Political engagement, media, or satisfaction?: finding determinants of voter turnout in the Czech Republic

Many democracies across the world are experiencing issues with declining voter turnout, and the Czech Republic is not exempt to this trend. Over the past 30 years, turnout has decreased in this country by almost 20 percentage points. The aim of this research is to identify the determinants that mobi...

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