Urban-Rural Voting Differences in Russian Elections, 1995-1996: A Rayon-Level Analysis

1 September 1997

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Post-Soviet Geography and Economics

Vol. 38 (7) , 379-395
https://doi.org/10.1080/10889388.1997.10641054

Abstract

Two specialists on the electoral geography of post-Soviet Russia examine the results of the second national 1995 parliamentary election and the June and July 1996 presidential elections in the Russian Federation. The scale of analysis is the rayon level, based on a data set of roughly 300 rayons drawn from nine representative oblasts across the country. The data permit urban-rural and regional patterns in electoral behavior to be elucidated with greater precision. Although urban and rural effects are pronounced, the analysis reveals the importance of many other local contextual factors less amenable to quantification. Journal of Economic Literature, Classification Numbers H10, O10, R1O. 1 figure, 7 tables, 24 references.

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