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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Election Study, 2010: Face-to-Face Survey

Variable Details

Variablebq12_4
LabelReason for Vote
Question text People give different reasons for why they vote for one party rather than another. Which of the following best describes your reasons? (Please take your answer from this card - CARD E)
Responses
-1 Don't Know 27
1 The party had the best policies 1331
2 The party had the best leader 344
3 I really preferred another party but it stood no chance of w 175
4 I voted tactically 82
5 For historic reasons/tradition 58
6 This party is the lesser of the evils 19
7 This party will do a better job than others 14
8 The country needs a change 50
9 Need to give Lib Dems a chance / see what they can do 1
10 Have more confidence/trust in them 4
11 (Good/like) local candidate 35
12 Dislike other main party/parties 28
13 Party represents the working class 8
14 Good for Wales 1
15 Experience/past performance 3
16 Poor/dislike local candidate (all negative references) 7
17 Good for the community 2
18 Husband/son told me who to vote for 1
19 Do not want to answer 0
20 Other 90
22 Not stated 0
Sysmiss 1232
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Study, 2010: Face-to-Face Survey
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Electors resident in Great Britain during 2005.
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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