ACTUAL TRENDS AND FACTORS OF THE ELECTORAL ACTIVITY OF RUSSIAN YOUTH
The article analyzes current tendencies and factors of the electoral activity of Russian youth, which manifested themselves during the federal election cycle of 2016-2018. Relying on a wide range of campaigns to study electoral behavior and political participation and on the empirical base in the form of the results of sociological research, the author identifies the reasons that contributed to the achievement of relatively high rates of youth turnout in elections within the framework of the events of the past election cycle. The mechanism of goal achievement is to assess the degree of involvement of the youth segment of the electorate in the electoral process. The findings of the study are based on the hypothesis that an important consequence of the federal electoral cycle 2016-2018 became a refutation of the stereotype of the low degree of involvement of young people in political life. In the course of the research, the author reveals a set of factors that became the basis for the formation of conditions aimed at increasing the electoral activity of young people and reducing the incidence of absenteeism in an appropriate environment. As part of the specification of the object-subject area of the research, a separate author's interest focuses on student youth. The article highlights the fact of increasing electoral activity on the "youth" polling stations.