The political process occupies one of the central places in modern legal science, since it is an indicator of various events taking place in the world. Many scholars identify it with politics as a whole. However, this is not entirely true, since the specificity of the political process is the result of the functioning of the political system, as well as in the dynamics of the struggle and rivalry of various groups for their position and status.
Due to different approaches to understanding the meaning of this term, political processes have their own constituent elements, concepts, states and sources, which should be carefully considered. Any political process is, first of all, a socially significant event, which is covered by the media with a lengthy discussion of all the positive and negative aspects of a particular issue. Reflecting the real interaction of subjects and players, political processes clearly show the impact of individuals endowed with certain powers among themselves, as well as their impact on society, the economy, culture and other spheres of human society.
It is noteworthy that the political process reveals both superficial and profound changes in a particular political system, characterizing its transition from one state to another. By the importance and impact on social relations, all processes in the field of political relations are divided into peripheral and basic. While the former reveal the dynamics and formation of individual associations, groups, parties and movements, the latter characterize various ways of including broad social strata of society in making managerial decisions, as a result of which the political elite is formed .
Thus, modern political processes are a combination of the effects of various political actors on the implementation of specific functions and dysfunctions in the field of power structures. It is important to understand that each of these processes has its own internal rhythm, which is characterized by a peculiar cyclicity and repeatability of the main stages. Political processes differ precisely in these features, due to their wide variety, among which the electoral process can also be distinguished.
In general, one of the most striking political processes is the election, which takes place with a frequency of 4 years, when the population of our country elects deputies to the State Duma of the Russian Federation. During this period, a large-scale action begins with the involvement of the media and the promotion of various parties, blocs, as well as individual political leaders. Political processes at this time become the most relevant, as influential politicians strive in every way to attract attention from the electorate. However, on the election day, this process does not stop, but simply passes into a different form, so the entire period of the existence and conduct of political activity of our chosen ones can be distinguished in the following phases:
- Nomination of candidates for executive and legislative bodies.
- Active election campaign and discussion of their candidacies
- Election of potential candidates
- Control over their activities
If we talk about our power, the political processes in modern Russia have significant differences, since we are still at the transitional stage of our economic development, gradually approaching the developed capitalist system step by step. That is why today it is so important to monitor changes in political processes, because in this case it is possible to predict in advance certain events that may occur in our country.