This study introduces basic models of voting behavior and describes in grea
ter detail the findings and starting points of the model of party identific
ation. It recapitulates findings related to the voting behavior in the Czec
h Republic throughout the nineties, as well as the reasons leading to the a
pplication of the party identification model to the analyses of voting beha
vior. The influence of positive feelings toward the elected party and negat
ive feelings toward the other parties are tested here. The study explores i
n particular the influence of inter-party hostility on the voting behavior,
and tests it both separately and in combination with the subjective social
class and subjective political orientation. (C) 2001 The Regents of the Un
iversity of California. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reser
ved.