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| Author: | McAllister, I. White, S. |
| Title: | Voting 'against all' in postcommunist Russia |
| Journal: | Europe-Asia Studies
2008 : JAN, VOL. 60:1, p. 67-87 |
| Index terms: | elections voting politics Russia |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Since the early 1990s, Russian (here as: R-n.) voters and also most of the other post-Soviet republics have been able to vote 'against all' parties and candidates. Increasing numbers have done so. Based on two post-election surveys, it is found that 'against all' voters are younger than other voters, more urban and more highly educated. They do not reject liberal democracy, but are critical of the contemporary practice of R-n. politics, finding no parties adequately reflecting their views. With the ending of the 'against all' facility in 2006 and other changes in the Russian electoral system under the Putin presidency, levels of turnout are likely to fall further etc. |
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