Electoral activity of the population of western Ukraine border territory

Abstract

The spatial temporal as well as structural and functional analyses of electoral activity were carried out in the paper. Electoral activity of the population was analyzed in terms of indicators of electoral potential, electoral turnout and electoral preferences. The dynamics of the electoral potential and its role in the all-Ukrainian scale have been analyzed. The level of electoral turnout was estimated and the main features of temporal and spatial distribution were found. The analyses of multicomponent systems of modern electoral preferences of the population in the region in terms of left and right political forces were carried out.

Keywords

• western ukrainian borderland
• electoral activity
• electoral potential
• electoral turnout
• electoral preferences
• right and left political forces