VALU 2009 - SVT exit poll survey European parliament election 2009

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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.

Purpose:

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

Subject area:

political behaviour and attitudes, elections, international politics and organisations (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science (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
Data are accessible by order

Homepage:

SVT - VALU

Responsible department/unit:

Sveriges Television

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

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.

Purpose:

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

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

Subject area:

political behaviour and attitudes, elections, international politics and organisations (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science (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:

0874cb.VALU2009EUP.v2_0.pdf

0874kb.VALU2009EUP.v2_0.pdf

0874q.pdf

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

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Version 2.0:

2014-08-21 doi:10.5878/002163

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

Variable(s) added : SND_studie, SND_dataset, SND_version

Version 1.0:

2009-08-17 doi:10.5878/001503

VALU 2009 - SVT exit poll survey European parliament election 2009

Suggested 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

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

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

Published: 2009-08-01
Last updated: 2020-01-22