๐จ New data: How are Russians reacting to Putin's declaration of "partial" mobilization in ๐ท๐บ? Support for "partial" mob. has been ~58-59% since 9/21, when the policy was announced (~47% if we include "don't know"s & NAs in denominator). But support is not consolidated. A๐งต: 1/ 
On 9/21, Putin announced "partial" mobilization of military reservists. That same day, we began asking Russians whether they support Putin's decision. From 9/21-9/23 (today), average support has remained relatively consistent: ~58-59%. 2/
However, the vast majority of Russians are still opposed to general (total) mobilization. We've asked respondents this question regularly since June 6, and support for gen. mob. has remained under 25%. Nor have we seen a substantial increase over the past few days. 3/
In a previous ๐งต[
https://twitter.com/russia_watcher/status/1572368552535158784], we showed this breakdown along a 4-pt scale. (Note that the time series is weighted differently from the bar chart estimates, resulting in slight differences in %s. Any estimate of national public opinion has a margin of uncertainty.) 4/
These figures suggest that while Russians are substantially more supportive of partial mobilization than general mobilization, there is far from a consensus within the population. 5/
For comparison, note that the vast majority of Russians we surveyed expressed support for Putin's August 25 decree to increase the size of the ๐ท๐บ military. (We asked these questions btwn 8/26 and 9/7, right after the decree was signed.) 6/
Please note that results for partial mobilization are tentative, as we have only surveyed 600 respondents (200/day). We will be monitoring these indicators for changes in the coming days and weeks. For interactive graphs, see our website: russiawatcher.com/mobilization. /END
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