Electoral strategies of parliamentary parties (case study of the elections to the 6th State Duma)

The article deals with the strategies and tactics of the leading political parties during the elections to the 6th State Duma in December, 2011. The methodological basis of the research is a content analysis of the election programs. The authors carry out an original analysis of the strategies’ efficiency on the basis of the data of the public opinion poll implemented by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center.