The preliminary ratings of the candidates for the presidency of Russia in 2018 are formed by street and telephone polls, online voting on websites. The results of voting in the elections on March 18 and official information about who won the presidential elections will appear no earlier than March 19.
In order to have the most complete picture of the chances of Russian presidential candidates to win, we publish research from several sources at once.
Voting progress on March 18 live
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Popular ranking of presidential candidates online
Official voting on the site topx.techinfus.com/en/ launched in order to see the real rating of applicants online. Due to the peculiarity of rounding the results, there may be a discrepancy in the total amount of percent ± 1%.
Preliminary results as of 18.03.2018:
- The popular rating of Pavel Grudinin is ∼ 58%,
- Vladimir Putin ∼ 18%,
- Vladimir Zhirinovsky ∼ 6%,
- Ksenia Sobchak ∼ 6%,
- Maxim Suraykin ∼ 5%,
- Boris Titov ∼ 2%,
- Grigory Yavlinsky and Sergei Baburin ∼ 2%.
Electoral ratings of candidates
Public Opinion Foundation
FOM is a non-profit organization within the structure of VTsIOM. Today, the main customer of the fund's research is the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation.
Weekly poll "FOMnibus" on February 26, 2018 73 constituent entities of the Russian Federation, 3,000 respondents took part. The statistical error does not exceed 3.6%.
Vladimir Putin's rating
Imagine there are presidential elections in Russia next Sunday. Please tell me how, which politician would you vote for? (Card, one answer.)

Levada Center Polls
The table shows the ratio in% of respondents who answered the question: “Which politician would you vote for if the presidential elections in Russia were held next Sunday?»
| Candidates, rating | 01.2016 | 04.2017 | 07.2017 | 09.2017 | 11.2017 | 12.2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Putin | 53 | 48 | 66 | 52 | 53 | 61 |
| Zhirinovsky | 3 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Zyuganov | 4 | 3 | - | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Mironov | 1 | 1 | - | <1 | 1 | 2 |
| Sobchak | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Yavlinsky | - | - | - | - | <1 | 1 |
| Ekaterina Gordon | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Boris Titov | - | - | - | - | - | <1 |
| Shoigu | 2 | 1 | - | <1 | 1 | - |
| Navalny | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Medvedev | <1 | 1 | - | <1 | – | - |
| Others | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| I don't know who I would vote for | 17 | 19 | 16 | 23 | 15 | - |
| Wouldn't vote | 11 | 13 | - | 9 | 11 | 9 |
| I don't know if I would vote or not | 9 | 10 | - | 9 | 10 | 10 |
The legal status of a foreign agent no longer allows the Levada Center to publish the results of research on the presidential elections.
VCIOM polls
The ratio of votes of respondents who are definitely ready to go to the elections and who answered the question: “Which candidate would you vote for in the elections if they were held next Sunday and the list looked like this?»
| Candidate | Jan. 10, 2018 | Jan. 15, 2018 | Jan. 28, 2018 | Feb 04, 2018 | Feb 11, 2018 | Feb 18, 2018 | Feb 26, 2018 | Mar 04, 2018 | Mar 09, 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V.V. Putin | 81.1 | 73.2 | 69.9 | 71.4 | 71.5 | 69.5 | 69.1 | 69.7 | 69 |
| Grudinin P.N. | 7.6 | 6.1 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 7 |
| Zhirinovsky V.V. | 4.2 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 5 |
| Sobchak K.A. | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 2 |
| Yavlinsky G.A. | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1 |
| Titov B.Yu. | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0 |
| Baburin S.N. | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1 |
| Suraykin M.A. | - | - | - | - | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 |
| I find it difficult to answer | 4.4 | 5.5 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 10.6 | 10.4 | 10.7 | 11 |
| I will come and ruin the newsletter | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0,6 | 1 |
According to experts, the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion traditionally demonstrates a high level of support for the authorities, since 100% of the company's shares belong to the state.
Published earlier anti-rating of candidates contains the names of those for whom the Russians do not want to vote in the elections.
Election results, who won
The final rating of Russian presidential candidates was published on March 19, 2018.

It’s interesting to whom VTsIOM is selling interest for Putin: the old people and peasants living in the bear
corners and have not seen the internet ???
Comrade! When voting for Putin, remember! That you vote for Chubais and his laundry in Skolkovo, for Medvedev and his palaces, for Abramovich and his yachts, for an increase in the number of oligarchs and their fortune! You vote for offshore companies, corruption, cuts, kickbacks, endless promises and insolent officials who no longer consider you a person! You vote for squandering Siberian lands, forgiving debts to other countries and pumping resources to the west! You vote for scammers, collectors and raiders, new pyramids and credit bondage! You vote for the collapse of factories and factories, schools and hospitals, settlements and villages! You vote for new migrants in your city, low wages and unemployment! You vote for new levies, paid medicine, paid education, raising the retirement age and poverty! You need it ?!
Eve, I totally agree with you!
Earlier I voted for Putin (considering that the "tsar" is a fine fellow, and the "boyars" are thieves, and the "tsar" does not even know what his "guardsmen" are doing). But now I saw the light, understood that everything is being done with the knowledge and connivance of the “king!
I am for Pavel Grudinin!
And the real rating even for the mouthpiece of the pro-Kremlin V. SOLOVIEV (in fm news) - Putin has 50%,
P. Grudinin-45%
V. Soloviev himself was shocked by this (unexpected) result for him!
Vyacheslav.
Stop lying, we are tired of this power - the people are for Grudinia
Yeah. We wrote everyone. On the streets, polls give 90%. But who will confess who he is to you on the street. People are afraid ... not all of course. The most important thing is to come and vote. With a massive turnout, it is more difficult to correct the results. Although with modern technology, almost everything is possible. I believe that voting should be generally live-electronic. How they vote in the Duma. Only by phone. Here's how on this site. And so that the icon with ratings is constantly broadcast on several channels. Then immediately, without any delays and machinations, everyone will see who is who))) and, most importantly, what is the economy of people's money and not only people's money !!! You can build a dozen hospitals at once or at least renovate. Good luck to everyone in the elections, I hope they will be honest. Everyone has their own head on their shoulders, the easiest way to find fault. But to come and participate, and perhaps even actively as an observer, is more difficult. If not us then who? Be sure that if you do not vote, others will gladly do it for you! And they will also get money for it. So sit at home and do not interfere with smart people to work. They know better than you who to vote for)))
I am only for Grudinin. And the people will sort it out with dirty lies, all kinds of attacks against him.
doctors for sternin !!! for the elimination of compulsory medical insurance!
People involved in corruption, or a zombie part of the youth, who can compare him with Yeltsin and nothing more, will vote for Putin. Most residents will vote for Pavel Grudinin, because it is no longer possible to live like this. Lies and promises for almost 20 years, got it already.
I am not a communist, but I have always voted for the Communist Party for the last 10 years. There are no more parties of justice, there are only bourgeois prostitutes. Once the Communist Party has nominated Grudinin I will vote for a person from the Communist Party. A working man receives from him 70 thousand rubles in the fields, and he really likes it. When our average salary is above 70 thousand, then we do not need any Putin and other children of oligarchs.
We must vote for Grudinin. At the very least, this is a signal to the authorities that the people are not satisfied with the current situation. If the turnout is large, then there is a possibility of a change of power.
Always voted for Yavlinsky, but apparently there is no charisma to fight. So I will be for Grudinino, though not for but in spite of !. Kirill Moscow