Party identification in the Czech Republic: inter-party hostility and party preference

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.