Dataset: Election Study 1984

Variable v169: Vote reasoning 1

Values Categories N
0 Good party, the best party 20
 1.0%
1 Tautological answer: want to support party 12
 0.6%
2 Desire for change 7
 0.4%
3 Good politics 2
 0.1%
4 The best for the country 10
 0.5%
5 Duty 24
 1.2%
6 Trust/distrust generally 0
 0.0%
7 Democracy/rights 2
 0.1%
8 Election campaign/appearances on TV/Radio 2
 0.1%
9 Process of elimination 1
 0.1%
10 Idealistic reasons 20
 1.0%
11 Party's ideas or what they stand for 32
 1.6%
12 Progressive party 0
 0.0%
13 Moderate party, stable 4
 0.2%
14 Socialist position 11
 0.6%
15 Bourgeois or liberal position 12
 0.6%
16 Party plan 22
 1.1%
17 Female candidates 0
 0.0%
18 Against Socialism/Communism 0
 0.0%
19 Other ideological answer 1
 0.1%
20 Party's policies 30
 1.5%
21 Economic policies 76
 3.8%
22 Tax policies 4
 0.2%
23 Expense policies 9
 0.5%
24 Social policies 29
 1.5%
25 Common market policies 4
 0.2%
26 Employment/unemployment/labor market policies 53
 2.7%
27 Energy policy/nuclear power/environment 7
 0.4%
28 Education and culture policies 4
 0.2%
29 Other specific policy 0
 0.0%
30 Governs/has governed well 104
 5.2%
31 New government 32
 1.6%
32 General trust for party 3
 0.2%
33 Dynamism/action 5
 0.3%
34 Trust in candidate/s 7
 0.4%
35 Sympathy for bourgeois politicians 2
 0.1%
36 Antipathy for bourgeois politicians 5
 0.3%
37 Sympathy for Anker Joergensen 0
 0.0%
38 Antipathy for Anker Joergensen 1
 0.1%
39 Other concerning administrative abilities 0
 0.0%
40 Benefits us 16
 0.8%
41 Best for workers, I am a worker 23
 1.2%
42 Pensioners 7
 0.4%
43 Business owners 6
 0.3%
44 Farmers 4
 0.2%
45 Social class situation or living standard 0
 0.0%
46 German minority's party 2
 0.1%
47 Poor/weakest in society 12
 0.6%
49 Other groups mentioned 0
 0.0%
50 Have always voted that way, habit, usually vote that way 66
 3.3%
51 Reference to environment 1
 0.1%
52 Grown up with it 2
 0.1%
53 Particularly working class home 0
 0.0%
54 Convinced by spouse 1
 0.1%
55 Supporter of party 18
 0.9%
56 Party's stability/trustworthiness 7
 0.4%
57 Party's cooperation/responsibility 8
 0.4%
58 Stable parliament 8
 0.4%
59 Other references to childhood 0
 0.0%
60 For social democracy 11
 0.6%
61 Against social democracy 3
 0.2%
62 Interest/credit/stock/bond policies 3
 0.2%
63 Housing policy 4
 0.2%
64 Won't touch pensions 0
 0.0%
65 Pensions investing in business 0
 0.0%
66 Youth/education policy 4
 0.2%
67 Soil policy 0
 0.0%
68 Defense policy 8
 0.4%
69 Disarmament/détente/peace movement 12
 0.6%
70 Nuclear-free zone/nuclear-free Nordic 9
 0.5%
71 Christian attitude to political/ethical positions 8
 0.4%
72 Wage policy 0
 0.0%
73 Unease in labor market/strikes/blockades 13
 0.7%
74 Pro Glistrup 2
 0.1%
75 Judgment on Glistrup 1
 0.1%
76 Against Glistrup 2
 0.1%
77 Pro Erhard Jacobsen 0
 0.0%
78 We need new parties 4
 0.2%
79 Big party/more effective 1
 0.1%
80 In control/can fix everything 15
 0.8%
81 Cooperation across parties 16
 0.8%
84 1
 0.1%
85 Economic democracy 1
 0.1%
86 Law and order/crime/violence 0
 0.0%
87 3
 0.2%
88 2
 0.1%
89 6
 0.3%
91 Snow clearing/traffic issues 0
 0.0%
92 Other specific answers 0
 0.0%
93 Confused/didn't know who to vote for 2
 0.1%
94 No one worth voting for 2
 0.1%
95 Ineligible to vote 47
 2.4%
96 Didn't vote 44
 2.2%
97 Decline 34
 1.7%
98 Don't know 33
 1.7%
99 Unknown 0
 0.0%
1111 Question not asked 955
 48.1%
888 2
999 Unknown 4

Summary Statistics

Valid cases 1984
Missing cases 6
This variable is numeric

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