Stabilita volební podpory politických stran v komunálních volbách
Radek Kopřiva
The Stability of Electoral Support for Political Parties in Local ElectionsThis article deals with the problem of the stability of the voting support of political parties in communal elections. The theory of party identification is commonly used to interpret the stability of voting behaviour in national elections. With regard to this, the article asks the question whether voting behaviour in communal elections is stable, and whether it can be interpreted as a result of a positive relationship of voters to political parties. The article summarizes the current findings on the voting behaviour of the electorate in communal elections, and subsequently describes in detail the findings and starting points of the theory of party identification. The core is the case study of the town of Žatec, and the analysis of the voting behaviour and party identification of the Žatec voters.
