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<p>The article assesses the 2019 elections to the European Parliament (EP) in Lithuania and their theoretical relevance. The analysis presents the political stances of parties and the electorate towards the EU. The focus then shifts to information and political campaigns, the parties participating in the EP elections, and the electoral results. These aspects serve to evaluate the theoretical relevance of Second-order election theory and the Europe salience theory, revealing the absence of Eurosceptic, protest, populist, and postmaterial mood in the 2019 EP elections in Lithuania.</p>
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The article assesses the 2019 elections to the European Parliament (EP) in Lithuania and their theoretical relevance. The analysis presents the political stances of parties and the electorate towards the EU. The focus then shifts to information and political campaigns, the parties participating in the EP elections, and the electoral results. These aspects serve to evaluate the theoretical relevance of Second-order election theory and the Europe salience theory, revealing the absence of Eurosceptic, protest, populist, and postmaterial mood in the 2019 EP elections in Lithuania.

Testing Europe Salience and Second-Order Election Theories: 2019 European Parliamentary Elections in Lithuania

Professor, Dr. Vytautas Magnus University

Baltic Journal of Law & Politics

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The article assesses the 2019 elections to the European Parliament (EP) in Lithuania and their theoretical relevance. The analysis presents the political...

Testing Europe Salience and Second-Order Election Theories: 2019 European Parliamentary Elections in Lithuania

Published Online: Jun 26, 2024

Page range: 93 - 115

Received: Jan 31, 2024

Accepted: Mar 21, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjlp-2024-0005

Keywords
Lithuania, European Parliament, Elections, Second-order election theory, Europe salience theory

© 2024 Mindaugas Jurkynas., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Testing Europe Salience and Second-Order Election Theories: 2019 European Parliamentary Elections in Lithuania

Published Online: Jun 26, 2024

Page range: 93 - 115

Received: Jan 31, 2024

Accepted: Mar 21, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjlp-2024-0005

KeywordsLithuania, European Parliament, Elections, Second-order election theory, Europe salience theory

© 2024 Mindaugas Jurkynas., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Lithuania, European Parliament, Elections, Second-order election theory, Europe salience theory