Russian electoral type event: 2011 (Duma)

[Filuwaúrdjan]

And, finally, the oldest team (according to their fans at least*) in the division:



*AFC Stalin United, formed after Stalin FC collapsed due to financial difficulties.

[2952-0-0]

It will be grimly ironic if the Commies become at the vanguard of a revolution against cheating between factions of the bourgeoisie elite.

Not as ironic as Yours Truly seeing a hammer and sickle light up on the side of the Citi tower in Shanghai last summer.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

This is what I fine most interesting; each party has it's own "support base" that goes in bands from North to South

[Pingvin]

The Commies had it traditional red zone around Moscow. That areas is obviously the heartland of Russianness (some sort of home counties). According to Finnish newspapers the North West Russia was in general a maverick region (despite of Komi that gave strong support for its Komi-German president). The oil producing areas (the main reason for economic growth in Russia) are in general ER strongholds.

I can explain Northern Causasus - ER spends much mor money there than for Russian Core.

[ag]

The Commies had it traditional red zone around Moscow. That areas is obviously the heartland of Russianness (some sort of home counties). According to Finnish newspapers the North West Russia was in general a maverick region (despite of Komi that gave strong support for its Komi-German president). The oil producing areas (the main reason for economic growth in Russia) are in general ER strongholds.

The Commie traditional zone is not around Moscow (they used to perform quite badly there, when they ran against Yeltsin), but in southern Russia, along the Ukrainian border. Voronezh, Lipetsk, Belgorod, Briansk, Orel, etc. - this used to be the Commie heartland (and in much of it they continue to perform well). Commie uspwing around Moscow started with the decline of the traditional "democratic" parties in the Putin era - they became the sole protest vote. It is, in fact, quite a turnaround from the 1990s (and even more of a turnaround from the time around the Soviet breakup, when the Commies were extremely unpopular in much of this zone).

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Yeah, this Commie map looks much more like 1917 than has been normal in the post-Soviet era. Anyway, is the Petersburg-centric Fair Russia map like that just because their leader (if that's the right word) is from there?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Which reminds me, I really should get round to making that set of maps at some point.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Look what I just found

[ag]

Yeah, this Commie map looks much more like 1917 than has been normal in the post-Soviet era. Anyway, is the Petersburg-centric Fair Russia map like that just because their leader (if that's the right word) is from there?

So is, for that matter, Putin. I would put it more to Oksana Dmitrieva and her crowd (ex-Yabloko) - they are seriously talking of nominating her, instead of Mironov, for the March presidential election. She could be formidable.

[ag]

Ok, the so called Red Belt was not north of Moscow, but relatively close to Moscow (like Kursk and Tula and Tambov).

Could you make map on legistatives around 1999 (data exists).

Kireev has done all that.

Both rounds of presidentials in 1996

http://www.electoralgeography.com/en/countries/r/russia/1996-president-elections-russia.html

Legislatives in 1999

http://www.electoralgeography.com/en/countries/r/russia/1999-legislative-elections-russia.html


and pretty much everything else on teh same site.

[ag]

2000 presidentials show some nice north-south gradients:

http://www.electoralgeography.com/en/countries/r/russia/2000-president-elections-russia.html

[minionofmidas]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDt9QzgfGGs&feature=player_embedded

For those who speak German and/or read Russian. Apparently went viral in Russia (and had the subtitles added there.) Kim Jong Il reference now outdated, of course.