CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2021
| Author | Fain, Egor |
|---|---|
| Title | Vote-Buying Activities: the Case of the Communist Party in Russia |
| Summary | In many developing states political parties and candidates practice vote-buying in order to increase their electoral outcomes or to increase turnout. The practice close to vote-buying can be found in Eastern Europe and specifically Russia where opposition parties distribute various “gifts” among people: food, clothes and souvenirs. These exchanges happen during the whole year even without any electoral campaigns. The problem in the case of Russia is the unequal distribution of these activities across regions. This study aims to explain the unequal distribution by establishing the influence of socio-economic and political factors on vote-buying activity. The study focuses on several aspects of vote-buying theory in order to develop them and to study them in the context of Russia. Firstly, the study describes the case of the Communist party of Russia and then proceeds to present the most important takeaways from vote-buying theory. The effect of urbanization on vote-buying and the effect of party supporters on vote-buying. In order to establish the relationship between those factors and vote-buying activity, the study employs quantitative analysis with a negative binomial regression based on the regional-level data. The study finds strong evidence that urbanization has a negative effect on vote-buying activity, while it fails to find statistically significant relationship between party support and vote-buying activity. |
| Supervisor | Mariyana Angelova |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2021/fain_egor.pdf |
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