@article{2015:trger:ein_vierte,
title = {Ein Vierteljahrhundert Wahlen in Ost und West (1990 bis 2014): regionale Unterschiede und Gemeinsamkeiten},
year = {2015},
note = {Since 2014, the Prime Minister of Thuringia is a member of The Left, a
socialist party with roots in the former GDR . However, in the Western
part of Germany The Left is hardly present in regional parliaments; a
phenomenon that suggests important differences in vot- ing behaviour
in East and West . Looking at the voter turnout, the results of all
relevant parties (CDU/CSU, SPD, FDP, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, Die
Linke/PDS, Die Repub- likaner, DVU, NPD) and the volatility for all
elections to the Bundestag, the European Parliament and the
parliaments of German Länder since 1990, a number of findings are
surprising: the voter turnout is not essentially lower in the East
than in the West and the volatility is not higher . Altogether there
are both regional differences and similarities be- tween East and West
. [ZParl, vol . 46, no . 1, pp . 57 - 81]},
journal = {ZParl Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen},
pages = {57--81},
author = {Träger, Hendrik},
volume = {46},
number = {1}
}