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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Election Study, 2005: Face-to-Face Survey

Variable Details

Variablecq20
LabelMajority Seats More Impt Than PR
Question text Thinking about the outcomes of general elections, which of these statements, is more important to you? That one party gets more than half the seats in parliament so it can govern on its own, or that every party’s percentage of seats in parliament is the same as their percentage of the vote.
Responses
1 One party in majority 767
2 Seats prop to votes 1427
8 Don't know 852
9 Not answered 180
99 NA 1565
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Study, 2005: Face-to-Face Survey
UniverseElectors resident in Great Britain during 2005.;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;See documentation for details.
Study TypeCross-sectional (one-time) study. The dataset contains both pre- and post-election survey waves.
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