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

Vlachova, Klara

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%T Czech Political Parties and Their Voters: An Analysis of Voting Patterns in the Czech Republic
%A Vlachova, Klara
%J Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review
%N 1
%P 39-56
%V 5
%D 1997
%K Political Behavior
%= 2009-03-17T16:05:00Z
%> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-54177
%X 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.
%C MISC
%G en
%9 journal article
%W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org
%~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info