History paper by Rácz, Barnabás
Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI

Twenty Years After: Shifting Regional Voting Patterns In Hungary 1990-2010

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Similar to most parliamentary democracies Hungary shows significant differences in regional voting preferences. There emerged a traditional voting pattern between 1990 and 2008, when a tectonic change occurred. The south-west/north-east axis reflected primarily the conservative forces south of the axis while the left parties dominated the areas mostly north of the divide. The analysis suggests that the old electoral map became largely overshadowed on the 2008 referenda and 2009 EP election but still survived as a subterranean phenomenon playing some role on the 2010 elections. The outcome of this landmark shift may open up the spectre of substantive changes in the political/constitutional system and may also trigger sensitive reactions in the larger East European area.


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Eastern Michigan University

Twenty Years After: Shifting Regional Voting Patterns In Hungary 1990-2010

Type of Abstract (select):

Abstract (max. 250 words):
Similar to most parliamentary democracies Hungary shows significant differences in regional voting preferences. There emerged a traditional voting pattern between 1990 and 2008 when a tectonic change occurred. The south-west/north-east axis reflected primarily the conservative forces south of the axis while the left parties dominated the areas mostly north of the divide. The analysis suggests that the old electoral map became largely overshadowed on the 2008 referenda and 2009 EP election but still survived as a subterranean phenomenon playing some role on the 2010 elections too. The outcome of this landmark shift may open up the spectre of substantive changes in the political/constitutional system and may also trigger sensitive reactions in the larger East European area.


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computer projection