A destra, a sinistra... o meglio da soli? Le scelte strategiche ed il rendimento dell'UDC alle elezioni comunali del 2012

Abstract

The new christian democrats of UDC are currently in a key position in the italian political system. Both the major party on the right (Berlusconi's PDL) and that on the left (Bersani's PD) repeatedly try to involve the UDC in coalition. With whom the UDC will choose to ally becomes a fundamental issue. Studying the behaviour of UDC thus seems ti be crucial for a deeper understanding of Italian politics in the present situation. This work analyzes the electoral strategies and the performances of the UDC in the administrative elections of 2012, which involves 26 county seats. The main result show like christian democrats perform better in elections when the run alone, and this not dpend on their previous allies