Electoral Behaviour and Political Participation in Constan？a, Romania (2008–2012)

Constan？a is one of the largest cities in Romania and the most influential in the South-East region of the country. Its political particularities make it an interesting case-study for someone who wants to understand better the mechanisms that function at a regional and local level and to analyze the political behaviours. Our paper aims to analyze the electoral behaviour in Constan？a from the local, general and presidential elections that were held in Romania between 2008 and 2012, based on the main thesis that the voters in Constan？a use different criteria for evaluating the candidates within the different types of elections, so that the party identification, even though it plays a major role in the voting decision, especially in the presidential elections, does not represent the main defining element for voting options