Table 4.3.10.1.1. The maximum projected range of citizens regularly exposed to some of these party activities during the June 2020 election cycle. % of respondents (reply: ‘they did, regularly’) Absolute number compared to the total number of registered voters (REC, 2020)105 Absolute number compared adult population estimate (SORS, 2019)106 I got a phone call from a political party during the election cycle 8.7 572,840 499,094 I got a call from a political party during or before the election day, insisting that I go out and vote for them 6.6 434,569 378,623 3 197,531 172,101 I was visited by party activists in my workplace 0.5 32,920 28,684 I was stopped by party activists in the street/square 4.2 276,544 240,942 Claim (June 2020 elections) I was visited by party activists in my house In summary, 51% of respondents were contacted by political parties in some way – by telephone, door-to-door campaign or by being stopped on the street. As many as 39% of citizens said that such contact (whether it happened once or several times) did not affect their decision regarding the elections, while 12% reported that some of the activities listed above did affect their decision. 5% of the respondents were most affected by the telephone calls insisting that they go to the polls, 4% were affected by the call from a political party during the election cycle, 2% were affected by the party activists’ visits to their home, and 1% was affected by being stopped by activists in the street/square. Chart 4.3.10.1.4. If any of the above happened to you, what affected your decision about the elections the most? (in %) 49 39 5 4 2 1 None of the above Some of the above Telephone calls Telephone call Party activists’ Being stopped by happened to me happened to me, insisting that I go from the political visits to my home the activists in the but it did not to the polls and party street/square affect my decision vote Report on the overall results of the Elections for MPs to the National Assembly, REC, 2020 Available at: https://www.rik.parlament.gov.rs/tekst/9386/ukupni-rezultati-izbora-za-narodne-poslanike-narodne-skupstine-2020-godine.php 106 2021 Statistical calendar of the Republic of Serbia, Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, page 34. Available at https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2021/Pdf/G202117014.pdf 105 73