Features of electoral behavior of young people (on the example of P. G. Demidov Yaroslavl State University)
The article considers the institution of elections as the most important form of expression of the will of citizens in a democratic legal state. The peculiarities of youth participation in the political life of their country are analyzed, with the example of political participation of students of the Yaroslavl State University named after. P. G. Demidov. The results of the author’s sociological research on studying the political participation of students, in particular, participation in the elections of the President of the Russian Federation, are given. Factors that give rise to absenteeism and ways to overcome this phenomenon among young people are revealed.