Urban and Rural Effects on Party Preference in Russia: New Evidence from the Recent Duma Election

Abstract

Using rayon-level data from Russia's 1999 Duma election, two geographers investigate the extent to which regional variations in voters' preferences for political parties are influenced by their location along the rural-urban continuum. National party-list electoral a from almost 300 rayons drawn from nine representative oblasts are investigated for theirdat associations with rural-urban categories ranging from cities (100 percent urban) through 75+ percent rural rayons. The category of cities also is disaggregated into various size classes t tha ar e scrutinized in terms of the party preferences evinced by voters. A concluding section identifies anomalies and outlines directions for future research. Journal of Economic Literature, Classification Numbers: H10, O10, R10. 1 figure, 3 tables, 31 references.