Sociologist: As of today up to 40% of the Armenian electorate acts in  the logic of the so-called "political swamp"

ArmInfo. Nikol Pashinyan is the only Armenian politician capable of talking to the crowd, leading the crowd and guiding the crowd. Sociologist Karen Sargsyan expressed  this opinion to ArmInfo.

"This is an indisputable fact. And when he speaks in front of a  crowd, he puts into his speech, rather, expression, emotions than, in  fact, meaning. Accordingly, expecting emotions, shouts and applause  in response, and not specific content. Nevertheless, despite the  disgusting course of the election campaign, in general, the fact of  the representation of the entire political spectrum in these  elections I assess positively," he stressed.

Early elections to the National Assembly of Armenia will be held on  June 20. 20 parties and 4 blocs are registered to participate in  them. On June 7, the election campaign officially started in the  country.

In this light, the sociologist emphasized the fact of two forces in  the election campaign: forces wishing to lead the Armenian people  into a bright future within Russia, and forces that see this bright  future of the Armenian people in Europe. At the same time, the fact  that political forces are striving to lead Armenia to a bright  future, in his opinion, does not mean at all that Armenia itself is  striving for this bright future. And all this against the background  of the absence of any mention of the Diaspora and its role in  building this very future.

In general, assessing the pre-election situation in Armenia,  comparing it with the situation in any other society, the sociologist  noted that as of today 30-40% of Armenian voters act in the spirit of  the so-called "political swamp", guided in their electoral sympathies  by emotions or one or another prerequisites and promises that seem to  them to be positive

For example, promises made to them to erase the "red lines" in car  parks, turn off cameras and cancel fines for traffic violations. Such  people, according to the sociologist, always vote either for the  current government or for no one. Meanwhile, people with a higher  educational qualification are trying to find their bearings, starting  from the political content, respectively, of the programs of the  parties, which, of course, create additional difficulties for them in  the process of determining the object of their choice.

At the same time, the sociologist noted the return of 15 Armenian  prisoners from Baku to their homeland as a factor capable of  positively affecting the rating of the ruling force and Nikol  Pashinyan personally. And if this process continues, Pashinyan's  chances of reproducing in power, in Sargsyan's opinion, will grow  exponentially. According to his forecasts, the election results are  likely to end with a conglomerate of forces that came to power as a  result of the revolution, moreover, not necessarily in the form of a  coalition bloc.