Opinion polling for the 2008 Russian presidential election

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

Contents

Opinion polls by "Levada-center"

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

First round

2004 polls

Opinion polling
Candidate13-16 August 2004
Vladimir Putin 49-
Sergei Ivanov -2
Gennady Zyuganov 56
Vladimir Zhirinovsky 69
No preference26-
Other1546
Undecided823
Wouldn't vote1215

2005 polls

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 Putin 36373535-36-36--
Sergei Ivanov -------1-8
Gennady Zyuganov 64641231541317
Vladimir Zhirinovsky 4333839389
No preference45474851-49-51--
Other1098845104764737
Undecided24232230242423242321
Unsure if I will vote87117-9-10--
Wouldn't vote1013108121015101317

2006 polls

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 Putin 33-34-31-33-32--40-40-39-37-38-36-
Sergei Ivanov 025125226-2322521122123127129123230
Dmitry Medvedev ----2-2821011212210214211214319
Gennady Zyuganov 39473747476373839594925
Vladimir Zhirinovsky 38373828371039410383104826
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

January–June
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 Ivanov 213112731625314314183131231519
Dmitry Medvedev 335173251931617296183451527317
Gennady Zyuganov 145713581547175912321449
Vladimir Zhirinovsky 1427133814361131013331439
Sergey Glazyev 5--5--6--5--3--5--
"Liberal Candidate"*11--8--8--6--6--7--
Dmitry Rogozin 1--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
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 Putin 48--40-32-35-------
Sergei Ivanov 422365193461825514251621-
Dmitry Medvedev 31734518305162651424133579
Viktor Zubkov -----4--19-10201117-
Gennady Zyuganov 48124715481247159119
Vladimir Zhirinovsky 3612261137132786119
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

Opinion polling
CandidateJanuary 2008February 2008
Dmitry Medvedev 8280
Gennady Zyuganov 910.5
Vladimir Zhirinovsky 89
"Liberal Candidate"*1-
Andrey Bogdanov <10,5

Second-round

Two-way contest
Date1st candidate %vs %2nd candidate
December 2007 Sergei Ivanov 44------->56 Dmitry Medvedev
December 2007 Sergei Ivanov 58<-------42 Viktor Zubkov
December 2007 Dmitry Medvedev 63<-------37 Viktor Zubkov
November 2007 Sergei Ivanov 53<-------47 Dmitry Medvedev
November 2007 Sergei Ivanov 57<-------43 Viktor Zubkov
November 2007 Dmitry Medvedev 57<-------43 Viktor Zubkov
October 2007 Sergei Ivanov 53<-------47 Dmitry Medvedev
October 2007 Sergei Ivanov 59<-------41 Viktor Zubkov
October 2007 Dmitry Medvedev 56<-------44 Viktor Zubkov
September 2007 Sergei Ivanov 59<-------41 Dmitry Medvedev
August 2007 Sergei Ivanov 54<-------46 Dmitry Medvedev
June 2007 Sergei Ivanov 55<-------46 Dmitry Medvedev
May 2007 Sergei Ivanov 49------->51 Dmitry Medvedev
April 2007 Sergei Ivanov 55<-------45 Dmitry Medvedev
March 2007 Sergei Ivanov 52<-------48 Dmitry Medvedev
February 2007 Sergei Ivanov 48------->52 Dmitry Medvedev
January 2007 Sergei Ivanov 46------->54 Dmitry Medvedev

Polls by FOM

2007 polls

Opinion polling
DatesNovember 24—25 [2] November 27—28 [3] [4] December 11—12 [5] December 15—16 [6] December 22—23 [7]
Vladimir Putin 57576054--
Dmitry Medvedev 33393246
Gennady Zyuganov 334456
Vladimir Zhirinovsky 444577
Boris Gryzlov 00001-
Sergei Ivanov 11225-
Sergey Mironov 11212-
Sergey Shoygu 11224-
Viktor Zubkov 11112-
Other22213-
Will not participate101089109
Don't know161612122825

2008 polls

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 Medvedev 505054524949.667.85070.050
Gennady Zyuganov 665799.116.3915.89
Vladimir Zhirinovsky 777788.713.7912.48
Andrey Bogdanov 000010.61.310.70
Will make ballot invalid-01100.60.911
Will not participate109109119.3910
Don't know262623242222.12222

Exit polls

Agency Medvedev Zyuganov Zhirinovsky Bogdanov
POF [10] [12] 67.4%19.5%10.5%1.4%

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