ASSESSMENT OF THE ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY OF UKRAINE: CASE OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS OF 2019
Journal: International Scientific Conference Geobalcanica. Proceedings
Year: 2020

The study attempts to explain the geographic distribution of votes on the presidential elections of 2019 in Ukraine based on economic and location data of the districts constituting the region of the country. Taking the traditional East-West electoral division of the Ukrainian regions as a baseline the, analysis shows the persistence of the regional cleavage in the distribution of votes. Based on available data, the study attempts to incorporate the idea of the economic vote to explain the varia