The MEDW project is the most ambitious study ever undertaken of the impact of electoral rules on the functioning of democracy. It involves studying 26 elections in 5 countries (Canada, France, Germany, Spain, and Switzerland).
In order to understand how the rules of the game and the electoral context affect party behaviour, we are systematically collecting and coding a wide range of material available during the electoral campaign. The coding scheme and the state of advancement of data collection is now available at the page party strategies.
With respect to voter behaviour, we are conducted a two-wave (pre- and post-election) internel panel survey. An example of questionnaire and the state of advancement of data collection is available at the page voter behavior.
