Communist Party of Slovakia (KSS) - Bratislava, 2010

The text reads: "If you want Fico to keep his promises, vote for the Communists", "Heart in the right place". It seems a bit strange for a political party to announce on a billboard that they know they aren't going to win the election (of course, Robert Fico and SMER didn't win the election in the end either), but the Communists seem to think that a statement like this might attract some elderly voters who would otherwise have voted for SMER.

Communist Party of Slovakia (KSS) - Bratislava, 2010

The text reads: "In the Czech Republic the Communist Party gets 13% of the vote", "We belong in the Slovak parliament too", "The Communists - Heart in the right place". After the 1993 separation of Czechoslovakia, the Communist party became a successful force in Czech politics, often placing third in parliamentary elections and playing the role of kingmaker in the formation of ruling coalition governments. In Slovakia, the Communist Party receives about one percent of the vote and has no significant influence in politics, since parties such as the SNS take most of their potential voter base. There are no extremist left or right parties in the Czech Republic other than the Communists (who are not really hardline Communists) so they take most of the protest votes of disaffected voters.

Communist Party of Slovakia (KSS) - Zvolen, 2010

The text reads: "For 20 years they promised and they stole" (meaning the capitalist politicians of Slovakia), "The Communists provided for the people", "Heart in the right place". The Communist party never takes more than one or two percent of the total vote in Slovakia, which is low compared to the results of the Communist party of the Czech republic which typically takes about 15% of the vote. This difference has developed since 1993 because in the Czech Republic the Communists receive protest votes from angry voters, poor pensioners and votes from Czech nationalists, while in Slovakia parties such as the SNS dominate this part of the electorate, leaving no room for the Communists to gather support.