POLL SAYS YELTSIN WOULD WIN IF ZYUGANOV WERE SOLE OPPONENT.

A public opinion poll conducted between 17 and 24 April by Moscow’s respected All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM) indicates that incumbent President Boris Yeltsin would win a straight fight against Communist party candidate Gennady Zyuganov. Thirty-one percent of those questioned said they would vote for Yeltsin if he and Zyuganov made it into the second round, while 29 percent said they would vote for Zyuganov. In a comparable poll in February, 21 percent said they would vote for Yeltsin and 34 percent for Zyuganov. Seventeen percent of the April respondents said they would vote against both candidates and 14 percent that they would not vote at all; 9 percent were undecided. (Interfax, April 29) If a second round of voting is required, it is likely to be held on June 30 or July 7.

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