Selon Stephen Grant (chef, Russia Ukraine and Commonwealth Branch, Office of Research, U.S. Department of State), dans un pays occidental, un tel pourcentage ne pourrait pas former un noyau assez gros pour soutenir une démocratie libérale.
According to Stephen Grant (Chief, Russia, Ukraine and Commonwealth Branch, Office of Research, U.S. Department of State), this percentage would be insufficient in a Western country to sustain the core constituency necessary for a liberal democracy.