| ID | 147950 |
| Title Proper | Electoral fraud and electoral geography |
| Other Title Information | United Russia strongholds in the 2007 and 2011 Russian parliamentary elections |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | White, Allison C |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Despite United Russia’s (Edinaya Rossiya—UR) dominance in repeated Russian legislative elections, the correlates of the party’s electoral support remain noticeably understudied beyond the influence of electoral manipulation. I pinpoint the specific contours of UR’s strongholds in the two most recent parliamentary elections in Russia—2007 and 2011—focusing on raion- and regional-level correlates of the vote using an original dataset. UR has been undergirded by geographically concentrated ethnic minorities and the countryside, and these patterns of support have persisted even in the absence of fraud, suggesting that the dominant party’s electoral windfalls cannot be attributed solely to electoral malfeasance. |
| `In' analytical Note | Europe-Asia Studies Vol. 68, No.7; Sep 2016: p.1127-1178 |
| Journal Source | Europe-Asia Studies Vol: 68 No 7 |
| Key Words | United Russia ; Electoral Fraud ; Electoral Geography ; Russian Parliamentary Elections |