The importance of party affiliation in search of employment in the public administration

Among other issues, a September poll by the Public Opinion Research Centre investigated the importance party affiliation plays in the gaining of employment in the public administration. The respondents were generally questioned how important party affiliation is for gaining employment in the public administration. Moreover, they were asked to study four hypothetical situations concerning four fictitious persons to assess the importance of party affiliation in these individual cases. The results reveal that as to the general evaluation of the importance of party affiliation for gaining employment in the public administration, the respondents believed that the party affiliation was not that important (31% important, 42% unimportant), whereas in respect of the above hypothetical situations they generally held an opposite view.