Electoral realignments in the June 7th – November 1st elections: The Tokat city example

Year 2016, Volume: 2 Issue: 4, 1042 - 1057, 01.10.2016

Murat Seyfi , Deniz Güven

https://doi.org/10.24289/ijsser.278982

Abstract

In the elections held on the dates November 1st, 2015 and June 7th, 2015 a very big electoral realignment was observed in record time. During this short interval of five months, the society was faced with intense political propaganda and social problems. In this study, a research was conducted for determining how much influence political propaganda and social events in association with political propaganda have on vote transition between parties. Within the scope of the study; Collected data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential methods. In addition, as a result of dunn tests made with Friedman chi-square and Post hoc comparisons, the correlation between the questions regarding transition from one party to another was examined and very obvious agglomerations were detected in some realignments.

Keywords

Electoral Realignment, Propaganda, Political Communication

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