%0 Journal Article %T Typology of electoral candidates. Case study: Sorin Oprescu %A Coman %A C. %J Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Bra£¿ov. Series VII : Social Sciences and Law %D 2011 %I Transilvania University of Brasov Publishing House %X By applying the content analysis technique of communication andby using analysis patterns such as the theory of rational choices, thedramaturgical model, the attraction model, the transactional analysis, this study identifies 4 typical categories of candidates to Romania¡¯s presidency(elitist, dominating, reactive, sociable). In the analysis of the electoral itinerary of candidate Sorin Oprescu there are considered aspects such as identity, symbolism, volunteering, propagandas and media exposure, in order to make a SWOT analysis, thus facilitating the understanding of the candidate failure within the election process. %K electoral campaigns %K candidates %K content analysis. %U http://webbut.unitbv.ro/Bulletin/Series%20VII/BULETIN%20VII/02_1%20Coman.pdf