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DOI: 10.18276/ap.2018.46-03
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Efekt głosowania przyjacielsko-sąsiedzkiego w wyjaśnianiu zachowań wyborczych
(The friends and neighbours voting effect and its role in explaining electoral behaviour)
| Authors: | Tomasz Czapiewski |
| Keywords: | voting candidates elections personal vote political geography |
| Data publikacji całości: | 2018 |
| Page range: | 14 (33-46) |
Abstract
The friends and neighbours voting effect can be defined as a phenomenon in which voters prefer candidates residing or working in a geographically close neighborhood. It has been widely described in foreign literature, but not in Poland. The aim of this article is to indicate the most important research findings referring to the phenomenon, based on a broad analysis of scientific literature. The author states that the friends and neighbours voting effect is not limited to any part of the world or a specific electoral system. The effect is one of the indispensable elements of any model of voting behavior. On the other hand, although the occurrence of the phenomenon is stable, it can be concluded that the friends and neighbours voting effect has a strongly contextual character. The factors such as the electoral system, the attributes of the candidates, the intensity of the political dispute or the internal organization of political parties will affect the extent to which this effect will occur.
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