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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

British Election Study, 2010: Campaign Internet Data

Variable Details

Variablebbq26
LabelDecided-Vote Other Party
Question text You said you had decided to vote for an ‘other’ party in the general election. Please say here which party this is.
Responses
A socialist Party 1
An Independent candidate 1
Anyone who is not from any of the main parties 1
As no party standing truely represents the wishes of the people of this country, I will be marking my ballot paper "None of the above" 1
Ballot spoil 1
Christian 1
Christian party 2
Dr Richard Taylor 1
English Democrat 2
English Democratic party 1
English Democrats 2
English Radical Alliance 1
I do not want to state which party I voted for 1
I only said other as I'm not telling you who I'm voting for! Supposed to be anominous 1
I will spoil my ballot paper as I am very unsure who to vote for and I am also very unhappy with the government as a whole 1
I will vote for one of the main parties, not sure which one yet 1
Independant 4
Independent 4
Independent - my previous constituency MP 1
Independent Candidate 1
Independent Conservative 1
Independent Wyre Forest Health Concern. 1
Independent, because my ex-MP is standing as independent this time. 1
Inderpendent 1
Intend to spoil ballot paper 1
Kernow Independence 1
Libertarian 1
No - democracy means that the vote is secret 1
None of your business 2
Raving Monster Lunatic Party 1
Respect 4
SSP 1
Socialist 1
Spoilt ballot 1
The Christian Party 1
The English Democrats Party 1
The speaker seeking re-election 1
Undecided 1
__NA__ 14525
an independant 1
christian party 1
cpa 1
dk 2
english democrats 4
if I could it would be REAL socialist 1
independant 5
independant candidate 1
independent 6
independent (pelling) 1
indepentant 1
local independant 1
local independant candidate 1
my local independent candidate 1
n/a 2
na 1
no 2
none of the above 1
other 1
prefer not to 1
prefer not to say 2
respect 1
secret 1
solidarity 1
spoilt Paper NONE WORTHY 1
the speaker (no party) 1
trade unionist and socialist coalition 1
ukip 1
umm 1
undecided 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationBritish Election Study, 2010: Campaign Internet Data
Interviewer InstructionsOPEN TEXTBOX
UniverseElectors resident in Great Britain during 2010.;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample;See documentation for details.
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort; The study contains pre-election, during election, and post-election survey waves.
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