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Values or interests: Economic Determinants of Voting Behavior in the 2007 Croatian Parliamentary Elections
Andrija Henjak
orcid.org/0000-0003-4783-5796
; Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Sažetak
The article examines the importance of economic issues as determinants
of voting behavior in Croatia in the 2007 parliamentary elections.
It seeks to establish whether there is an electoral division between
winners and losers of transition in Croatia and whether the voters’
positions on economic issues are mainly shaped by their political
affiliation, rather than their position in the social structure. Drawing
upon survey data from the 2007 elections, it is argued here that economic
issues, notably the division between transitional winners and
losers, do not play an important role in determining support for the
two main political parties. The article also finds that the voters’
opinion on economic issues salient in recent elections and the voters’
evaluation of economic conditions are mostly structured by their affiliation
to a particular political party. Finally, it concludes that economic
issues are less relevant in structuring the voting behavior in
Croatia than the ones related to culture and history, and that, unless a
major realignment takes place, what voter’s think about economic issues
could be largely conditioned by what parties they support say.
Ključne riječi
elections; electoral behavior; economic voting; economic issues; party identification; party competition
Hrčak ID:
26401
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Datum izdavanja:
3.6.2008.
Posjeta: 1.780 *