Shift in Electoral Support at the 2019 Presidential and SnapParliamentary Elections in Ukraine.

AUTHOR:
Anatoliy Romanyuk

ABSTRACT:
The article contemplates universal tendency in regard of a significant increase in electoral volatility peculiar for developed democratic countries. The present study proposes a methodological toolkit for measuring shifts in electoral support, as well as the correctness of its application to the behavior of Ukrainian voters, comparing and correlating electoral volatility indicators for all election cycles. The reasons for a high level of M.Pedersen index in the recent snap parliamentary elections, as well as peculiarities of volatility at the regional level have been analyzed. The present article elucidates the velocity of electoral support shift along with the influence of population paternalism on the change of political agents support as based on the analysis of the results of a sociological survey.

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