Regionálne črty politickej kultúry a volebného správania občanov Ukrajiny : regionalizácia alebo separácia?

Abstract

Distinctions of electoral behavior among different regions of Ukraine are analyzed in the article. The election results in the period 1991 – 2012 made it possible to conclude that the fundamental importance of regional factors is present in the system of electoral preferences of citizens. The main reasons and factors of ideological differences among the regions are presented. Main attention is paid on the clarifying the regional polarity of political culture and electoral behavior of citizens according to an axis “east – west”.