VILNIUSMore than three-fourths of Lithuania's Russian and Polish ethnic minority populations voted for Rolandas Paksas in the second round of presidential elections.According to a poll released Feb. 5 by Baltijos Tyrimai (Baltic Surveys), 77 percent of ethnic Russians and 76 percent of ethnic Poles said they voted for Paksas, the victor in the Jan. 5 run-off election. Only 19 percent of Russians and 21 percent of Poles said they voted for the incumbent president, Valdas Adamkus.As the poll demonstrated, ethnicity was by far the most biasing demographic factor in voting patterns. Only 48 per...
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