Dynamics of Socio-Political Moods and an Analysis of the Election Results in the Republic of Khakassia in 2018

Abstract

The article presents the data of the study of the dynamics of socio-political sentiments and analysis of the results of the elections of the Head of the Republic of Khakassia and the Supreme Council of the Republic of Khakassia in 2018. The paper attempts to determine the factors and processes of formation of protest socio-political sentiments in the Republic of Khakassia in 2018 and the degree of their influence on the vote for the head of the Republic and members of Parliament. The authors revealed the main reasons for the defeat of the last head of the Republic V. Zimin and the reasons for the victory of the new head of the Republic V. Konovalov. The main trends of socio-political attitudes in the changing political reality based on Federal, regional and municipal factors are determined. In the course of the study, we took individual in-depth interviews with 20 experts (deputies of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Khakassia, party leaders of United Russia, entrepreneurs, municipal deputies, political scientists, journalists, opposition figures, representatives of public organizations). Also, we conducted six group in-depth interviews (students, public activists, entrepreneurs, economically active population, state employees were participants of the focus groups, pensioners) and conducted a survey of public opinion on the methodology of standardized program telephone interview with a sample of 1200 respondents with representation by sex and age.