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What will remain after election-2015?

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What will remain after election-2015?

In his opinion piece at TUT.BY, Belarusian political commentator Yury Drakarust analyzes the reasons why Belarusians go to presidential elections even if their result is somewhat known.
According to IISEPES poll in June 2015, 35% of respondents said that they would vote on the presidential election, and 37% said that they would ’most likely’ vote.
The acting president is popular among ’weak’ social groups – retired people, those with low level of education, and villagers. But it is wrong to assume that this is his only basis – he competes with opposition leaders on equal terms among ’strong’ groups as well.

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