The expert named the main risks for Putin’s headquarters in the 2018 elections
Russia's large cities will become the main problem for Vladimir Putin's headquarters in the presidential elections. Political consultant Dmitry Gusev spoke about this at a meeting of the RAPC Congress in Moscow.
According to him, the risk for the current president’s headquarters is the mood in society “Putin will win anyway,” which could lead to low turnout. A similar situation already arose during the Moscow mayoral elections in 2013.
“Sobyanin’s high electability of about 80% almost brought the elections to the second round,” Gusev recalled.
Putin’s headquarters will strive to ensure a turnout of about 70%, the expert believes, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
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However, there is a danger here that local authorities will try to “draw numbers” or “mobilize all state employees and affiliated structures.” Information about this will immediately be promoted by the opposition.
This can happen in those large cities where the United Russia party received relatively low results throughout the Russian Federation.
“The main work of the opposition is concentrated there, which creates and will create a protest background, it is easier to reach people via the Internet, there is a critical public, there is a traditionally low turnout,” the political strategist recalled.
“The villages will give a traditionally high turnout. High turnout in the Caucasus, Kuzbass and other regions with traditionally high turnout will be perceived as normal (regardless of the methods of obtaining it),” Gusev predicts.
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