ELECTORAL PREFERENCES OF THE PEOPLE OF THE REPUBLIC OF DAGESTAN

Abstract

This paper reflects the results of the first applied mass political and sociological research in the Republic of Dagestan on the specificity of electoral behavior in Russia, especially after the elections of deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation held in autumn 2016. The practical importance of the research conducted by the author will allow to study electoral preferences in a single subject of the Russian Federation and supplement the all-Russian picture of electoral preferences, which is important in the run-up to the upcoming presidential elections in 2018.

Keywords

• elections
• electoral sociology
• electoral behavior
• political behavior
• political orientations