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

Authors : Murat Seyfi, Deniz Güven

Pages : 1042-1057

Doi:10.24289/ijsser.278982

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Publication Date : 2016-10-01

Article Type : Research

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