Russian Election Study, 1999-2000

This data collection from a national survey of voting-age citizens provides information on Russians’ voting patterns and their attitudes toward the electoral process, political regimes, public issues, political parties, and individual politicians. A full range of sociodemographic indicators is included. The survey was conducted as a three-wave panel study, without replacements. Data from all three waves are merged in the dataset. Wave 1 of the survey (N=1,919) was fielded in the weeks before the parliamentary (State Duma) election of December 19, 1999; variable names for this wave begin with the letter “m.” Wave 2 (N=1,846) was done in the weeks after the State Duma election; variable names begin with “t.” Wave 3 (N=1,755) was fielded after the presidential election of March 26, 2000 which Vladimir Putin won without facing a runoff; variable names begin with “n.” (2017