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<article xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">kaspy</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">THE CASPIAN REGION: politics, economics, culture</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="electronic" /><issn publication-format="print">1818-510X</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="ru">Астраханский государственный университет им. В. Н. Татищева</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">924</article-id><title-group xml:lang="ru"><article-title>The political preferences of the population of the Caspian regions of Russia</article-title></title-group><title-group xml:lang="en"><article-title>The political preferences of the population of the Caspian regions of Russia</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Grishin</surname><given-names>N.V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Grishin</surname><given-names>N.V.</given-names></name></name-alternatives></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date date-type="pub"><year>2004</year></pub-date><issue>1</issue><fpage>60</fpage><lpage>66</lpage><history /><self-uri xlink:href="https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2004/issue/1/article/924">https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2004/issue/1/article/924</self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/1(2004)/60-66.pdf" content-type="pdf">https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/1(2004)/60-66.pdf</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>In this article it is noted that three Caspian regions of Russia possess the steady uniqueness of electoral preferences. In Dagestan there is very low degree in the support of all ideological parties - leftists, right, patriots, and the maximum support of centrists. In Kalmyk Republic ideological parlies obtain the best support, than in other national republics. The Astrakhan region is a region with the oppositional behavior of electorate: leftists and patriots obtain high support. All regions are united by the low rating of liberals.</p></abstract><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>In this article it is noted that three Caspian regions of Russia possess the steady uniqueness of electoral preferences. In Dagestan there is very low degree in the support of all ideological parties - leftists, right, patriots, and the maximum support of centrists. In Kalmyk Republic ideological parlies obtain the best support, than in other national republics. The Astrakhan region is a region with the oppositional behavior of electorate: leftists and patriots obtain high support. All regions are united by the low rating of liberals.</p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru" /><funding-group xml:lang="ru"><funding-statement /></funding-group><funding-group xml:lang="en"><funding-statement /></funding-group></article-meta></front><body /><back><ref-list /></back></article>