Czech Political Parties and Their Voters: An Analysis of Voting Patterns in the Czech Republic

Vlachova, Klara

Quelle: Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review, 5(1): 1997, 39-56 [Zeitschriftenartikel]

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Dokumentart	Zeitschriftenartikel
ISSN	1210-3861
	en: Analyzes voting patterns in the 1992 & 1996 parliamentary elections of the Czech Republic, aiming to identify voter motives for & against the political parties involved. Shifts in votes & voter reasons for their choices are charted, using data from a TV exit poll (N = 12,222) & several smaller voter surveys. The patterns are mapped according to the Left-Right political spectrum & sympathies/antipathies for six particular parties. Analysis shows that the party claiming the most votes, the left-wing social democrats, drew voters from the center & the extremes & appealed to the average median voter profile. Negative voting (ie, voting against candidates) proved to be a significant voting motivation. These trends in both elections place the Czech political party dynamic on course with political scenes common to stable Western democracies.
Klassifikation	politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur (10504)
DDC	Politikwissenschaft (320)
Schlagwörter / Keywords	Political Behavior; Voting Behavior; Voters; Political Parties; Political Affiliation; Czech Republic; voting patterns/motives, Czech Republic, 1992/1996 parliamentary elections; television poll/survey data;
Begutachtung	begutachtet
Sprache Dokument	Englisch
Status	Veröffentlichungsversion
Neuaufnahmedatum	06.03.2009 11:52