Original scientific paper
THE 1992 ELECTIONS IN CROATIA: REASONS FOR VOTERS' COMMITMENT
Stanko Rihtar
; Institute for Applied Social Research University of Zagreb, Zagreb
Abstract
Pre-election polls carried out in July 1992 on a representative
sample of Croatia's voting population, have demonstrated that in
addition to the heterogeneous reasons of voter choice one can
speak of an also relatively broad presence of rational commitment
based on party programmes and attitudes of presidentiai
candidates. The results of a one-way analysis of vari ance between
groups of voters for certain parties and presidentiai candidates
indicate the conclusion that decisions of people voting for the
opposition are more frequently governed by programmes and
attitudes than those which have chosen the ruling party and its
candidate. Moreover, it has been determined that commitment to
more moderate rather than radical political options is based to a
higher extent on persons - party representatives.
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32617
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Publication date:
1.11.1992.
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