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Factori determinanţi ai opţiunilor electorale din România în 2004: o analiză la nivel agregat
Determinant factors of voting behavior in 2004 Romanian elections: an aggregate level analysis
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Abstract The purpose of this research paper is to assess the causes of the territorial distribution of the votes in Romanian local elections held in 2004. Using an aggregate level statistical analysis, I explore three competing theories. The territorial distribution of votes might be first function of geogra... view more
The purpose of this research paper is to assess the causes of the territorial distribution of the votes in Romanian local elections held in 2004. Using an aggregate level statistical analysis, I explore three competing theories. The territorial distribution of votes might be first function of geographical localization, people from Transylvania voting against the ruling party and largely favoring the opposition. Counties supporting the opposition are generally the most developed, least rural and wealthiest counties, but in the same time a number of these counties are located in Transylvania. All the same, people may support effective and accountable politicians in office and sanction the others. Testing the three hypotheses, I find that the economic voting has no empirical evidence. The only significant factor unraveled is the counties' location in Transylvania. This factor continues to be significant even when the relationships are controlled with different local development measures, unraveling a regional voting pattern in Romania.... view less
Keywords
Romania; post-communist society; local election; twenty-first century; Transylvania; voting; voting behavior
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Document language
Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
Publication Year
2007
Page/Pages
p. 903-932
Journal
Studia Politica: Romanian Political Science Review, 7 (2007) 4
ISSN
1582-4551
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 1.0