Abstract
This chapter analyzes the regional elections held in the Czech Republic in 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012. Regional elections appear to be highly nationalized and second-order elections effects manifest themselves by opposition parties which are electorally more successful than government parties and by electorally weak regional parties. In addition, turnout in regional elections reaches only about two thirds of the number of voters who participate in national elections. This chapter suggests that the subordinate status of regional elections is sustained by four factors: regional candidate lists are often headed by top national-level politicians, regional electoral campaigns revolve around national issues, the election date is the same for all regions, and voters conceive regional elections as less important.
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