Development of electoral attitudes of Russian youth: results of cognitive instrumental diagnosis

The article presents the results of an applied study of the electoral attitudes of Russian youth using a new methodology for the social sciences, based on the principles of cognitive instrumental diagnostics. Resulting in the experiment, which includes the implementation of sand play modeling and the method of metaphorical associative cards, key guidelines for youth in the context of the development of the political and party system were identified according to a game scenario. Based on the results of the experiment, the authors conclude that there are strong paternalistic trends in the development of youth electoral attitudes and orientation towards the social functions of the state. At the same time, there are a number of contradictions that reinforce the uncertainty in the process of forming the single image of the future of Russian youth.