Dataset: Election Study 1975

Variable v41: Reasoning for vote fv75 1.ans.

Values Categories N
0 Good party, the best party 41
 3.5%
1 Tautological answer: want to support party 36
 3.1%
4 Undocumented code 2
 0.2%
10 Idealistic reasons 43
 3.7%
11 Party's ideas or what they stand for 145
 12.5%
12 Progressive party 2
 0.2%
13 Moderate party, stable 8
 0.7%
14 Socialist position 7
 0.6%
15 Bourgeois or liberal position 19
 1.6%
16 The best for the country, for society 10
 0.9%
19 Other ideological answer 20
 1.7%
20 Pursue sound policies 54
 4.7%
21 Economic policies 29
 2.5%
22 Tax policies 9
 0.8%
23 Expense policies 38
 3.3%
24 Social policies 6
 0.5%
25 Common market policies 8
 0.7%
26 Employment, long-term policies 35
 3.0%
29 Other specific policy mentioned 9
 0.8%
30 Governs/has governed well 37
 3.2%
31 New government 22
 1.9%
32 Government could have continued 16
 1.4%
33 Party governed better than “the others” 13
 1.1%
34 Trust in candidate, knew personally 57
 4.9%
35 Sympathy for bourgeois politicians 6
 0.5%
36 Antipathy for bourgeois politicians 0
 0.0%
37 Sympathy for social democratic politicians 7
 0.6%
38 Antipathy for social democratic politicians 5
 0.4%
39 Other concerning administrative abilities 14
 1.2%
40 Benefits us 29
 2.5%
41 Best for workers, I am a worker 62
 5.4%
42 Pensioners 13
 1.1%
43 Business owners 4
 0.3%
44 Farmers 19
 1.6%
45 Social class situation or living standard 13
 1.1%
46 German minority's party 3
 0.3%
47 Undocumented code 30
 2.6%
49 Other groups mentioned 0
 0.0%
50 Have always voted that way, habit, usually vote that way 85
 7.3%
51 Reference to environment 0
 0.0%
52 Grown up with it 5
 0.4%
53 Particularly working class home 1
 0.1%
54 Convinced by spouse 1
 0.1%
59 Other references to childhood 0
 0.0%
60 Other answers with specific content 22
 1.9%
62 Mix of above 83
 7.2%
77 Decline 30
 2.6%
88 Don't know 59
 5.1%
99 Unknown 443

Summary Statistics

Valid cases 1157
Missing cases 443
This variable is numeric

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