Electoral Behavior of Russian Youth of the Digital Generation

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The article is devoted to the analysis of the electoral behavior of Russian youth of the digital generation (aged 18–24 years). The empirical basis of the study was made up of data from an interregional youth survey conducted by the authors in 2023, as well as data from a WCIOM study in 2024. The relatively low level of their participation in the electoral process and in general in socio-political activities is considered as a feature of the electoral behavior of young people of the digital generation. At the same time, a steady trend towards a decrease in youth absenteeism has been identified, which is manifested in the formation of an intermediate group of young people with a more positive attitude towards elections. Subject to comprehensive constructive actions on the part of the state and civil society institutions, this group can be included in the electoral process. The study showed that young people of the digital generation are quite well informed about the possibility of online voting, although the vast majority of young people aged 18–25 years do not have practical experience in participating in remote electronic voting. For young people who ignore the institution of elections, the form of voting is not significant. A tendency has been discovered towards a decrease in the electoral activity of girls of the digital generation, who are inferior to young men in other indicators of socio-political activity.

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Marina L. Galas

Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation

Author for correspondence.
Email: lucera2008@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1523-8287

Doctor of Sciences (History), Professor, Chair of Mass Communications and Media Business, Faculty of Social Sciences and Mass Communications

Russian Federation, Moscow

Lyudmila A. Brushkova

Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation

Email: lbrushkova@fa.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3787-3791

Candidate of Sciences (Sociology), Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Science and Mass Communication

Russian Federation, Moscow

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2. Figure 1. Reasons for the non-participation of young people aged 18–25 in online voting in elections to government bodies of various levels, % of those who did not participate Source: compiled by the authors.

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