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Report of the LNES 2020

Lithuanian National Election Study 2020 has been successfully finished. Here are the main results of the study: 1) a representative face-to-face post-election survey was conducted after the 2019 presidential and European Parliament elections; 2) a representative post-election survey with an integrated CSES Module 5 was conducted after the 2020 parliamentary elections; 3) the online voting […]

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The Logic of the Punisher: Retrospective Voting and Hyper-Accountability in Lithuania

By Mažvydas Jastramskis Voters in the Central and Eastern Europe are known for their inclination to constantly punish the government parties at the elections. In his new article (published in  East European Politics and Societies and Cultures) Mažvydas Jastramskis explores the case of Lithuania and finds a phenomenon of double dissatisfaction: first, due to economic discontent, voters turns away from the incumbent and second, due […]

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A rural look on Lithuania’s top issues | Students’ field research 2020

By Marijonas Mikaitis and Roberta Stonkutė Qualitative analysis of the most important issues faced by Lithuanian citizens in rural areas and smaller towns suggests that there are three main categories of problems: economic, political, and societal. The economic spectrum of issues focuses on the common problems often seen in quantitative analysis (low wages, economic inequality, […]

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Vote Choice in the 2019 Lithuanian Presidential Elections

Post developed by Mažvydas Jastramskis Lithuanian presidential elections resemble first-order. First, citizens elect an executive that enjoys considerable powers. Lithuanian president is far from symbolic, her powers ranking average (Sedelius 2006; Raunio and Sedelius 2019) or even higher than average (Andrews and Bairett 2019) of the similar democracies in the region. Second, turnout in the […]

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New value-based cleavage is gaining ground in Lithuania?

Post developed by Ainė Ramonaitė. Good performance of a newcomer – the Freedom Party (Laisvės Partija, LP) – was the major surprise of the 2020 parliamentary elections in Lithuania. The newly-established liberal party entered Seimas receiving more than 9 per cent of votes in the multi-member district, and became a part of the ruling coalition. […]

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