Dataset: Election Study 1984

Variable v171: Vote reasoning 3

Values Categories N
0 Good party, the best party 0
 0.0%
1 Tautological answer: want to support party 5
 3.4%
2 Desire for change 0
 0.0%
3 Good politics 0
 0.0%
4 The best for the country 3
 2.1%
5 Duty 0
 0.0%
6 Trust/distrust generally 2
 1.4%
7 Democracy/rights 1
 0.7%
8 Election campaign/appearances on TV/Radio 0
 0.0%
9 Process of elimination 0
 0.0%
10 Idealistic reasons 0
 0.0%
11 Party's ideas or what they stand for 5
 3.4%
12 Progressive party 0
 0.0%
13 Moderate party, stable 2
 1.4%
14 Socialist position 3
 2.1%
15 Bourgeois or liberal position 1
 0.7%
16 Party plan 1
 0.7%
17 Female candidates 0
 0.0%
18 Against Socialism/Communism 0
 0.0%
19 Other ideological answer 0
 0.0%
20 Party's policies 3
 2.1%
21 Economic policies 5
 3.4%
22 Tax policies 1
 0.7%
23 Expense policies 4
 2.7%
24 Social policies 8
 5.5%
25 Common market policies 2
 1.4%
26 Employment/unemployment/labor market policies 6
 4.1%
27 Energy policy/nuclear power/environment 7
 4.8%
28 Education and culture policies 0
 0.0%
29 Other specific policy 0
 0.0%
30 Governs/has governed well 10
 6.8%
31 New government 1
 0.7%
32 General trust for party 0
 0.0%
33 Dynamism/action 7
 4.8%
34 Trust in candidate/s 0
 0.0%
35 Sympathy for bourgeois politicians 1
 0.7%
36 Antipathy for bourgeois politicians 2
 1.4%
37 Sympathy for Anker Joergensen 0
 0.0%
38 Antipathy for Anker Joergensen 1
 0.7%
39 Other concerning administrative abilities 0
 0.0%
40 Benefits us 0
 0.0%
41 Best for workers, I am a worker 0
 0.0%
42 Pensioners 3
 2.1%
43 Business owners 3
 2.1%
44 Farmers 0
 0.0%
45 Social class situation or living standard 0
 0.0%
46 German minority's party 0
 0.0%
47 Poor/weakest in society 11
 7.5%
49 Other groups mentioned 0
 0.0%
50 Have always voted that way, habit, usually vote that way 2
 1.4%
51 Reference to environment 3
 2.1%
52 Grown up with it 0
 0.0%
53 Particularly working class home 0
 0.0%
54 Convinced by spouse 0
 0.0%
55 Supporter of party 2
 1.4%
56 Party's stability/trustworthiness 0
 0.0%
57 Party's cooperation/responsibility 3
 2.1%
58 Stable parliament 2
 1.4%
59 Other references to childhood 0
 0.0%
60 For social democracy 1
 0.7%
61 Against social democracy 1
 0.7%
62 Interest/credit/stock/bond policies 1
 0.7%
63 Housing policy 0
 0.0%
64 Won't touch pensions 0
 0.0%
65 Pensions investing in business 0
 0.0%
66 Youth/education policy 0
 0.0%
67 Soil policy 1
 0.7%
68 Defense policy 1
 0.7%
69 Disarmament/détente/peace movement 7
 4.8%
70 Nuclear-free zone/nuclear-free Nordic 7
 4.8%
71 Christian attitude to political/ethical positions 0
 0.0%
72 Wage policy 0
 0.0%
73 Unease in labor market/strikes/blockades 3
 2.1%
74 Pro Glistrup 1
 0.7%
75 Judgment on Glistrup 1
 0.7%
76 Against Glistrup 0
 0.0%
77 Pro Erhard Jacobsen 0
 0.0%
78 We need new parties 0
 0.0%
79 Big party/more effective 0
 0.0%
80 In control/can fix everything 10
 6.8%
81 Cooperation across parties 0
 0.0%
85 Economic democracy 0
 0.0%
86 Law and order/crime/violence 0
 0.0%
88 2
 1.4%
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 889
1111 Question not asked 955

Summary Statistics

Valid cases 146
Missing cases 1844
This variable is numeric

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