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

Vlachova, Klara

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@article{ Vlachova1997,
 title = {Czech Political Parties and Their Voters: An Analysis of Voting Patterns in the Czech Republic},
 author = {Vlachova, Klara},
 journal = {Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review},
 number = {1},
 pages = {39-56},
 volume = {5},
 year = {1997},
 urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-54177},
 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.},
}