Andrey Pertsev of the Carnegie Moscow Center has a commentary, The Active Minority and Passive Majority: Takeaways from Russia’s Regional Elections, that provides more detail and greater insight into the September 10 elections that I wrote about, including the points that the outcome reflects an "increase in voting by the reform-minded minority and a decrease in voter turnout among Putin’s former majority", which, as I wrote,
"A worrisome feature of this election for Putin is that turnout was as low as 14-15 percent in some districts, which magnified the opposition vote, suggesting that Putin may be stung by voter apathy next year. It seems unlikely that a populist insurgent like Trump could disrupt a vote for Putin, but a disaffected public also means that when the insurgency comes it will be unexpected, widespread and messy."
See Putin's Trump Moment
"A worrisome feature of this election for Putin is that turnout was as low as 14-15 percent in some districts, which magnified the opposition vote, suggesting that Putin may be stung by voter apathy next year. It seems unlikely that a populist insurgent like Trump could disrupt a vote for Putin, but a disaffected public also means that when the insurgency comes it will be unexpected, widespread and messy."
See Putin's Trump Moment
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