CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2015
| Author | Fedorova, Mariia |
|---|---|
| Title | FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE PROTEST VOTING IN THE RUSSIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: MULTILEVEL MODELING |
| Summary | Despite increasing interest in protest voting in recent years, the option “against all” has received little attention in scholarly research. This thesis aims at filling the gap in the literature. In contrary to previous research I analyze protest voting behavior on the county level. Specifically, the research paper aims at establishing what factors influence the level of protest voting in Russian counties on parliamentary elections. The analysis is mainly focused on “political” as well as “economic” factors. The results demonstrated that in those regions, where the electoral competitions in elections is high and in most economically developed regions, the level of protest voting is also high. That could be attributed to the fact that in these regions voters have more possibilities to participate in electoral process. So, they are actively using these possibilities and cast a protest vote more often. |
| Supervisor | Levente Littvay |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2015/fedorova_mariia.pdf |
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