THE ELECTIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC-OPINION 1989-1991

The paper is based on many polls and describes step by step the changes in opinions and attitudes from November of 1989 to the spring of 1991, when the winning parties of the 1990 elections split. The following phases have been identified: negative consensus during the revolution, political differentiation after the defeat of the old regime, a special climate during the election campaign, post-election disappointment, the climate of the local elections, and finally the phase of the splitting of Civic Forum and Public Against Violence.