World Political Science Review Copyright (c) 2008 Berkeley Electronic Press All rights reserved. http://www.bepress.com/wpsr Recent documents in World Political Science Review en-us Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:34:38 PDT 3600 Local Elections and Extreme Right-Wing Political Parties in the Czech Republic in 2006 http://www.bepress.com/wpsr/vol4/iss1/art1 http://www.bepress.com/wpsr/vol4/iss1/art1 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:08:29 PDT This paper examines the electoral results of two extreme right-wing parties, namely the Národní Strana [National Party] and Právo a Spravedlnost [Law and Justice] in the 2006 local elections. The basic method chosen is a comparative study of their electoral results at the level of those municipalities where they were present. Local results for the two political parties are also compared and contrasted with their previous performance in parliamentary elections. Additionally, a longer-term analysis of electoral support for Sdruení pro Republiku - Republikánská strana Československa and its successors present in the above elections will be investigated. The distribution of electoral support will be attributed to selected socioeconomic factors, number of young voters, education, nationality, and number of religious people in society. On this basis the presented text will try to show the interdependence of electoral behavior. Michal Pink Political Science