
- Almost 70% of Russians are ready to come to the presidential elections, which will be held in March 2018, write Vedomosti with reference to VTsIOM data.
At the same time, in reality, a trip to the polling station considers only 34% of respondents for himself. Therefore, the Kremlin is faced with the task of increasing the turnout in order to implement the “Formula 70/70” ((70% of the turnout and 70% of the votes for Vladimir Putin), the newspaper writes.
Measures are already taken for this. Among them. According to the newspaper, the planned transfer of the voting day from March 11 to 18, the day of the reunification of Crimea with Russia, as well as the project for the abolition of absenteeisms.
Among other ways to increase the appearance, political technologists consider options such as referendum, for example, on the issue of counter -sanctions or the release of Russia from the WTO; announcement of 2018 by the year of children in Russia; Conducting on the day of the election of a children's dance or sports competition or parent meeting.