Most of Russians are confident that people got tired of politics. Respondents point to the lack of real actions and deceiving people.
MOSCOW, June 24, 2011. Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) presents the data describing whether people are tired of politics as well as the reasons why.
As twenty years ago, the majority of Russians believe that the people around got tired of politics (75%). They are basically the supporters of the CPRF (82%), LDPR parties (81%) and absentees (81%), as well as 45-59-year-old respondents (79%) and those who do not use the Internet (79%). Those who report tiredness of politics are mainly those respondents who are not satisfied with the development of democracy in Russia (78%). Twelve percent of respondents are not agree with this statement: they are basically non-parliament parties` adherents (25%) and Internet users (15-16%).
Those who got tired of political promises mention the lack of real actions among reasons (62%), followed by deceiving the ordinary citizens (41%). The share of those who are far removed from the political life has increased over the recent twenty years (from 8 to 16%). On the contrary, fewer respondents report they cannot figure out who is right (from 20 to 14%). Other 14% of respondents complain about the impotence of the federal power. The shares of those who do not want to know anything about the politics (6%) and those who are tired of the helplessness of democrats (5%) are in the minority. Only 8% of Russians recognize that they are not tired of politics.
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The initiative Russian opinion polls were conducted on June 11-12, 2011. 1600 respondents were interviewed at 138 sampling points in 46 regions of Russia. The margin of errordoes not exceed 3.4%.
Do you agree that people have got tired of politics recently? (close-ended question, one answer) | ||
| 1991 | 2011 |
Agree | 74 | 75 |
Not agree | 9 | 12 |
I cannot say definitely// Hard to tell | 17 | 13 |
Do you agree that people have got tired of politics recently? (close-ended question, one answer) | |||||||
| Total respondents | CPRF supporters | LDPR supporters | Fair Russia supporters | United Russia supporters | Non-parliament parties` supporters | I would not take part in elections |
Agree | 75 | 82 | 81 | 79 | 71 | 68 | 81 |
Not agree | 12 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 25 | 9 |
I cannot say definitely// Hard to tell | 13 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 10 |
If you feel that you are somewhat tired of politics, then could you tell us why? (close-ended question, one answer) | ||
| 1991 | 2011 |
Many statements, no real actions | 65 | 62 |
I am tired of watching how ordinary citizens got deceived | 39 | 41 |
I am too far from that; I have my own life and my own problems | 8 | 16 |
I cannot figure out who is wrong | 20 | 14 |
I cannot stand the helplessness of the federal power anymore | 16 | 14 |
I do not want to know anything about the politics | 4 | 6 |
I cannot stand the helplessness of the democrats anymore | 5 | 5 |
I am not tired of politics | 5 | 8 |
Other | 1 | 1 |
Hard to tell | 8 | 2 |
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