Thread: О тех, кто в России у власти

Originally Posted by Hanna

So who is a "typical" United Russia voter? Rich people, pensioners... or who?

Various people. First, all state employees, police officers, military, etc. are almost forced to vote for UR by their superiors. They are organized to go to vote with their co-workers, also they being fed bullsh1t like: "there will be a hidden camera installed in voting cabin and if some of you will vote against UR, he will be immediately fired from your current job." This is nonsense of course (about cameras) but many people are still afraid. Second, the people who are satisfied with the current state of affairs and don't want any changes or the people who believes that United Russia is a "lesser evil" and anything else would be much worse (United Russia and Putin in particular always plays on these feelings of people like: "You do not want to vote for United Russia, don't you? Maybe you are going to vote for some liberals? Be ready to return to the chaos of 90s then."). Third, the state and municipal officials themselves and their family members. These groups give United Russia about 30% of votes. The rest are usually falsified.

Originally Posted by Basil77

They are organized to go to vote with their co-workers, also they being fed bullsh1t like: "there will be a hidden camera installed in voting cabin and if some of you will vote against UR, he will be immediately fired from your current job."

I have never heard of anything of the sort. Would you mind providing some evidence?