(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Russia’s governing party has practically no opponents, according to a poll by the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center. 56 per cent of respondents would vote for United Russia (YR) in the next election to the State Duma, up two points since September.
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Russia’s governing party has practically no opponents, according to a poll by the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center. 56 per cent of respondents would vote for United Russia (YR) in the next election to the State Duma, up two points since September.
The Communist Party (KPRF), the Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR), and the opposition movement A Just Russia are all in single-digits.
Russian voters renewed the State Duma in December 2007. United Russia—whose candidate list was headed by then president Vladimir Putin—secured 64.1 per cent of the vote and 315 of the legislature’s 450 seats. On that same month, Putin endorsed Dmitry Medvedev as a presidential candidate, and Medvedev said it would be of the "utmost importance" to have Putin as prime minister.
In March 2008, Medvedev easily won Russia’s presidential election with 70.28 per cent of the vote. In May, Medvedev was sworn in as president. His nomination of Putin as prime minister was confirmed by the State Duma in a 392-56 vote.
On Oct. 12, electoral authorities released the results of local elections held a week earlier across the country. In Moscow, YR won by a landslide with 66 per cent of the votes, while the KPRF garnered 13 per cent. No other party won seats in the city council. The Communists accused the ruling party of condoning widespread fraud.
Prime minister Putin celebrated the results, saying that they are proof of the "authority the party has acquired from our people in recent years."
Polling Data
Which party would you vote for in the election to the State Duma?
|
|
Oct. 2009 |
Sept. 2009 |
Aug. 2009 |
|
United Russia (YR) |
56% |
54% |
56% |
|
Communist Party (KPRF) |
7% |
7% |
7% |
|
Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) |
6% |
4% |
4% |
|
A Just Russia |
4% |
4% |
4% |
Source: All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center
Methodology: Interviews with 1,600 Russian adults, conducted on Oct. 10 and Oct. 11, 2009. Margin of error is 3.4 per cent.
