TY - JOUR AB - <p>The Flemish-nationalist party Volksunie ceased to exist in 2001. Due to deep divisions within the party, it was decided to organise a referendum in which each party-member could vote for a project, outlining the future of the party. Since none of the three projects managed to obtain a 50 %-majority, a requisite to preserve the party name, the name Volksunie disappeared and the party was split up in two new parties.&nbsp; In this article we tried to answer the question which members voted for which project. A mail survey was held among a sample of Volksunie-members. Explanations for voting behaviour were found in characteristics of voters, their viewpoints on issues and their appreciation of notable party leaders. Finally, we analysed the second preference-party of the Volksunie-members in order to estimate with which existing parties the two new parties could possibly form future alliances.</p> AU - Bram Wauters DA - 2002/3// DO - 10.21825/rp.v44i1.18446 IS - 1 VL - 44 PB - PY - 2002 TI - Een verscheurende keuze : Analyse van het stemgedrag van de VU-leden bij de ledenbevraging over het voortbestaan van de partij T2 - Res Publica UR - https://openjournals.ugent.be/rp/article/id/74374/ ER -