No. 335: The Challenges of Wartime Polling in Ukraine

Author(s): Kit Rickard
Editor(s): Fabien Merz
Series Editor(s): Névine Schepers, Fabien Merz
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 335
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2024

At the core of every conflict lies a paradox: political elites claim to be acting on behalf of the people, but violence means that measuring public opinion is incredibly challenging. This is evident today in Ukraine. Given the challenges posed by Russia’s war in Ukraine, how reliable are wartime polls?

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War violence in Ukraine (February 2022 - December 2023)

Kriegsgewalt in der Ukraine (Februar 2022 bis Dezember 2023)