The structure of the electoral preferences of students: experience of sociological research

Authors

  • Nikita Aleksandrovich TREGUBOV South Ural State University
  • Irina Andreevna POSELYAYUSCHEVA South Ural State University

Keywords:

analysis of sociological data, turnout, base electorate, electoral reserve, electoral behavior modeling.

Abstract

This article analyzes the structural characteristics of the political behavior of
students in the municipal elections in Russia. As an empirical base of research used
data from a sociological survey of students in Chelyabinsk, devoted to the election
of the Head of the municipality. To study the sociological data, the authors used
the methods of frequency analysis, as well as methods for calculating chi-squared
statistic for testing the level of significance of differences between groups of voters.
The study identified the following set of structural characteristics of the electoral
behavior of students at local elections. As a result, authors marked (1) electoral
passivity and (2) electoral conformism as the main structural features of the political
behavior of students in the municipal elections in modern Russia.

Author Biographies

Nikita Aleksandrovich TREGUBOV, South Ural State University

Cand. Sc. (Political Science), Associate Professor
of Political Science Department, Faculty of History of the South Ural State University (Chelyabinsk).
Research interests — theory of politics, policy analysis and forecasting, the political
system of modern Russia.

Irina Andreevna POSELYAYUSCHEVA, South Ural State University

Master student in «Sociology of Politics and
International Relations», Faculty of History of the South Ural State University (Chelyabinsk). Research interests — political sociology, gender studies.

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Issue

Vol. 14 No. 1 (2014)

Section

Political Science