Poll: Zelensky inspires widespread confidence as views of Putin hit new low

Russian President Vladimir Putin receives dismal ratings, with only 6% of U.S. adults expressing confidence in him following his decision to invade Ukraine – an all-time low in surveys going back nearly two decades. The vast majority of Americans (92%) have little or no confidence in Putin’s handling of world affairs, including 77% who have none at all.

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More than half of Americans have confidence in two of Europe’s most prominent leaders, French President Emmanuel Macron (55% confidence) and new German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (53%), according to the survey of 3,581 U.S. adults, conducted March 21-27. American confidence in Scholz’s international abilities is 10 percentage points lower than former German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s final year rating of 63%.

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