Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.20901/pm.61.1.01
Old Cleavages and New Parties: The Analysis of Voting Behavior In 2020 Elections In Croatia
Andrija Henjak
orcid.org/0000-0003-4783-5796
; Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Goran Čular
orcid.org/0000-0002-9423-7724
; Faculty of Political sciences Zagreb
Abstract
Parliamentary elections in 2020 brought new political parties in Croatia, but this now encompassed the whole political spectrum. Using survey data, the article aims to identify sources of electoral support for new parties and how they relate to traditional political cleavages. The article finds that voters of the new parties differ from voters of the old parties primarily in how they perceive politics, and are also younger. At the same time, voters of the new parties on the left and the right are very similar to voters of the old left and right parties, respectively, pointing to still dominant role of the cleavages based on relation to history, religion and tradition. In the second step, the analysis also includes non-voters and finds that voters of the new parties and abstainers are similar in how they see politics, but abstainers feel much less confident about their ability to influence political events
Keywords
Political Parties; Voters; Cleavages; Party Competition; Participation; Croatia; 2020 Elections
Hrčak ID:
316587
URI
Publication date:
2.5.2024.
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