probably or definitely stay at home, while 10.6 percent said they had not undecided yet.
The survey was conducted by phone among 7,000 adults in Russia. The previous presidential election in 2012 saw a turnout of roughly 65 percent.
READ MORE: Over 1.3Mln Russians to Vote Outside Permanent Residence — Election Commission
