VALU 2009 - SVT exit poll survey European parliament election 2009

This study is part of the collection SVT exit poll surveys

Creator/Principal investigator(s):

Sören Holmberg - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Kent Wännström - Sveriges Television

Per Näsman - Royal Institute of Technology, Division of Safety Research

Description:

This exit poll survey was carried out in connection with the election to the European parliament on June 7, 2009.

In VALU - Swedish exit poll surveys - voters leaving polling stations are asked by public service broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) to fill in a questionnaire and put it anonymously in a sealed box. After collecting and processing the responses, Sveriges Television is able to present an election forecast and an analysis of the reasons underlying the outcome of the election in it´s Election Night broadcast. The surveys are referred to as VALU, an abbreviation for vallokalsundersökning, Swedish for exit poll survey.The first exit poll survey in Sweden was carried out at the parliamentary election in 1991. Since then similar studies have been carried out in connection with all Parliamentary elections, referendums and elections to the European Parliament.

Subject area:

political behaviour and attitudes, elections, international politics and organisations (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Political Science, Social Sciences (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords:

elections, population migration, political party, exit polls, voting, electoral issues, european union, european integration, voting behaviour, election data, european parliament, european parliament election, electors

Principal organisation:

Sveriges Television

Accessibility status:

Access to data through SND
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Homepage:

SVT - VALU

Responsible department/unit:

Creator/Principal investigator(s):

Sören Holmberg - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Kent Wännström - Sveriges Television

Per Näsman - Royal Institute of Technology, Division of Safety Research

Identifiers:

SND-ID: SND 0874

Purpose:

Provide analytical support for the election night broadcast on Swedish television during the election night, and for other post-election analysis.

Description:

This exit poll survey was carried out in connection with the election to the European parliament on June 7, 2009.

In VALU - Swedish exit poll surveys - voters leaving polling stations are asked by public service broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) to fill in a questionnaire and put it anonymously in a sealed box. After collecting and processing the responses, Sveriges Television is able to present an election forecast and an analysis of the reasons underlying the outcome of the election in it´s Election Night broadcast. The surveys are referred to as VALU, an abbreviation for vallokalsundersökning, Swedish for exit poll survey.The first exit poll survey in Sweden was carried out at the parliamentary election in 1991. Since then similar studies have been carried out in connection with all Parliamentary elections, referendums and elections to the European Parliament.

Language:

English

Swedish

Time period(s) investigated:

2009

Instrument:

VALU2009EU (Questionnaire)

Geographic spread:

Geographic location: Sweden

Highest geographic unit:

Country

Unit of analysis:

Population:

Swedish electorate

Time Method:

Sampling procedure:

Mixed probability and non-probability
In VALU a selection is made of a number of electoral districts and in this way their respective polling station. The number of electoral districts to be selected for VALU is allocated among the different regions according to the size of the electorate. Within each region, the electoral districts are then selected to be included in VALU. This selection is based on the size and geographical location of the electoral district.

Subject area:

political behaviour and attitudes, elections, international politics and organisations (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Political Science, Social Sciences (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords:

elections, population migration, political party, exit polls, voting, electoral issues, european union, european integration, voting behaviour, election data, european parliament, european parliament election, electors

Is part of collection at SND:

SVT exit poll surveys

Available documentation:

VALU 2009 EUP, questionnaire in Swedish

VALU 2009 EUP, SND codebook, Swedish version 2.0

VALU 2009 EUP, SND codebook, English version 2.0

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Publications

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Hernborn, Hans (2002). Valu : Swedish exit polls. Stockholm: Sveriges television (SVT)
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Hernborn, Hans, Holmberg, Sören, Näsman, Per, & Thedéen, Torbjörn (2003) Valu : Sveriges Televisions vallokalsundersökningar. Stockholm: SVT.

Hernborn, Hans, Holmberg, Sören & Näsman, Per (2006). Valu i allmänhetens tjänst. Stockholm: Sveriges television (SVT)
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Version 2.0:

2014-08-21 doi:10.5878/002163

Variable(s) added : SND_studie, SND_dataset, SND_version

Variable(s) corrected : f11 value 1919 recoded to 999

Version 1.0:

2009-08-17 doi:10.5878/001503

VALU 2009 - SVT exit poll survey European parliament election 2009

Citation:

Sören Holmberg, Kent Wännström, Per Näsman. Sveriges Television (2014). VALU 2009 - SVT exit poll survey European parliament election 2009. Swedish National Data Service. Version 2.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/002163

Data format / data structure:

Numeric

Data collection:

Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper

Time period(s) for data collection: 2009-05-28 — 2009-06-07

Number of responses: 7773

Source of the data: Population group

Variables:

49

Number of individuals/objects:

7773

Response rate/participation rate:

23