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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Election Study Nine-Wave Panel Survey, 2005-2010

Variable Details

Variableaaq92
LabelBr Ec Diff-Which Other Pty Best
Question text You said that you thought, with Britain in economic difficulties, an ‘other’ party would be able to handle the situation best. Please say which party that is.
Responses
ANY other than labour who got us in the mess 1
Any party which isn't Labour 1
Any! 1
BNP 7
British National party 1
Coalition 1
English democrats 1
Green 6
Green Party 1
Independents 1
LIB DEM 2
LIBERALS 1
LIb Dems 1
Lib Dem 8
Lib Dems 21
Lib dem 1
Lib dems 2
Lib dems with Vince Cable 1
Lib. Dems 1
LibDem 3
LibDems 1
Liberal 4
Liberal Democrat 1
Liberal Democrats 49
Liberal Democrats - Vince Cable 1
Liberal Democrats - ie Vince 1
Liberal Democrats moderating a Labour Government 1
Liberal Demodrats 1
Liberal democrat 1
Liberal democrates 1
Liberal democrats 8
Liberal democvrat 1
Liberals 2
Libs Dems (Vince Cable!) 1
Not the labour party 1
Pass 1
SNP 5
SNP for scotland, Liberal for England 1
SNP in Scotland 1
Scottish National Party 2
Scottish National Party (SNP) 1
Social Democrats 1
Socialist 1
Sorry, should be 'none'. This isn't my night 1
Still thinking 1
The Lib Dems 1
The Liberal Democrats 1
UKIP 23
Ukip 1
United Kingdom Independence Party 2
Vince Cable 1
__NA__ 3145
a party that cares about this country 1
a party yet to be formed 1
any other 1
any other would do 1
any party but those two 1
bnp 7
bnp or ukip 1
british national party 1
coalition 1
coaltion 1
communist party 1
dk 1
do no known 1
english democrats 1
green 1
green party 1
green,BNP,UK independant,Any 1
lib 1
lib Dem 1
lib dem/labour 1
lib dems 15
libdem 4
liberal 2
liberal democrat 1
liberal democrats 9
liberals 5
liberals/ ukip 1
me 1
need to have a coalition and all pull together 1
party that gives what the voter wants 1
republican 1
snp 3
ukip 7
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Study Nine-Wave Panel Survey, 2005-2010
Interviewer InstructionsOPEN TEXTBOX
UniverseElectors resident in Great Britain during 2005-2009.;National
SamplingQuota sample
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort; The dataset contains six survey waves.
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