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IS ROMANIA READY FOR A WOMAN PRESIDENT? A STATISTICAL TERRITORIAL APPROACH OF THE RESULTS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN 2014
Abstract
After the fall of communism, in Romania, as in other Central and East European countries, there have been major social and economic changes that were reflected in the way citizens take part in the political life. Womens involvement in politics is a complex and multidimensional phenomenon which follows very contradictory and sinuous trends: starting from a high rate of female participation in the political life during the communism (only as representatives, but not as decision-makers), to an abrupt drop in the 1990s when politics was dominated by men, to, finally, a rise of female presence in this field, especially after Romania became part of the EU. Given these premises, the study aims at analyzing the results obtained by the two female candidates at the presidential elections in November 2014 and identifying a profile of the electors according to where they live (urban or rural), education, age, and gender, based on data from Central Electoral Bureau, National Institute of Statistics and the Population Census in 2011. The outcomes prove that Romania has entered a new demographic, economic and political paradigm and that the Romanians are more and more receptive to women involved in political life, especially those living in cities, even if gender equality is admitted in theory rather than practice.
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