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Governing Party Stumbles Still Unrivalled in Russia
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Slightly fewer people in Russia are now willing to vote for the governing party but other groups have only marginal support, according to a poll by the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center. 53 per cent of respondents would vote for United Russia (YR) in the next election to the State Duma, down three points since October.
The Communist Party (KPRF) is a very distant second with only eight per cent, followed by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) with four per cent, and the opposition movement A Just Russia also with four per cent.
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 Nov. 18, Medvedev said his government has not decided yet whether to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) alone or in combination with its two customs partners—Kazakhstan and Belarus—declaring, "For us the main thing is speed. Whatever way is faster we will take it".
Polling Data
Which party would you vote for in the election to the State Duma?
|
|
Nov. 2009 |
Oct. 2009 |
Sept. 2009 |
|
United Russia (YR) |
53% |
56% |
54% |
|
Communist Party (KPRF) |
8% |
7% |
7% |
|
Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) |
4% |
6% |
4% |
|
A Just Russia |
4% |
4% |
4% |
Source: All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center
Methodology: Interviews with 1,600 Russian adults, conducted on Nov. 14 and Nov. 15, 2009. Margin of error is 3.4 per cent.