Replication data for: Candidate geolocation and voter choice in the 2013 English County Council elections (doi:10.7910/DVN/25853)

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Document Description

Citation

Title:

Replication data for: Candidate geolocation and voter choice in the 2013 English County Council elections

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/25853

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Date of Distribution:

2014-05-19

Version:

Bibliographic Citation:

Arzheimer, Kai; Evans, Jocelyn, 2014, "Replication data for: Candidate geolocation and voter choice in the 2013 English County Council elections", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/25853, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:5:X0uLBnBWRrj7pO6glPz29Q== [fileUNF]

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Replication data for: Candidate geolocation and voter choice in the 2013 English County Council elections

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/25853

Authoring Entity:

Arzheimer, Kai (University of Mainz)

Evans, Jocelyn (University of Leeds)

Date of Production:

2014-05

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse Network

Access Authority:

Jocelyn Evans

Date of Deposit:

2014-05-16

Date of Distribution:

2014-05-16

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/25853

Study Scope

Keywords:

Elections, Voters, Geolocation, England

Topic Classification:

JS221-227

Abstract:

The degree of 'localness' of candidates, including their residential location, has long been theorised to influence voters at election time. Individual-level tests of distance effects in the 2010 British general elections demonstrated that, controlling for standard explanations of vote, the distance from a voter's home to that of the candidate was negatively associated with the likelihood of voting for that candidate. To test this theory in a sub-national electoral context more likely to produce distance effects than a national election, this paper builds upon previous analysis by using the 2013 English County Council elections. It improves upon the previous analysis in a number of ways, analysing an election where 'localness' effects would be expected to be stronger; combining a bespoke YouGov survey of voters with more precise locational data; including UKIP candidates in its specification; and considering more closely how voters construe distance. It finds that distance does matter, not only as a linear measure but also in terms of candidates living in the same or different electoral division to voters. Finally, the paper simulates the effect of distance on candidate performances in this type of election to measure its real-world strength.

Time Period:

2013-05-02-2013-05-02

Geographic Coverage:

England

Geographic Unit(s):

Non-metropolitian counties

Methodology and Processing

Sources Statement

Data Access

Notes:

Other Study Description Materials

Related Publications

Citation

Title:

Arzheimer K and Evans J (2014). Candidate geolocation and voter choice in the 2013 English County Council elections. Research and Politics.

Bibliographic Citation:

Arzheimer K and Evans J (2014). Candidate geolocation and voter choice in the 2013 English County Council elections. Research and Politics.

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Number of cases: 10614
No. of variables per record: 73
Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

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Main data file

Variable Description

List of Variables:

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gender - gender
social - social
region - region
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newspaper - newspaper
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consfeel - consfeel
libfeel - libfeel
ukipfeel - ukipfeel
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county - county
lea - lea
oshlthau - oshlthau
oslaua - oslaua
le1 - le1
le2 - le2
le3 - le3
voter_eastings - voter_eastings
voter_northings - voter_northings
voter_ED - voter_ED
voter_hectares - voter_hectares
t_1 - t_1
t - t
cand_gender - cand_gender
cand_eings - cand_eings
cand_nings - cand_nings
cand_homediv - cand_homediv
homeward - homeward
filter__ - filter__
partychoice - partychoice
conservatives - conservatives
libdems - libdems
ukip - ukip
labfeeling - labfeeling
consfeeling - consfeeling
libfeeling - libfeeling
ukipfeeling - ukipfeeling
feeling - feeling
votechoice - votechoice
incumbent - incumbent
id - id
pseudoid - pseudoid
group - group
drivingdistancekm - drivingdistancekm
drivingdistancetimehrs - drivingdistancetimehrs
straightlinedistance
distance
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N4
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N6
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N10
N11
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N13
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contiguity
voterdeprivationscore - IMD SCORE
candeprivation - IMD SCORE
deprivationdistance
an_sample
cand_sample

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social

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pastvote

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12.	Don't know	176
11.	Some other party	52
4.	Liberal Democrats	2792
10.	United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP)	300
6.	Plaid Cymru	0
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newspaper

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labfeel

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consfeel

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libfeel

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le1

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le2

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le3

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t_1

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cand_eings

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cand_nings

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cand_homediv

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homeward

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filter__

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partychoice

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conservatives

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ukip

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feeling

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votechoice

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incumbent

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Other Study-Related Materials

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cc_clogit.do

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Stata .do file for conditional logit model and simulations

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Other Study-Related Materials

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cc_contiguity.txt

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R command file to identify neighbouring electoral divisions from OS BoundaryLine ESRI shapefile (using spdep and maptools packages)

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Other Study-Related Materials

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readme.pdf

Text:

Study and data description for replication

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