Voting preferences and political attitudes in Vojvodina

This paper deals with political attitudes of voters in the Vojvodina region and some correlates of these attitudes. Sample was 302 people, all voters of either six of the parties currently in the Serbian parliament (DSS, SRS, SPS, G17+, DS or SPO), or three of the other major parties in Vojvodina (L...

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Main Author: Mihić Vladimir
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Language:English
Published: Drustvo Psihologa Srbije 2005-01-01
Series:Psihologija
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Online Access:http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0048-5705/2005/0048-57050502197M.pdf
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description This paper deals with political attitudes of voters in the Vojvodina region and some correlates of these attitudes. Sample was 302 people, all voters of either six of the parties currently in the Serbian parliament (DSS, SRS, SPS, G17+, DS or SPO), or three of the other major parties in Vojvodina (LSV, PSS or SVM). Instruments used were: political attitude scale, social dominance orientation scale (SDO), and a questionnaire dealing with several important issues, such as support for the integration of Serbia into European Union. Factor analysis extracted six factors at the political attitudes scale-antimilitarism, support for the better minority status in the society, support for the different social issues, openness to the world, liberalism and conservativism. All differences concerning the voters’ preferences were statistically significant (p < .01). Also, differences at the SDO scale also proved to be significant, as well as correlations between SDO scale and all of the political attitudes factors (correlation varied from .17 to .39). All of these correlations were negative, except for the SDO-conservativism scale. Another difference has been found at the perceived importance of different group identification. Groups were- person's ethnic group, Vojvodina, Serbia and Europe. Most important identification was with the Europe and the least one with the Serbia. Finally, more than 77% of the people in the sample said that they would vote “yes” at the Serbia joining the EU referendum.
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spelling doaj.art-2c967100bfc545a59ae01196106d88d82022-12-21T18:56:06ZengDrustvo Psihologa SrbijePsihologija0048-57052005-01-0138219721210.2298/PSI0502197MVoting preferences and political attitudes in VojvodinaMihić VladimirThis paper deals with political attitudes of voters in the Vojvodina region and some correlates of these attitudes. Sample was 302 people, all voters of either six of the parties currently in the Serbian parliament (DSS, SRS, SPS, G17+, DS or SPO), or three of the other major parties in Vojvodina (LSV, PSS or SVM). Instruments used were: political attitude scale, social dominance orientation scale (SDO), and a questionnaire dealing with several important issues, such as support for the integration of Serbia into European Union. Factor analysis extracted six factors at the political attitudes scale-antimilitarism, support for the better minority status in the society, support for the different social issues, openness to the world, liberalism and conservativism. All differences concerning the voters’ preferences were statistically significant (p < .01). Also, differences at the SDO scale also proved to be significant, as well as correlations between SDO scale and all of the political attitudes factors (correlation varied from .17 to .39). All of these correlations were negative, except for the SDO-conservativism scale. Another difference has been found at the perceived importance of different group identification. Groups were- person's ethnic group, Vojvodina, Serbia and Europe. Most important identification was with the Europe and the least one with the Serbia. Finally, more than 77% of the people in the sample said that they would vote “yes” at the Serbia joining the EU referendum.http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0048-5705/2005/0048-57050502197M.pdfpolitical partiessocial dominance orientationpolitical attitudes
spellingShingle Mihić Vladimir
Voting preferences and political attitudes in Vojvodina
Psihologija
political parties
social dominance orientation
political attitudes
title Voting preferences and political attitudes in Vojvodina
title_full Voting preferences and political attitudes in Vojvodina
title_fullStr Voting preferences and political attitudes in Vojvodina
title_full_unstemmed Voting preferences and political attitudes in Vojvodina
title_short Voting preferences and political attitudes in Vojvodina
title_sort voting preferences and political attitudes in vojvodina
topic political parties
social dominance orientation
political attitudes
url http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0048-5705/2005/0048-57050502197M.pdf
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