Mapa wyborcza Szczecina. Przestrzenne zróżnicowanie zachowań wyborczych szczecinian w latach 2006-2015
The electoral map of Szczecin. Spatial diversity of political preferences of Szczecin citizens in years 2006-2015

Summary/Abstract: The article is based on the assumptions of the neighborhood effect, defined as a spatial diversity of electoral behavior. It reflects the structural and social differences, but taking into account the effect of context, where living space is a context of reference. Election results in Szczecin in the years 2006-2015 have been studied in this article. Author compared the boundaries of constituencies and neighborhoods, assigning constituencies to specific neighborhoods and then creating neighborhood's characteristics by determining the ratio between the support or the turnout in the neighborhood and in the whole city. Studies have shown that the overall picture of the distribution and diversity of electoral behavior of inhabitants of the city is relatively stable in time and independent of the type of election, except for the election to the City Council. Voter turnout is differentiating electoral behavior in neighborhoods to the greatest extent.

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