In the Kremlin

The results of the week. On the shore

June 17, 2011 Alexander Ryklin

On the last week, the “solidarity” was carried out by an exceptionally curious experiment. They called the experiment “Honest Elections”. If anyone has forgotten, then the elections in some countries are called the procedure by which the responsible citizens of these countries through their own will form various branches and even state authorities.

So these incorrigible optimists and scammers from Solidarity tried to hold such events in Russia. (Well, aren’t eccentric ones?) And they spent it, I tell you ... So, for two days, the activists of the movement approached the street to arbitrarily selected citizens, put the ballot in their face and offered to vote for one of the parties. As if December is already in the yard and elections are held in the State Duma. Thirteen parties were introduced into the ballot - along with traditional Duma and those that, most likely, will not be able to get into the official documents of the Central Election Commission. For example, Parnassus and Rotfront.

At the sight of seditious abbreviations and phrases, citizens were nervous, looked around, but they still put checks. In total, 5706 people (about 2000 in Moscow, the rest in 18 regions) were gaining such responsible daredevils around the country. You can argue as much as you like about the representativeness of this sample (in my opinion, more convincing than any sociological survey), but the results are very impressive.

So, according to the final results and based on the current election law, five parties are held to the Duma (according to “solidarity”): “EP” - 21.7%, the Communist Party - 15%, LDPR - 12.6%, Parnas - 9.3%, “SR” - 7.03%.

In addition, citizens were invited to express their attitude to a number of public organizations. So, one of the most unpopular organizations was the Putin Popular Front - only 20% of those who took part in the event approve of its activities. For example, 35.4% of respondents gave their votes to ecologists, and 31.7% “solidarity”.

Here, it seems to me, this is still important to note: the voices were honestly considered, there were no stuffing, no one suited the “carousel”, the turnout did not fake. Which, of course, makes this experiment not quite relevant domestic realities. Well, the organizers initially declared that they are going to hold “honest elections”, and not those that are now adopted in modern Russia. In any case, the confident passage of Parnas to the Duma is an eloquent answer to everyone who loves to speculate on the unpopular ideas of the citizens of our long -suffering homeland. I will say more: the outcome of voting in the case of a normal election campaign could be even more favorable for non -systemic parties.

I will not open America if I say that free elections are impossible in a non -free country.

And now let's imagine that such a survey would precede the penal election campaign in the press. Including television. What would be the result of United Russia, the Putin Popular Front and Putin himself, if several times a week, for several months, through our central channels, Nemtsov, Kasyanov and Ryzhkov would tell dumbfounded citizens, for example, about corruption in the highest echelons of the Russian authorities? About Kovalchuks, Rutenbergs, the disappeared shares of Gazro MA, real beneficiaries of Surgutneftegaz, the activities of the Gunvor oil industry, etc. This is for seed. And then they would move to their own program for the reorganization of Russia. With schedules, numbers, terms, expert analytics ... I have a hypothesis that the results of the main players in our political field would already differ significantly from those that have now submitted the Movement of Solidarity to the public.

Ah, what a wonderful, optimistic, spiritual script! Do you know what you need to implement it? The smallest ... To begin with, so that the day after the refusal of the registration of the Party of People’s Freedom (unless, of course, such villainy happens) thousands of supporters of this party (20 thousand, I think, there will be enough) would come to a warm summer evening to register the party that they are ready to support in the elections. And they would not disperse until their question - as it used to be said - “will not be resolved positively” ...

Photos from the site www.rusolidarnost.ru