An article by Dániel Mikecz and Eszter Farkas has been published in the journal Problems of Post-Communism (Impact Factor: 2.0), in which they analyzed the voter behavior in the 2021 opposition primary elections.

The study examines electoral behavior during Hungary’s 2021 opposition primaries. Using a unique election day poll and supplementary survey data, they analyzed the socio-demographic and attitudinal profiles of primary voters and compared them to the broader opposition electorate.

Findings suggest that in a de-democratizing regime with a dominant party, voter behavior is shaped less by policy preferences and more by sociological attributes such as age, gender, and ideological position, and to a lesser extent, partisanship. Challenges for opposition coalition building stem less from programmatic disagreements and more from bridging sociological and identity-based divides.

The full study is available here.