|
The poll was taken
on August 18-19, 2007.
1600 respondents were interviewed in 153 population areas of 46
regions of Russia. The statistical error does not exceed 3.4%. |
What type of state
would you like to see Russia in the future?
|
Type of
State |
May 1997 |
July 2007 |
|
A state with the market economy and a
democratic state structure |
48 |
42 |
| A socialistic
state with communist ideology |
20 |
16 |
|
A state with an absolutely special state
structure and its own special way of development
|
18 |
21 |
| An empire and
monarchy like the one Russia used to have in the 19th
century |
6 |
3 |
|
Other variant |
1 |
3 |
| Hard to say
|
7 |
15 |
What type of state would you like to
see Russia in the future?
|
Type of State
|
Total respondents
|
Age, years
|
|
18-24
|
25-34
|
35-44
|
45-59
|
60 and older
|
|
A state with the market economy and a
democratic state structure |
42 |
53 |
54 |
51 |
39 |
22 |
| A socialistic
state with communist ideology |
21 |
21 |
21 |
21 |
23 |
19 |
|
A state with an absolutely special state
structure and its own special way of development
|
16 |
7 |
6 |
11 |
18 |
32 |
| An empire and
monarchy like the one Russia used to have in the 19th
century |
3 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
|
Other variant |
3 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
| Hard to say
|
15 |
16 |
12 |
8 |
13 |
23 |
Just as it used to be ten years ago, the public
opinion now prefers the state with market economy and democratic
state structure. The number of supporters of this way of development
has a little reduced from 48% down to 42%. Nearly three times as few
respondents express their willingness to live in a socialist state
with communistic ideology some day - 16% (20% were of the same
opinion in 1997). An absolutely special structure of state and a
special way for Russia is much more popular, supported by 21% of
respondents (18% agreed with them in 1997). The monarchists possess
a marginal point of view as far as the ideal type of the state
structure is concerned (3-6 %).
The older the respondents are, the more
preferable a socialist state seems to them (ranging from 6-7% among
the youth of 18-35 years of age up to 32% among the respondents aged
60 years and more) and the less attractive market economy and
democracy seem to be (from 53-54% down to 22%).
The group of respondents with low estimation of
own financial standing equally sympathizes with the ideas of the
socialist state and that of the country with market economy and the
democratic state structure (26-28%). Groups of respondents with high
and average estimation of the same factor put the state structure
with the market economy and democracy on the first place (46-48 %),
whereas the second is occupied by an absolutely special structure
(21-24%).
The supporters of the Communist Party of the
Russian Federation (53%) are the ones who most of all wish to build
a socialist state; the state with market economy and democracy is
more likely to be the choice of the "Unified Russia" (51%) and "Fair
Russia" (46 %) voters and less often that of the LDPR voters (35%).
Supporters of "Unified Russia" and LDPR consider a special way to be
more suitable for the country than socialism (21-25% versus 10-14%),
and supporters of "Fair Russia" find it less suitable (16% for a
special way, 25% in favour of socialism).
Source: VCIOM
