Zjawisko reelekcji prezydenta miasta w świetle wyników badań exit poll z wyborów samorządowych w Bielsku-Białej
The city mayor reelection phenomenon in view of exit poll surveys from Bielsko-Biała

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to indicate determinants of, so called, city mayors reelection phenomenon by using survey methodology. The article is based on two exit poll surveys’ data, conducted in 2006 (n=1769) and in 2014 (n=1160). The analysis has shown statistically significant relationships between voting for an incumbent and some socio-demographical variables (such as age and socio-economic status), voting motivations (particularly motives of candidates’ accomplishments) and intensity of one of socio-psychological human being feature which is an aversion toward changes. The evidence that voting for reelection correlates with the level of personal political knowledge has not been found.

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