Public support for fair elections protests in Moscow 2019

Among residents of Moscow, 30 percent had a neutral attitude toward the protest actions organized by Russian opposition to support fair local elections in the Russian capital after several candidates were not allowed to enter the election rally due to invalid signatures. Nine percent of the participants could imagine themselves joining those actions, while two percent admitted to be among the protestants.

Level of public support toward the opposition protests for fair elections in the Moscow Municipal Duma among Moscow residents in Russia in 2019*

Characteristic	Share of participants
Negative	27%
Neutral, indifferent	30%
Positive, but do not take part in such actions myself	26%
Positive, can imagine myself participating	9%
Positive, participated myself	2%
Difficult to answer	5%

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Release date

August 2019

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Region

Russia

Survey time period

July 26-31, 2019

Number of respondents

1,500 respondents

Special properties

Moscow residents

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

* The original question was worded by the source as follows: "What is your opinion on these protest actions?"
The sampling error does not exceed 2.5 percent.
Figures may not sum up to 100 due to rounding.

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