Ballast from United Russia

We have already been shown that we are ready to drop it when the president’s rating reaches a minimum

Since the beginning of the year, the United Russia rating has fallen by 16% and approached historical minimums. At the peak of protests in 2011, the popularity of the party in power has fallen to 34%, now it is 37%. It is important that such sociology is recorded by state sociologists from the VTsIOM, who are difficult to suspect of free -thinking. The main factor that put pressure on the rating of united Russia was pension reform. She also affects the president’s ranking, but so far a little less dramatic. In early July, measurements of Levada showed that the level of trust in Putin decreased from 60% to 48%.

The main opportunity to crank your venture with the retirement age for the authorities is still associated with the contrast of an unpopular party and the president, which is “over the fight”. Recall that in mid -August, the show unique for the global policy of the show was already played, in the framework of which

The ruling party voted for the government bill, and literally the very next day, the president, on the eve of the parliament of the current Prime Minister, hinted to the citizens that such a bill was not too much to his liking.

After that, Putin in a special handling (as predicted by many) proposed a compromise: not such a sharp increase in age for women, preserving some benefits. The deputies, of course, immediately took under the visor, but it was already too late for their rating.

Valery Fedorov from the VTsIOM believes that the result of the discontent of citizens in the conditions of non -competitive elections in the regions will be a decrease in turnout. The presidential administration was noticed by this problem, so in some regions the United Russia seemed to be allowed to use the phrase "Presidential Party" as a pre -election slogan. However, now even this innocent formulation causes public scandals. So, the press appeared in the press that Mail.ru Group demanded from the local branches of United Russia documentary evidence of his connection with the president. Otherwise, the company that owns the largest sites in the country for political advertising (VKontakte and Odnoklassniki), allegedly refused to publish the agitation of United Russia. It is difficult to believe in such a fundamental fund of Mail.ru Group, but the fact that this information was common is symptomatic.

In the second half of August, Dmitry Medvedev did not appear at official events for several days, which became a reason for numerous rumors. The official version was connected by his absence with the "sports injury." The only sport that is associated with the Prime Minister is Badminton, so the explanations of the White House press service only licked the wit of commentators on social networks. The essence of the jokes came down to the fact that Medvedev finally got in the Kremlin for all his tricks. The extremely unpopular figure of the head of government and part -time leader of the ruling party, which in any case will be called responsible for pension reform, is today considered by society as an obvious victim. At a critical moment, when the president’s rating reaches a minimum, the ballast from the United Russia will need to be dropped.

All this means that the political machine, assembled more than ten years ago by Vladislav Surkov, the notorious “vertical of power” is unusable.

The interests of regional elites, as well as the interests of all other citizens, can be neglected for the sake of higher state goals.

This is especially clearly visible on the eve of the September 9 elections, during which the not those people who are allowed to participate in the adoption of key decisions for this state are elected at state posts.