The rating on party officials will include the level of support for United Russia in the respective region, as well as efficiency in regional elections. Today, the average level of support for the United Russia is 57 percent. In last year’s State Duma elections, the party won 64,23 percent of the votes. The rating might not be good news for the United Russia offices in Northwest Russia. In the State Duma elections, the level of support for the party was far below the federal average in Northwest Russia. Of Russia’s 87 subjects, all the Northwest Russian ones, except the Komi Republic, were among the 30 worst. The city of St. Petersburg was the second worst with 50,3 percent support for the party. In addition to election results, the regional officials will measured after the level of party influence in regional politics, as well as after the way federal party politics are followed up by the regional units The efficiency demands might resemble the United Russia’s rating on governor’s efficiency. In this rating, the regional leaders are measured along 70 points, newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta writes.
