post-communist parties

Political preferences of citizens of West Galicia on parliamentary elections in Poland towards the post-communist cleveage (Research Article)

The article is dedicated to the study of political preferences of the citizens of historical West Galicia that is in Poland and which consists mainly of two regions - Lesser Poland and Subcarpathian Voivodeships. The main constraint that determined the elections in Poland and other post-socialist, post-soviet countries was the Post-Communist cleavage. These Post-communist cleavage based on the divide between the parties originating from the communist regime, and those with roots in the former opposition to these communist parties.