Transformations in political preferences of voters (Comparative analysis of the 2016 and 2021 election campaigns)

• Published in: Historia provinciae - žurnal regionalʹnoj istorii Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 211 - 239
• Main Author: Markov, Evgeniy A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cherepovets State University 2022
• Subjects: 2016 election; 2021 election; a just russia – for truth; cprf; ldpr; new people; state duma; united russia
• ISSN: 2587-8344; 2587-8344
• DOI: 10.23859/2587-8344-2022-6-1-5

In the article offered to the readers, the author analyses the results of the 2021 Russian legislative elections, using a comparative method. The parallels with the results of previous election campaigns on the basis of the results obtained by both political parties and individual candidates are drawn. The purpose of the article is to evaluate the level of political activity of voters in different regions of Russia and to identify changes that have taken place in the moods of various social groups. The article analyses the peculiarities of the election campaigns organized by different political forces as well as the course of preparation and conduct of the elections themselves, both at the federal and regional levels. Finally, the author concludes that the United Russia political party (Edinaya Rossiya), which received a constitutional majority in the renewed State Duma again, will have to consider the realities highlighted by the election campaign. But most importantly, it is this party that will have to take responsibility for passing the laws that would ensure socio-economic development of the country as a condition of increasing the welfare of the population.