Dataset: Election Study 1984

Variable v170: Vote reasoning 2

Values Categories N
0 Good party, the best party 6
 1.2%
1 Tautological answer: want to support party 25
 5.1%
2 Desire for change 5
 1.0%
3 Good politics 6
 1.2%
4 The best for the country 13
 2.7%
5 Duty 5
 1.0%
6 Trust/distrust generally 0
 0.0%
7 Democracy/rights 5
 1.0%
8 Election campaign/appearances on TV/Radio 0
 0.0%
9 Process of elimination 0
 0.0%
10 Idealistic reasons 10
 2.0%
11 Party's ideas or what they stand for 19
 3.9%
12 Progressive party 0
 0.0%
13 Moderate party, stable 4
 0.8%
14 Socialist position 3
 0.6%
15 Bourgeois or liberal position 10
 2.0%
16 Party plan 6
 1.2%
17 Female candidates 0
 0.0%
18 Against Socialism/Communism 2
 0.4%
19 Other ideological answer 0
 0.0%
20 Party's policies 12
 2.4%
21 Economic policies 26
 5.3%
22 Tax policies 3
 0.6%
23 Expense policies 8
 1.6%
24 Social policies 19
 3.9%
25 Common market policies 0
 0.0%
26 Employment/unemployment/labor market policies 19
 3.9%
27 Energy policy/nuclear power/environment 6
 1.2%
28 Education and culture policies 1
 0.2%
29 Other specific policy 3
 0.6%
30 Governs/has governed well 23
 4.7%
31 New government 10
 2.0%
32 General trust for party 4
 0.8%
33 Dynamism/action 12
 2.4%
34 Trust in candidate/s 5
 1.0%
35 Sympathy for bourgeois politicians 3
 0.6%
36 Antipathy for bourgeois politicians 6
 1.2%
37 Sympathy for Anker Joergensen 1
 0.2%
38 Antipathy for Anker Joergensen 0
 0.0%
39 Other concerning administrative abilities 0
 0.0%
40 Benefits us 4
 0.8%
41 Best for workers, I am a worker 6
 1.2%
42 Pensioners 2
 0.4%
43 Business owners 2
 0.4%
44 Farmers 3
 0.6%
45 Social class situation or living standard 2
 0.4%
46 German minority's party 0
 0.0%
47 Poor/weakest in society 19
 3.9%
49 Other groups mentioned 0
 0.0%
50 Have always voted that way, habit, usually vote that way 8
 1.6%
51 Reference to environment 2
 0.4%
52 Grown up with it 2
 0.4%
53 Particularly working class home 1
 0.2%
54 Convinced by spouse 0
 0.0%
55 Supporter of party 20
 4.1%
56 Party's stability/trustworthiness 4
 0.8%
57 Party's cooperation/responsibility 3
 0.6%
58 Stable parliament 5
 1.0%
59 Other references to childhood 0
 0.0%
60 For social democracy 20
 4.1%
61 Against social democracy 2
 0.4%
62 Interest/credit/stock/bond policies 3
 0.6%
63 Housing policy 3
 0.6%
64 Won't touch pensions 0
 0.0%
65 Pensions investing in business 0
 0.0%
66 Youth/education policy 3
 0.6%
67 Soil policy 0
 0.0%
68 Defense policy 3
 0.6%
69 Disarmament/détente/peace movement 13
 2.7%
70 Nuclear-free zone/nuclear-free Nordic 8
 1.6%
71 Christian attitude to political/ethical positions 1
 0.2%
72 Wage policy 1
 0.2%
73 Unease in labor market/strikes/blockades 6
 1.2%
74 Pro Glistrup 4
 0.8%
75 Judgment on Glistrup 0
 0.0%
76 Against Glistrup 0
 0.0%
77 Pro Erhard Jacobsen 0
 0.0%
78 We need new parties 1
 0.2%
79 Big party/more effective 0
 0.0%
80 In control/can fix everything 42
 8.6%
81 Cooperation across parties 11
 2.2%
85 Economic democracy 0
 0.0%
86 Law and order/crime/violence 0
 0.0%
87 3
 0.6%
88 2
 0.4%
89 1
 0.2%
91 Snow clearing/traffic issues 0
 0.0%
92 Other specific answers 0
 0.0%
93 Confused/didn't know who to vote for 0
 0.0%
94 No one worth voting for 0
 0.0%
95 Ineligible to vote 0
 0.0%
96 Didn't vote 0
 0.0%
97 Decline 0
 0.0%
98 Don't know 0
 0.0%
99 Unknown 0
 0.0%
999 Unknown 545
1111 Question not asked 955

Summary Statistics

Valid cases 490
Missing cases 1500
This variable is numeric

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