The Political Culture of Young Citizens of the Russian Federation Through the Lens of Participation in Electoral Processes

The article is devoted to the study of the political culture of young Russians through the prism of their participation in rotational campaigns, during which the concepts of “political culture”, “electoral processes”, “civic responsibility”, “collective opinion” are touched upon. The relevance of this research topic is reflected in the high degree of importance the status of a unit of the electorate, that is, a citizen who is able to express his own political will to relay individual requests and influence the political and socio-economic course of the country. The object is represented in the study of the phenomenon of political culture of young citizens of the Russian Federation, the subject area is the consideration of the act of participation in political events as a component of the determination of political culture. The goal is to identify the features of the political culture of Russians in a particular social category in terms of their participation in electoral processes and to emphasize the factors that exert pressure on the level of political activity and attitudes towards election cycles.cles. Among the tasks, the authors highlighted a review and subsequent analysis of conceptual definitions related to electoral processes, as well as political culture, the establishment of relationships and predictors of attitudes towards a culture of participation (such as trust in government institutions, the role of digital technologies, as well as historical and cultural features of Russian political socialization) and conducting a sociological survey to summarize electoral trends. among young citizens. The methodological core of the work is a political and cultural approach, the method used is a survey in the form of a questionnaire. Based on a survey conducted among students and high school students in Moscow (sample: 131 respondents), certain trends have been identified in the attitude of young people towards elections taking place at different levels. The results show that, despite the high level of declared willingness to participate in elections, a significant percentage of the culture of non-participation remains, associated with low awareness of political events within the country, the availability of candidates, the mechanisms of the state apparatus and distrust of political parties. The practical significance is interpreted through the possibility of using the data collected during the research and the recommendations formulated by various political and social actors in order to attract more citizens to participate in political events.

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