Yet the voters were ready to move away from the old ties – the electorate had become much younger in the 1990s and the improvements over the old regime, after the recession of the early 1990s had run its course and the reform policies began to pay off, became palpable.
Но избиратели были готовы уйти от старых оков – их контингент сильно помолодел в 90-х и, когда закончилась рецессия начала 90-х а реформы начали приносить свои результаты, стали заметны, ощутимы перемены к лучшему.