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A Spatial Analysis of the 2019 European Parliamentary Elections in the City of Iași
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Abstract European Parliament elections were held in Romania on 24 May 2019. The results were spectacular. PSD, the ruling party, suffered a major defeat, amidst a strong mobilization in favour of PNL and USR-PLUS, the main opposition parties. This paper is one of the first detailed attempts to understand the... view more
European Parliament elections were held in Romania on 24 May 2019. The results were spectacular. PSD, the ruling party, suffered a major defeat, amidst a strong mobilization in favour of PNL and USR-PLUS, the main opposition parties. This paper is one of the first detailed attempts to understand the electoral behaviors at this contest. Voting decisions are researched through an exploratory spatial analysis on a case study of Iași, one of Romania's most important cities. Results indicate patterns of spatial polarization within the political geographic space of Iași. The paper makes contributions on issues of local politics of Iași, Romanian party politics and electoral behavior, and the special nature of European Parliament elections.... view less
Keywords
Romania; voting behavior; election result; party politics; local factors; election to the European Parliament
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Free Keywords
2019 European Parliament Elections; spatial analysis; electoral geography
Document language
English
Publication Year
2019
Page/Pages
p. 1-19
Journal
European Quarterly of Political Attitudes and Mentalities, 8 (2019) 4
ISSN
2285-4916
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0