Russia-China trade turnover rises 26.3% in seven months
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Some 56% of Russians have already decided which party they will vote for in September's State Duma election, according to July survey data from state pollster VTsIOM, Vedomosti reported on August 7.
A further 34% said they had yet to make up their minds or could still change them, Mikhail Mamonov, VTsIOM's director of political research, told a round table hosted by the Expert Institute for Social Research. Among those who say they will definitely take part in the vote, the share who have already decided rises to 64%.
Awareness of the election is also climbing: 64% of respondents said they knew a vote was coming, up from 49% at the same point in the 2021 election cycle. Seventy percent said they intended to vote, in line with the 64-66% range VTsIOM has recorded for the past four months.
United Russia remains the dominant force by a wide margin: 34% of all respondents said they were ready to vote for the ruling party, against 11% for the Communist Party and 10% for New People, VTsIOM's monthly tracking shows. Among parliamentary parties, United Russia was also the most visible on the campaign trail, with 61% of respondents saying they had heard about its activities in the previous two weeks.
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