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The territorial genealogies of Russia's political parties and the transferability of political machines

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  • Grigorii V. Golosov
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This article uses statistical analysis of aggregate electoral returns in order to establish continuities in the territorial patterns of support between four major political parties of contemporary Russia, on the one hand, and those parties that contested national legislative (Duma) elections from 1993 through 2007, on the other hand. It is hypothesized that such continuities, dubbed “territorial genealogies,” are largely rooted in the migration of region-based gubernatorial political machines from one national party to another, which constitutes a major flow of organizational continuity in the development of political parties. Statistical analysis confirms that the main hubs of machine politics in Russia's regions, originating from the intra-elite struggles of the 1990s, provide United Russia with the territorial core of its current support. Other political parties retain electoral salience in those regions where their electoral appeal is not mitigated by the presence of political machines, which underscores the importance of non-machine party organization for their electoral destinies.

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  • Grigorii V. Golosov, 2014. "The territorial genealogies of Russia's political parties and the transferability of political machines," Post-Soviet Affairs, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(6), pages 464-480, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rpsaxx:v:30:y:2014:i:6:p:464-480
    DOI: 10.1080/1060586X.2014.882106
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    1. Rostislav Turovsky & Koroteeva P.P. & Rusanova K.A., 2020. "Nationalization Of Russia’S Party System: Local Dimension And Regional Patterns," HSE Working papers WP BRP 72/PS/2020, National Research University Higher School of Economics.
    2. Mikhail Turchenko & Sergey Shevchuk, 2015. "Executive Branch and Major Electoral Reforms in Russia," HSE Working papers WP BRP 31/PS/2015, National Research University Higher School of Economics.
    3. Kvartiuk, Vasyl & Herzfeld, Thomas, 2021. "Redistributive politics in Russia: The political economy of agricultural subsidies," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 63(1), pages 1-30.
    4. P. Panov & C. Ross, 2024. "Geographic Factors of Voting in Russian Regions: Direct and Contextual Effects," Regional Research of Russia, Springer, vol. 14(3), pages 468-477, September.

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