Dataset: Election Study 1988

Variable v97: Reasoning for vote 2

Values Categories N
0 Good party, the best party 3
 1.0%
1 Tautological answer: want to support party 2
 0.6%
2 Desire for change 6
 1.9%
3 Good politics 0
 0.0%
4 The best for the country 6
 1.9%
5 Duty 2
 0.6%
6 Trust/distrust generally 0
 0.0%
7 Democracy/rights 3
 1.0%
8 Election campaign/appearances on TV/Radio 0
 0.0%
9 Process of elimination 0
 0.0%
10 Idealistic reasons 4
 1.3%
11 Party's ideas or what they stand for 11
 3.6%
13 Moderate party, stable 3
 1.0%
14 Socialist position 3
 1.0%
15 Bourgeois or liberal position 3
 1.0%
16 Party plan 6
 1.9%
17 Female candidates 2
 0.6%
18 Against Socialism/Communism 0
 0.0%
19 Other ideological answer 0
 0.0%
20 Party's policies 7
 2.3%
21 Economic policies 9
 2.9%
22 Tax policies 3
 1.0%
23 Expense policies 3
 1.0%
24 Social policies 12
 3.9%
25 Common market policies 2
 0.6%
26 Labor market policies 3
 1.0%
27 Environmental policy 8
 2.6%
28 Education policy 1
 0.3%
29 Other specific policy 3
 1.0%
30 Governs/has governed well 10
 3.2%
31 New government 2
 0.6%
32 General trust for party 6
 1.9%
33 Dynamism/action 6
 1.9%
34 Trust in candidate/s 2
 0.6%
35 Sympathy for bourgeois politicians 1
 0.3%
36 Positive towards Poul Schlyter 2
 0.6%
37 Negative towards Poul Schlyter 4
 1.3%
38 Positive towards Pia Kjaersgaard 1
 0.3%
39 Other concerning administrative abilities 0
 0.0%
40 Benefits us 4
 1.3%
41 Best for workers 14
 4.5%
42 Pensioners 3
 1.0%
43 Business owners 0
 0.0%
44 Farmers 8
 2.6%
45 Social class situation or living standard 0
 0.0%
46 German minority's party 0
 0.0%
47 Poor/weakest in society 10
 3.2%
49 Other groups mentioned 0
 0.0%
50 Have always voted that way, habit, usually vote that way 10
 3.2%
51 Reference to environment 0
 0.0%
52 Grown up with it 2
 0.6%
53 Particularly working class home 0
 0.0%
54 Convinced by spouse 0
 0.0%
55 Supporter of party 13
 4.2%
58 Stable parliament, government 0
 0.0%
59 Other references to childhood 0
 0.0%
60 Defense policy 8
 2.6%
61 NATO policy 2
 0.6%
62 Pro-NATO 8
 2.6%
63 Anti-NATO 1
 0.3%
64 Disarmament 1
 0.3%
65 Foreign policy 3
 1.0%
66 Educational policy 0
 0.0%
67 Wage policy 2
 0.6%
68 Refugee- and immigrant-policy 9
 2.9%
69 Christian position, ethical position 4
 1.3%
70 For social democracy 22
 7.1%
71 Against social democracy 0
 0.0%
72 Negative towards Auken 5
 1.6%
73 Positive towards non-liberal politics 2
 0.6%
74 Positive towards Mimi Stilling Jacobsen 2
 0.6%
75 Ensure liberal majority 3
 1.0%
76 Topple liberal government 2
 0.6%
79 Dissatisfied with previous parties 4
 1.3%
80 Party's stability/trustworthiness 8
 2.6%
81 Party's cooperation, responsibility 2
 0.6%
82 Cooperation across aisle 4
 1.3%
83 Broad government 2
 0.6%
84 Put things in order, clean things up 4
 1.3%
85 1
 0.3%
86 Big party, have influence 3
 1.0%
91 Concerned about wasted vote 0
 0.0%
92 Other specific answers 3
 1.0%
93 Ridiculous election, fool people 0
 0.0%
94 No one worth voting for 0
 0.0%
95 Ineligible to vote 0
 0.0%
97 Decline 0
 0.0%
98 Don't know 0
 0.0%
99 Unknown 695
100 Question not asked 2186

Summary Statistics

Valid cases 308
Missing cases 2881
This variable is numeric

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