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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variablebq85_5
LabelHow Debate Changed R's Vote
Question text How did the leaders' performance in the debates change your vote? Please take your answers from this card. CARD AW
Responses
-2 Refused 3
-1 Don't Know 6
1 I went from Conservative to Liberal Democrat 29
2 I went from Labour to Liberal Democrat 73
3 I went from Conservative to Labour 4
4 I went from Liberal Democrat to Labour 8
5 I went from Labour to Conservative 44
6 I went from Liberal Democrat to Conservative 14
7 I wasn't going to vote but decided to vote Conservative 2
8 I wasn't going to vote but decided to vote Labour 3
9 I wasn't going to vote but decided to vote Liberal Democrat 8
10 I decided not to vote 10
11 The debates affected my vote in some other way 22
14 Not stated 0
Sysmiss 3286
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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