Open AccessA jelenlét nélküli jelen(lét) – a hazai pártszervezetek fejlettségének területi különbségei
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
földrajzi közlemények
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0015-5411
DOI - 10.32643/fk.145.3.4
Subject(s) - delegate , polling , grassroots , political science , politics , consolidation (business) , embeddedness , democracy , public administration , institutionalisation , bureaucracy , political economy , business , law , sociology , computer science , social science , accounting , programming language , operating system
Numerous studies draw a direct link between party institutionalization and democratic (re) consolidation. The level of organization of a given political movement can easily determine their subsequent electoral performance. Not just in Hungary, but within the wider Central-Eastern-European region, accessing data on party membership, branch offices, etc., is extremely challenging, therefore concluding or discovering party organizational strength is a critical research area. In this study I am making a bold attempt to unveil the social embeddedness of the most important political parties from the 2014 general elections to the latest EP elections (2019), by using the polling station table-seater delegates` presence as an indicator of local party presence itself. I assume that, if a given party is not able to delegate a single person to a certain polling station, they have no operating organizations at the grassroots level, therefore it indicates their lack of localization and extensive network. With simple quantitative methodologies, I was also seeking the relationship between electoral performance and party organizational presence locally.