The second component of the research project focuses on voter behaviour and how this depends on the specific context. We will conduct 27 Internet panel surveys in five countries and analyze the data.
The same voters will be interviewed three times (twice in Canada) in the last week of three different election campaigns.
In each election the sample size will be 2,000 respondents and the minimal panel sample size, that is, respondents who participate in each of the three waves, will be 1,000.
The questionnaire will include questions about:
- vote choice,
- preferences,
- strategic considerations,
- political attitudes,
- political awareness,
- and evaluations of electoral institutions.
In the first 42 months of the project, we will design the survey, pre-test it, and implement it in seven elections. Find out more about the upcoming milestones for the internet panel survey on voter behaviour. The first two elections covered by the “Making Electoral Democracy Work” project have been held in Zurich and Lucerne in April 2011. More information can be found at here
Team members
This component of the study is under the joint direction of Professors André Blais and Elisabeth Gidengil.
The following researchers will also be involved: Christopher Achen, Christopher Anderson, Indridi Indridason, Hanspeter Kriesi, Ignacio Lago, and Laura Stephenson.
Professors Cross, Foucault, Gschwend, Kriesi, and Lago will be responsible for engaging translation services and making adjustments so that each survey fits the local context in Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland, and Spain, respectively.
