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

Vlachova, Klara

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dc.contributor.author	Vlachova, Klara	de
dc.date.accessioned	2009-03-06T11:52:00Z	de
dc.date.accessioned	2012-08-29T22:45:35Z
dc.date.available	2012-08-29T22:45:35Z
dc.date.issued	1997	de
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/5417
dc.description.abstract	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.	en
dc.language	en	de
dc.subject.ddc	Politikwissenschaft	de
dc.subject.ddc	Political science	en
dc.subject.other	Political Behavior
dc.subject.other	Voting Behavior
dc.subject.other	Voters
dc.subject.other	Political Parties
dc.subject.other	Political Affiliation
dc.subject.other	Czech Republic
dc.subject.other	voting patterns/motives, Czech Republic, 1992/1996 parliamentary elections; television poll/survey data;
dc.title	Czech Political Parties and Their Voters: An Analysis of Voting Patterns in the Czech Republic	de
dc.description.review	begutachtet	de
dc.description.review	reviewed	en
dc.source.journal	Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review	de
dc.source.volume	5	de
dc.publisher.country	MISC
dc.source.issue	1	de
dc.subject.classoz	Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture	en
dc.subject.classoz	politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur	de
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-54177	de
dc.date.modified	2009-03-17T16:05:00Z	de
dc.rights.licence	Deposit Licence - Keine Weiterverbreitung, keine Bearbeitung	de
dc.rights.licence	Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications	en
ssoar.gesis.collection	SOLIS;ADIS	de
internal.status	3	de
dc.type.stock	article	de
dc.type.document	journal article	en
dc.type.document	Zeitschriftenartikel	de
dc.rights.copyright	t	de
dc.source.pageinfo	39-56
internal.identifier.classoz	10504
internal.identifier.document	32
internal.identifier.ddc	320
dc.description.pubstatus	Published Version	en
dc.description.pubstatus	Veröffentlichungsversion	de
internal.identifier.licence	3
internal.identifier.pubstatus	1
internal.identifier.review	2
internal.check.abstractlanguageharmonizer	CERTAIN
internal.check.languageharmonizer	CERTAIN_RETAINED

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