Disloyal followers? About the study on political base of the mayor in spe using modified method of AHP Cover Image

„Nielojalne szable”? O badaniu zaplecza prezydenta miasta in spe za pomocą zmodyfikowanej metody AHP
Disloyal followers? About the study on political base of the mayor in spe using modified method of AHP

Author(s): Maciej Drzonek
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Public Administration, Electoral systems, Methodology and research technology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: mayor; political preferences; AHP; method of weighting the selection preferences;local elections;

Summary/Abstract: The article contents some results of research on political preferences of candidates for City Council in Szczecin. The survey was done just before the 2014 local elections. In the survey’s results published in this paper, the main object was to determine the relation of candidates for councilors to competition for the mayor of Szczecin. The analysis is focused on the issues of mayor’s potential attributes such as: previous achievements, personal competence, image, party affiliation and program for action in future. Moreover the concentration was also done on preferences of mayor’s candidates: it was very interesting to compare answers on the question who would be better mayor of Szczecin. In the research the modified Analytic Hierarchy Process methods was used. Firstly, the modification, called the method of weighting the selection preferences, showed Piotr Krzystek (mayor of Szczecin since 2006) as a most preferred pretender in 2014 - the majority of party electoral committees recognized him as a second choice candidate. Secondary, each electoral committee had disloyal followers.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 57-71
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish