Viktar Malisheuski: "The undecided decide everything at the election"

People's moods are sure to change from election to election - there are "autumn upheavals" or "winter depressions" and other individual periods of belief in a better destiny. However, this time the number of people who are still undecided with regard to who they will vote for reached its peak, according to the poll results of both state and independent sociologists.

"There is a saying that the undecided decide everything at the elections. The undecided are people who take their decisions in the voting cabin. It's interesting because now the politicians should work with this very group, as everything will depend on which side they choose", - says a well-known blogger and journalist Viktar Malisheuski:

How many such people are there? According to the data provided by the President's informational-analytical center, at the moment of November 2, 67,8% of citizens are ready to vote for Aliaksandr Lukashenka, opposition's rating is - 1%, and those who are still undecided - 31%. That's a lot, that's one third of the population.

According to the research conducted by the independent sociologists IISEPS, 44% are ready to vote for the current President, and those who are still undecided make 33%, which is 10% less than those who will vote for Lukashenka, and much more than those who will vote for the opposition. As Nyaklyaeu's rating, for instance, is 7,7%.

Viktar Malisheuski: “If we compare this year with 1994, we'll see that the number of undecided was 7-11% then, there was no uncertainty with regard to whom to vote for, and now there is such uncertainty. As for 2006, the number of undecided was twice less than now”.

Lukashenka'2010 loses his positions in comparison with Lukashenka'2006 by 13,6%, while Nyaklyaeu loses precisely half of the votes to Milinkevich. The opposition on the whole loses about 10%, and the authorities as well.

“It seemed to work well: the election is coming - then increase salaries, give students additional scholarships, and your rating will go up rapidly. However, this does not work anymore - people understand it will be nullified by devaluation after the New Year", - says political scientist Jury Chavusau.

Thus, people have lost their trust both in Lukashenka and the opposition, they are looking for new politicians in the opposition whom they would vote for, and cannot find any.