The motivation of students to vote in the municipal elections: results of political and sociological research

Abstract

This article analyzes the motivation of electoral choice 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. Theoretical basis of the research is the theory of the dominant stereotype, as well as some positions of cognitive theory of political motivation. The study revealed some features of the mutual arrangement of meaningful and meaningless motifs of electoral choice, providing candidates for a certain level of student support in municipal elections.