On 24 April, Manobalsas.lt, a renewed online voting advice application popular among Lithuanians, was launched for this year’s Presidential and European Parliament (EP) elections. By taking a short test on this online platform, voters can see which presidential candidate or electoral list in the EP elections is closest to their own views. The questions on […]
Read MoreLithuanian National Election Study 2020 has been successfully finished. Here are the main results of the study: 1) a representative face-to-face post-election survey was conducted after the 2019 presidential and European Parliament elections; 2) a representative post-election survey with an integrated CSES Module 5 was conducted after the 2020 parliamentary elections; 3) the online voting […]
Read MoreBy Mažvydas Jastramskis Voters in the Central and Eastern Europe are known for their inclination to constantly punish the government parties at the elections. In his new article (published in East European Politics and Societies and Cultures) Mažvydas Jastramskis explores the case of Lithuania and finds a phenomenon of double dissatisfaction: first, due to economic discontent, voters turns away from the incumbent and second, due […]
Read MoreBy Adomas Traška and Paulius Vijeikis Nostalgic feelings towards the Soviet era and discontent with the trajectories of Independent Lithuanian after 1990 noticeable in some segments of the society remains a serious political issue. It is often considered that these opinions are purely political and are related to the negative attitude towards liberal democracy and […]
Read MoreBy Austėja Šataitė How do Lithuanian voters imagine a perfect President? Qualitative data shows that for older rural voters the most important value is order – a President must be the one who is strict, whose words are respected – a true leader. An ideal President must take action, be firm and never hesitate. However, […]
Read MoreBy Gabija Norgilaitė and Benas Putrimas The year 2020 was marked globally by the emergence of COVID–19 pandemic and a large variety of issues such as health care crisis or lockdowns followed by it. Lithuania was not an exception: people here were also affected by this virus either directly or indirectly. The qualitative field research […]
Read MoreBy Nikita Ščiupakov To understand the aim and meaning of our research, we need to give some background on our object – Lukiškės Square in Vilnius. During the last 30 years, the Lukiškės Square was one of the most discussed public spaces in Vilnius. Before that, in the Soviet era, the square was given Lenin’s […]
Read MoreBy Marijonas Mikaitis and Roberta Stonkutė Qualitative analysis of the most important issues faced by Lithuanian citizens in rural areas and smaller towns suggests that there are three main categories of problems: economic, political, and societal. The economic spectrum of issues focuses on the common problems often seen in quantitative analysis (low wages, economic inequality, […]
Read MorePost developed by Mažvydas Jastramskis Lithuanian presidential elections resemble first-order. First, citizens elect an executive that enjoys considerable powers. Lithuanian president is far from symbolic, her powers ranking average (Sedelius 2006; Raunio and Sedelius 2019) or even higher than average (Andrews and Bairett 2019) of the similar democracies in the region. Second, turnout in the […]
Read MorePost developed by Ainė Ramonaitė. Good performance of a newcomer – the Freedom Party (Laisvės Partija, LP) – was the major surprise of the 2020 parliamentary elections in Lithuania. The newly-established liberal party entered Seimas receiving more than 9 per cent of votes in the multi-member district, and became a part of the ruling coalition. […]
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