ON THE TRANSFORMATION OF ELECTORAL POITICS AND THE CHOICE OF A PARTICULAR COUNTRY OF THEIR METHODS TO INCERASE THE VOTER TURNOUT

• Authors: Marmilova Ekaterina
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Ensuring voter turnout in the elections is becoming a new urgent problem for leading politicians in Europe and the world. In the article, the author reveals a new trend in electoral politics: the use of restrictive models and qualification characteristics in Russia and in some foreign states to solve the problem of legitimization and delegation of political power in case of low turnout. The thematic range of the study concerns the specialized discussion within the Russian Federation. In the article, the author gives examples of restrictive models and qualification characteristics. These are the methods and mechanisms used by each country individually in order to increase the voter turnout. The author of the article came with the following conclusions. In Russia and in some foreign states, an identical tendency is observed for the emergence of new increasing models of voter turnout and the abolition of qualification characteristics, with the exception of those countries where participation in elections is mandatory. Thus, voter turnout is increasing in a safe manner for the state and for voters.

Keywords

EN

VOTER TURNOUT; LEGITIMACY; ELECTIONS; CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION; ELECTION PROCESS; ELECTORAL POLITICS; RUSSIA

• Publisher: Institute of Political Sciences, SAS
• Journal: Studia Politica Slovaca: časopis pre politické vedy, najnovšie politické dejiny a medzinárodné vzťahy
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 51 – 58

Contributors

author

Marmilova Ekaterina

• Russian Political Science Association, Moscow, Russia

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/SPS.2020-1.4