{"id":79243,"date":"2019-04-24T14:27:01","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T19:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=79243"},"modified":"2019-04-24T14:27:01","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T19:27:01","slug":"ukrainians-in-chicago-vote-in-presidential-election-where-comedian-secures-landslide-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/ukrainians-in-chicago-vote-in-presidential-election-where-comedian-secures-landslide-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainians in Chicago vote in presidential election where comedian secures landslide victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Andrew Sweeney <\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">Ukrainians in Chicago cast their ballots on Sunday in the final round of the Ukrainian presidential election pitting incumbent president and oligarch Petro Poroshenko against comedian Voldomomyr Zelenskiy.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskiy triumphed in a landslide win of 72.3 percent and has pledged to continue Ukraine&#8217;s movement towards Europe after the 2014 Ukrainian Revolution.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Ukrainians in Chicago vote in presidential election where comedian secures landslide victory\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/332026829?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>However, Zelesnkiy&#8217;s victory came as a disappointment for many in Chicago&#8217;s Ukrainian community, who primarily originate from Poroshenko&#8217;s electoral heartland of Western Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Hundreds of Ukrainians came to the country&#8217;s consulate in River North to cast their votes in Sunday&#8217;s election. 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