The impact of COVID-19 on election outcomes: The case of the Czech Republic
| Author: | Bc. Vojtěch Válek |
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| Year: | 2022 - summer |
| Leaders: | Mgr. Barbara Pertold-Gebicka M.A., Ph.D. |
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| Work type: | Bachelors |
| Language: | English |
| Pages: | 58 |
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| Link: | https://dspace.cuni.cz/handle/20.500.11956/175424 |
| Abstract: | This thesis examines the relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and the election results in the 2021 parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic. Voter turnout together with the results of several political parties is analyzed at the district level. First, the election results of 2021 are examined separately using OLS regression, heteroskedasticity is not detected in the model. A panel dataset is then created, which also includes election results from 2013 and 2017. Based on the results of the Hausman test, the fxed efects method is used to analyze the panel data, and the frst-diferencing method is used as well for comparison. Pairs of years are then analyzed with the use of frst-diferencing, when the results are frst estimated without 2013, and then without 2017. The results of the analysis mainly show a signifcant relationship between the number of infected people and the results of individual political parties. While for political party ANO this relationship is negative, it is rather positive for the other political parties. The second dependent variable of interest is the number of deaths related to COVID-19. In this case, the results of the analysis do not indicate a signifcant connection with the election results. |
