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MOSCOW. Jan 30 (Interfax) � According to a new poll, if State Duma elections were held today, the United Russia party would win 26% of votes, the Communist Party 22% and the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia and the Yabloko Party 5% each. The poll was conducted by the Public Opinion Foundation on January 25- 26 and sampled 1,500 individuals.
All other parties and movements would fail to overcome the 5% threshold required to take seats in the State Duma. Six percent of respondents said they would vote against all parties, 8% said they would not go to polling stations at all and another 19% were undecided.
Alexander Oslon, the foundation's director, believes that popularity ratings have remained stable over the past few months: "This is attributable to the fact that the next elections seem distant to most potential voters. Only a few experts, journalists and politicians have started to predict the possibleresults of the elections.�
Oslon predicts that the ratings of United Russia and the Communist Party will not change significantly soon. He did not rule out that recent developments around the Union of Right-Wing Forces (SPS) and Yabloko may "cast some shadow" on their ratings.
Meanwhile, a poll conducted by the All-Russian Center for Public Opinion Studies indicated that over half of all Russians (54%) would vote, if the elections were held today. About 13% said they would not vote, while 33% remained undecided.
According to the center's poll of 1,600 people, conducted on January 24-28, the Communist Party would receive the most votes if parliamentary elections were held today. United Russia would pick up 14%, Yabloko 8%, the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia 6% and the SPS 5%.
Other parties and movements would not overcome the 5% threshhold.
See also:
State Duma elections 2003
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