Original scientific paper
CITIZENS' OPINION ON DESIRABLE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, REGARDING THEIR OWN VOTING COMMITMENT
Goran Milas
; Institute for Applied Social Research University of Zagreb, Zagreb
Abstract
The reserach has attempted to ascertain the reasons which lie at
the heart of the choice of presidentiai candidates. It has been
indicated that the desirable characteristics of the future president
can be divided to those universally desirable, namely those very
important to representatives of each of the voting groups, and
those which are specific of followers of only certain candidates.
The first group contains features of the president's character or
temperament, such as honesty, determination, empathy and
tolerance. Experience and knowledge are somewhat less valued.
The group of features which are by most generally not considered
important for the future president consist of religious faith, the sex
and age of the candidate. Discriminant analysis has shown that
groups voting for Tuđman, Paraga, Cesar and Veselica, can be
clearly discerned from groups voting for Budiša, Vujić and Degen,
following the dimension conservativism - Iiberalism (Le.
radicalism), with special emphasis on the importance of religion
and nationalism as essential determinants of European
Christian-Democratic tradition.
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Hrčak ID:
32618
URI
Publication date:
1.11.1992.
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