The Russians Trust People in Power
Although the recent presidential election isn’t any longer the highlight for the Russians, the nation is well aware that First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev prevailed on support of President Vladimir Putin, signaled the recent poll of Levada Center.
Levada Center held its poll in two weeks after election, so 2 percent of respondents couldn’t remember for whom they had actually voted. The share of such oblivious will be widening to reach 8 percent by 2012 election, forecasted Levada Center General Director Lev Gudkov.
Of those, who remember the choice, 29 percent said they didn’t attend the election, 49 percent voted for four-party candidate First Vice Premier Dmitry Medvedev, 14 percent backed up Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov, 5 percent voted for LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky and 1 percent supported Andrei Bogdanov.
According to Gudkov, the Russians generally underestimate the effect of mass media, viewing the information flow as the background of no great influence on their voting preference. At the same time, most of the nation doesn’t doubt who was behind the future presidency of Medvedev.
Some 80 percent of respondents attributed it to the people in power and the same people, according to another 62 percent of the polled, will benefit from that outcome of election. Regardless, most of respondents think it quite normal, as they trust the course of President Putin and hope for its continuation, Gudkov specified.
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