BREAKING: A comedian with no political experience has a commanding lead over the incumbent in Ukraine's presidential election, an exit poll suggests.
An exit poll from Urkaine’s presidential election is giving comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy a commanding lead over incumbent Petro Poroshenko.
Opinion polls ahead of Sunday’s runoff showed President Petro Poroshenko trailing behind comic actor Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who is famous for playing the nation’s president in a popular TV sitcom. Zelenskiy got twice as many votes as Poroshenko in the first round three weeks ago, reflecting public anger at endemic corruption, a moribund economy and a five-year wat against Russia-backed insurgents in the east.A comedian who has a strong chance to win Ukraine’s presidential vote says his campaign already has helped unite the country.
Like Poroshenko, Zelenskiy has promised to keep Ukraine on a pro-Western course, but says the country needs to hold a nationwide referendum on whether to join NATO.Corruption and economic stagnation are big issues for voters in Ukraine’s presidential runoff. Zelenskiy, 41, got twice as many votes as Poroshenko in the first round three weeks ago. Like his sitcom character, a teacher thrust into the presidency after a video of him blasting corruption goes viral, he has focused on fighting graft, riding the wave of public distrust of Ukraine’s political elite.
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