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Journal of Foreign Legislation and Comparative Law
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P.S. Gvozdev Study of Reasons for the Choice of Voters on the Example of the General Elections in the Republic of Ireland.

Abstract: The article deals with ways to study the causes of electoral choice, as an example of sociological survey data on the results of general elections in the Republic of Ireland in 2002 and 2007. Discusses the importance of individual, family, society and other factors in the application of the electoral system of proportional representation by single transferable vote.


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electoral systems, general elections of the Republic of Ireland, research models of voter behavior, the party and the personality, proportional representation by single transferable vote.


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