Almost 60% of respondents in Russia consider the election debate of a political show, and not an important tool for informing voters about the programs of parties and candidates. According to TASS, this was stated by the head of the practice of political analysis by VTsiom Mikhail Mamonov during the round table in the online format “Debates 2021: Apotheosis of the election campaign.”
“Only a third of Russians believes that the debate is an important stage of preparing for elections, they help learn more about candidates and programs. Dominant turned out to be the opinion, 58% of the research participants were divided, that all the same debate – show which does not fulfill its function sufficiently in terms of informing about candidates and programs, “said Mamonov.