Swedish election study 1979
Svensk valundersökning 1979
The Swedish election study 1979 was carried out in connection with the general election in September. Many of the questions are replications of questions asked in previous election studies. In this study the respondents specifies for each political party what they appreciates and what they dislikes with the party´s policy. There is also an evaluation of party politics in different political issues, such as employment, education, child care and private enterprises. This is the first of the election studies to include a feeling thermometer, where the respondent has to position each of the political parties, as well as the party leaders, on a scale from -5 (dislikes very much) to +5 (likes very much). Since this study is the first that took place after a period of non-Social Democratic government, the respondent has to give a judgement over the two formations of Government (the three-party government 1976-1978 and the liberal government 1978-1979) which took place during this period, as well as an individual judgement of each of the parties in power and of the Social Democratic party as a opposition party. Two issues with special interest in this study are nuclear power and wage-earners´ investment fund.
Purpose:
Explain why people vote as they do and why an election ends in a particular way. Track and follow trends in the Swedish electoral democracy and make comparisons with other countries.
The Swedish election study 1979 was carried out in connection with the general election in September. Many of the questions are replications of questions asked in previous election studies. In this study the respondents specifies for each political party what they appreciates and what they dislikes with the party´s policy. There is also an evaluation of party politics in different political issues, such as employment, education, child care and private enterprises. This is the first of the election studies to include a feeling thermometer, where the respondent has to position each of the political parties, as well as the party leaders, on a scale from -5 (dislikes very much) to +5 (likes very much). Since this study is the first that took place after a period of non-Social Democratic government, the respondent has to give a judgement over the two formations of Government (the three-party government 1976-1978 and the liberal government 1978-1979) which took place during this period, as well as an individual judgement of each of the parties in power and of the Social Democratic party as a opposition party. Two issues with special interest in this study are nuclear power and wage-earners´ investment fund.
Syfte:
Förklara varför väljare röstar som de gör och varför val slutar som de gör. Spåra och följa trender i svensk valdemokrati och göra jämförelser med utvecklingen i andra länder.
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Sören Holmberg
Statistics Sweden
Statistiska centralbyrån
Social Sciences
Samhällsvetenskap
Political Science
Statsvetenskap
elections
val
mass media
massmedia
occupations
yrken
participation
deltagande
politics
politik
public sector
offentlig sektor
social mobility
social rörlighet
ethics
etik
energy
energi
environment
miljö
voting intention
röstavsikt
voting
röstning
parliamentary elections
riksdagsval
political interest
politiskt intresse
political behaviour
politiskt beteende
party identification
partiidentifikation
political allegiance
politisk anhängare
political participation
politiskt deltagande
internal politics
inrikespolitik
political parties
politiska partier
illegal drugs
illegal drog
electoral issues
valproblem
trade unions
fackföreningar
gender role
könsroll
organizations
organisationer
political attitudes
politiska åsikter
minority groups
minoritetsgrupper
groups
grupper
social structure
social struktur
labour and employment
arbete och sysselsättning
mass communication
masskommunikation
drug possession
narkotikainnehav
economic systems
ekonomiskt system
associations
sammanslutningar
roles
roller
political groups
politiska grupper
economics
ekonomi
drug offences
narkotikabrott
communications
kommunikation
offences
lagöverträdelser
technology and innovation
teknologi
scientific research
naturvetenskaplig forskning
science and technology
vetenskap och teknologi
CORS
CORS
1979-08-15
1979-08-15
University of Gothenburg
Göteborgs universitet
Sweden
Sverige