The course of competition and political consequences of the municipal elections in Rzeszów in 2014
Przebieg rywalizacji i konsekwencje polityczne wyborów samorządowych w Rzeszowie w 2014 roku

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to present the process of the competition and the consequences of local elections of 2014 in Rzeszów with particular reference to direct election for the post of the Mayor of Rzeszów and elections for the city council of Rzeszów,deliberately ignoring the Subcarpathian Regional Assembly elections. The following hypotheses were verified: 1) the strong position of the city political leader, Tomasz Ferenc, is a proof of a weak powerbase of political parties in Rzeszów; 2) strong position of the left‑wing committee in the city council mirrors the support for the incumbent mayor. In order to verify the said hypotheses, four research questions were used: 1. Where did the strong position of the Mayor of Rzeszów as the city political leader come from?; 2. What was the cause of weakness of other candidates running for the post of the mayor of the city?; 3. Were the local electoral committees that had no label of any political parties more attractive for a potential voter than political party committees?; 4. In what way did local structures of political parties and undeclared subjects reach potential voters?

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