Voters unhappy with choices, want jobs  Print version Dec. 17,
2009, 11:52 p.m. |  A regional view of voters preferences  As
the first presidential election in five years approaches on Jan.
17, pollsters and experts warn that voters will be bombarded by
a sea of skewed sociological survey results intended to sway
their choices. Often, such bogus polls seek to persuade voters
that their preferred candidate has no chance of making it into a
second-round runoff on Feb. 7, thereby encouraging votes for one
of the front-runners. With such spin doctoring at play,
Ukrainians need reliable surveys. The graphs and tables show
polls conducted on Nov. 21-29 by trusted sources. The surveys
were conducted by U.S.-based International Foundation for
Electoral Systems and financed by the United States Agency for
International Development. The data are representative of the
national population of Ukraine and have a margin of error of
plus or minus 2.5 percent. All the interviews were conducted in
Ukrainian and Russian by the