Russian Legislative Election 2016

[Murica!]

Among these A Just Russia, easily, followed by the CPRF if absolutely necessary.

United Russia is Russia's main conservative party. It, as opposed to "Western" conservative parties, is fairly economically interventionist. Social positions of the party are quite right-wing. Basically the Party of the Pro-Putin oligarchs.

The CPRF is at this point nothing more than an old-left social democratic party that happens to be quite nationalist, conservative and authoritarian. Party of the old Soviet komsomol and bureaucrat oligarchs.

A Just Russia is Russia's only "real" social democratic party. It's overall similar to several Latin American leftists and Gorbachev.

the All Russian Union of Fascists and Clowns

Civic Platform is made up of the anti-Putin oligarchs and is supposedly "liberal," but that's about as believable as calling Pinochet a democrat.

Rodina is made up of pro-Putin leftists, I don't think anything more needs to be said.

[Grand Wizard Lizard of the Klan]

From this list none.

[Hifly]

A Just Russia introduced the Gay Propaganda Law; I assume this is extremely popular among leftists here.
It is very important for Americans on this forum to endorse political parties in foreign countries.

[Kingpoleon]

Of these: A Just Russia

WI: Yabloko

[DavidB.]

No. Just no.

"A Just Russia" is a fake party founded by the Kremlin to simulate "political competition" and give people the impression their concerns are addressed while not at all being a real opposition party in reality. The Kremlin has since abandoned the idea of simulating political competition but still lets A Just Russia run because well, otherwise people (also abroad) are going to complain about a lack of "parties". It is not a real party. And it is not a "real" social democratic party either.

This thread is why people should really look beyond the section "ideology" on Wiki when forming an opinion of parties in countries they don't know much about. In many non-Western countries, ideology either plays a secondary role or no role at all. In such cases, Wiki's cute labels ("social democratic") become utterly meaningless, particularly when the country isn't an actual democracy.

[White Trash]

Lean United Russia. But A Just Russia isn't bad either.

[DC Al Fine]

Of the choices given, I'd rather vote for the actual oligarchs than their fake opposition I guess.

[Goldwater]

Civic Platform, I guess.

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

I vote for "LMAO"

[SNJ1985]

United Russia or LDPR

[DavidB.]

LDPR

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[Clark Kent]

Civic Platform, easily.

[Santander]

United Russia, but I think the word "election" should be put in quotes here.

[Sumner 1868]

No love for Putin progressives?

[Murica!]

No. Just no.

"A Just Russia" is a fake party founded by the Kremlin to simulate "political competition" and give people the impression their concerns are addressed while not at all being a real opposition party in reality. The Kremlin has since abandoned the idea of simulating political competition but still lets A Just Russia run because well, otherwise people (also abroad) are going to complain about a lack of "parties". It is not a real party. And it is not a "real" social democratic party either.

This thread is why people should really look beyond the section "ideology" on Wiki when forming an opinion of parties in countries they don't know much about. In many non-Western countries, ideology either plays a secondary role or no role at all. In such cases, Wiki's cute labels ("social democratic") become utterly meaningless, particularly when the country isn't an actual democracy.

lmao a guy from the Netherlands is trying to explain Russian politics to a Russian

[DC Al Fine]

United Russia, but I think the word "election" should be put in quotes here.

The correct Atlas term is 'electoral type event'

[DavidB.]

No. Just no.

"A Just Russia" is a fake party founded by the Kremlin to simulate "political competition" and give people the impression their concerns are addressed while not at all being a real opposition party in reality. The Kremlin has since abandoned the idea of simulating political competition but still lets A Just Russia run because well, otherwise people (also abroad) are going to complain about a lack of "parties". It is not a real party. And it is not a "real" social democratic party either.

This thread is why people should really look beyond the section "ideology" on Wiki when forming an opinion of parties in countries they don't know much about. In many non-Western countries, ideology either plays a secondary role or no role at all. In such cases, Wiki's cute labels ("social democratic") become utterly meaningless, particularly when the country isn't an actual democracy.

lmao a guy from the Netherlands is trying to explain Russian politics to a Russian

If you are from Russia yet don't know A Just Russia aren't actual social democrats (and would vote for them) then I think the joke's on you...

[Intell]

The Commies.

[SWE]

Write in: I would be executed

[Lexii, harbinger of chaos and sexual anarchy]

Of these: A Just Russia

WI: Yabloko

[Associate Justice PiT]

     NOTA, please.

[IceAgeComing]

Dunno what's worse, calling A Just Russia "social democratic" or using the same term for the bloody Communists...

None of these parties really have any ideology, they are basically there to support the regime.  It (and Rodina before it as well, it merged into AJR but now apparently exists again) were basically created to get left wing votes for a non-hostile party to make it look like elections were competitive; they don't care anymore but they'll keep them around for the same reason why the CDU technically still existed in East Germany.  They'll be allowed to oppose the government occasionally but other than that they'll just be a Potemkin opposition.  It's the same for all those parties, and honestly most of the parties that got on the ballot this year.  Haven't a clue how I'd have voted, either for a small pro-democracy party that had no chance or I'd have spoiled the paper in the approved manner.

[Wake Me Up When The Hard Border Ends]

Civic Platform.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

write-in: Zeleniy Pomidor

[aross]

lol

Korean Social Democratic Party, naturally.