Publication details
Polska A, B i C? Volební geografie vybraných polských vojvodství
| Title in English | Poland A, B and C? Electoral Geography of Selected Voivodeships in Poland |
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| Year of publication | 2017 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Středoevropské politické studie |
| MU Faculty or unit | |
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| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CEPSR.2017.34.264 |
| Keywords | Electoral Geography; Spatial Analysis; Elections; Maps; Poland; Sejm; Voivodeships |
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| Description | The study focuses on spatial analysis of the general election results in Lower Silesia, Lodz and Lesser Poland voivodeships in a period between 2001 and 2015. Primary subjects of the analysis are political parties Law and Justice, Civic Platform, Polish People's Party and Democratic Left Alliance, but particularly works also with the results of another parties (Self-Defence, League of Polish families, Modern). Standard electoral geography methodological methods, such as cartographic display of election results, correlation analysis and concentration of the election results measurement have beenused on the local level and along with Polish and Czech literature review are included in the study. Main goal of the study was to find out if there are structural differences in terms of electoral support for the parties on both regional and voivodeship level. The analysis proved deeper context of the election results in the eastern regions along with a changing spatial structure of the Law and Justice support inthe first decade of the 21st century and related deepening differences between voter bases ofthe Law and Justice and the Civic Platform-strongest parties in Poland. Findings of the analysis might be useful for upcoming research of the analysis of the electoral support in terms of regional differences. |
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