TY - JOUR
TI - Participation and Voting Behavior of Poles Abroad in Home Country Elections. Th e Case of Poles in the US and Canada in Comparative Perspective
AU - Lesińska, Magdalena
TI - Participation and Voting Behavior of Poles Abroad in Home Country Elections. Th e Case of Poles in the US and Canada in Comparative Perspective
AB - 
	The article offers an analysis of an important aspect of trans-national politics: the electoral participation of Polish citizens abroad in the national elections in Poland. The author presents a comparative analysis of the data regarding the elections (both parliamentary and presidential) that took place in Poland in the last two decades (1990–2015), together with major trends, distribution of votes and their possible impact on general election results. The analysis reveals interesting dynamics of electoral mobilization of Polish emigrants, points out possible factors contributing to the level of electoral participation and shows political preferences of Polish voters in the US and Canada in comparative perspective.
VL - 2018 (XLIV)
IS - Nr 4 (170)
PY - 2018
SN - 2081-4488
C1 - 2544-4972
SP - 97
EP - 117
DO - 10.4467/25444972SMPP.18.048.9450
UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/smpp/artykul/participation-and-voting-behavior-of-poles-abroad-in-home-country-elections-th-e-case-of-poles-in-the-us-and-canada-in-comparative-perspective
KW - external voting
KW - electoral participation
KW - Polish diaspora in the US and Canada