Volby do Poslanecké sněmovny 2013
The 2013 Election to the Chamber of Deputies

Author(s): Otto Eibl, Miloš Gregor, Lenka Hrbková, Tomáš Maceček, Roman Chytilek, Peter Spáč, Vlastimil Havlík, Michal Nový, Kamil Gregor, Michal Pink, Petr Voda, Eva Kneblová, Jakub Šedo
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, History, Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Media studies, Political Theory, Communication studies, Sociology, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), Government/Political systems, Electoral systems, Political behavior, Politics and society, Evaluation research, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Present Times (2010 - today)
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Parliamentary elections; 2013; political parties; Czech Republic; voters; elections; Campaigns;
Summary/Abstract: This paper offers a comprehensive look at the early parliamentary electionsof 2013. Analyzing the platforms of the individual political parties reveals increasing areas of commonality in their platform statements. This raises the question of whether it is still worthwhile to create and read such platforms. This is particularly true in view of the documented weakness of the relationship between Czech voters and political parties in general. Equally interesting is the contradiction between the meaning still accorded the platforms by voters, who may consider them an important factor in their decision-making process, and the details of the individual platforms themselves. It would appear that people tend to expose themselves only to those ideas with which they agree a priori. The level of exposure may then even end up strengthening their existing views (and this is also true for the opposite case: a confrontation with information which contradicts the original viewpoint may paradoxically strengthen that viewpoint).

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