The 2015 Swedish Party Membership Survey

Principal investigator(s):

Ann-Kristin Kölln - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Jonathan Polk - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science orcid

Description:

In the early part of 2015, the party secretaries of six of the eight Swedish Riksdag parties (plus the Feminist Initiative as the only other Swedish party represented in the European Parliament) agreed to take part in an online survey of their memberships, which would be administered through the Laboratory of Opinion Research (LORE) at the University of Gothenburg. In May, these party secretaries distributed individualized links to an otherwise identical web-survey to their members via email. All parties, except for the Social Democrats, sent out the survey to the entire membership list. The Social Democrats sent the survey to a large randomly drawn sample from their membership list. When it was closed on July 3, a total of 10,392 Swedish party members had completed the survey.

Topic classification:

POLITICS, political behaviour and attitudes, Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalisation Studies), Society

Keywords:

politics, democracy, political parties, Sweden

Homepage:

https://partiforskning.gu.se/Forskning+om+partier/partimedlemsundersokning/party-membership-survey-2015

Principal organisation:

University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Availability status:

Access to data through SND.
Data are available by order.

Available documentation:

PMS - Questionnaire (English)

PMS - Questionnaire (Swedish)

PMS - Report (English)

Kölln, Ann-Kristin, and Jonathan Polk. 2017. "Emancipated party members: Examining ideological incongruence within political parties." Party Politics 23(1): 18-29 (English)

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Principal investigator(s):

Ann-Kristin Kölln - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Jonathan Polk - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

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Purpose:

The purpose of the Swedish party membership survey is to allow researchers to investigate much more specific and rich questions about party members in Sweden. The survey questions are grouped into six modules: socio-demographic, general political attitudes, reasons for and extent of enrolment, position within the party, activism, and perception of role and attitudes towards membership. The questions were developed in consultation with the Members and Activists of Political Parties (MAPP) research group in order to facilitate cross-national comparisons.

Description:

In the early part of 2015, the party secretaries of six of the eight Swedish Riksdag parties (plus the Feminist Initiative as the only other Swedish party represented in the European Parliament) agreed to take part in an online survey of their memberships, which would be administered through the Laboratory of Opinion Research (LORE) at the University of Gothenburg. In May, these party secretaries distributed individualized links to an otherwise identical web-survey to their members via email. All parties, except for the Social Democrats, sent out the survey to the entire membership list. The Social Democrats sent the survey to a large randomly drawn sample from their membership list. When it was closed on July 3, a total of 10,392 Swedish party members had completed the survey.

Language:

English

Swedish

Topic classification:

POLITICS, political behaviour and attitudes, Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalisation Studies), Society

Keywords:

politics, democracy, political parties, Sweden

Time period(s) investigated:

2015-05-01 — 2015-07-03

Geographic location:

Sweden

Unit of analysis:

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Sampling procedure:

Total universe/Complete enumeration
Party secretaries distributed individualized links to an otherwise identical web-survey to their members via email. All parties, except for the Social Democrats, sent out the survey to the entire membership list. The Social Democrats sent the survey to a large randomly drawn sample from their membership list.

Availability status:

Access to data through SND.
Data are available by order.

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Version 1.0:

2018-12-05 doi:10.5878/8cq8-4b41

Availability status:

Access to data through SND.
Data are available by order.

The 2015 Swedish Party Membership Survey

Citation:

Ann-Kristin Kölln, Jonathan Polk (2018). The 2015 Swedish Party Membership Survey. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/8cq8-4b41

Description:

In the early part of 2015, the party secretaries of six of the eight Swedish Riksdag parties (plus the Feminist Initiative as the only other Swedish party represented in the European Parliament) agreed to take part in an online survey of their memberships, which would be administered through the Laboratory of Opinion Research (LORE) at the University of Gothenburg. In May, these party secretaries distributed individualized links to an otherwise identical web-survey to their members via email. All parties, except for the Social Democrats, sent out the survey to the entire membership list. The Social Democrats sent the survey to a large randomly drawn sample from their membership list. When it was closed on July 3, a total of 10,392 Swedish party members had completed the survey. The purpose of the Swedish party membership survey is to allow researchers to investigate much more specific and rich questions about party members in Sweden. The survey questions are grouped into six modules: socio-demographic, general political attitudes, reasons for and extent of enrolment, position within the party, activism, and perception of role and attitudes towards membership. The questions were developed in consultation with the Members and Activists of Political Parties (MAPP) research group in order to facilitate cross-national comparisons.

Keywords:

politics, democracy, party politics, political parties, Sweden

Kind of data:

Variables:

190

Number of individuals/objects:

10392