The 2021 elections to the Czech Chamber of Deputies against the background of the quality of life
The 2021 elections to the Czech Chamber of Deputies against the background of the quality of life

Summary/Abstract: This article looks for context between the quality-of-life index in Czech municipalities with extended powers and the electoral performance of political parties that won seats in the 2017 general election and again crossed the 5% electoral threshold in 2021. It assesses connections with the quality-of-life index and the quality-of-life index with control variables. The populist party ANO and far-right party SPD received more electoral support in municipalities with a lower quality of life. As the value of the index increased, so did the electoral performance of two centre-right wing coalitions SPOLU, and the coalition of Pirates and STAN. Model n. 2 shows that with control variables, the influence of quality of life was unchanged. The size of a municipality’s population and the proportion within it of Catholics and non-EU nationals also had a statistically significant effect on party electoral performance.

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