Original scientific paper
Key Motivational Determinants of Voting at the 2000 Presidentiai Elections
Vesna LAMZA POSAVEC
; Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar, Zagreb
Goran MILAS
; Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar, Zagreb
Abstract
The paper presents the research results of the main
motivationoi determinants of citizens' voting decisions at the
Croatian presidentiai elections in 2000. It also portrays the
specific reasons for voting for some of the leading
presidentiai candidates. The research has shown that, in the
elections observed, the voters' decisions were mostly based
on the perceived elements of the candidates' programmatic
orientations (those of a completely general and abstract
significance, as well as their concretization in terms of the
expected contribution to the realization of fundamental
national goals). It was also considerably based on an
assessment of their moral qualities. Due to the fact that these
decision-making elements, as has been suggested by the
results of the conducted analysis, were equally decisive in
choosing all the leading candidates, it has been established
that generally less important reasons of selection, ranked
much lower in the hierarchical structure of dominant election
motives, were much more useful in discriminating among the
potential voters for specific presidentiai competitors. These
are first and foremost certain personality traits, the
candidate's party membership and the perceived relationship
towards the policy of the formerly ruling party and former
President of the Republic.
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Hrčak ID:
31548
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Publication date:
31.10.2000.
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