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Electoral prescribers. Who are they?
Electoral prescribers. Who are they?

Author(s): Constantin Sasu, Marius Sorin Dangă
Subject(s): Governance, Environmental and Energy policy, Electoral systems, Political behavior
Published by: Fundatia Română pentru Inteligenta Afacerii
Keywords: Electorate; Electoral Prescribers; Political Marketing; Voting Decision; Influencers; Opinion Leadership;

Summary/Abstract: The decision to vote and choosing among the candidates is an extremely important one with repercussions on everyday life by determining, in global mode, its quality for the whole society. Therefore the whole process by which the voter decides becomes a central concern. Prescribers, supposed to have a big influence on the electoral market, are a component of the microenvironment political organizations. These are people who occupy important positions that can influence the behavior of others. In the political environment, prescribers are known under the name of "opinion formers", "opinion leaders", "mediators" (Beciu, 2009) or "influencers" (Keller and Berry, 2003 Weimann, 1994). This paper aims to review the central opinions on what is the influence prescribers, opinion makers on voting behavior, voting and decisions on whether and how they act?

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 37
  • Page Range: 305-313
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Romanian