Replication data for: Sense or Sensibility? Political Attitudes and Voting Behaviour of Party Members, Voters and Supporters of the Italian Centre-Left (doi:10.7910/DVN/29133)

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Document Description

Citation

Title:

Replication data for: Sense or Sensibility? Political Attitudes and Voting Behaviour of Party Members, Voters and Supporters of the Italian Centre-Left

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/29133

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Date of Distribution:

2015-06-29

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1

Bibliographic Citation:

Sandri, Giulia; Seddone, Antonella, 2015, "Replication data for: Sense or Sensibility? Political Attitudes and Voting Behaviour of Party Members, Voters and Supporters of the Italian Centre-Left", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/29133, Harvard Dataverse, V1

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Replication data for: Sense or Sensibility? Political Attitudes and Voting Behaviour of Party Members, Voters and Supporters of the Italian Centre-Left

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/29133

Authoring Entity:

Sandri, Giulia (Université Catholique de Lille)

Seddone, Antonella (University of Cagliari)

Date of Production:

2012

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse Network

Access Authority:

Antonella Seddone

Date of Deposit:

2015-02-15

Date of Distribution:

2013

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/29133

Study Scope

Keywords:

Social Sciences, Primaries, intra-party democracy, candidate selection, party organization, Italy

Abstract:

This article analyses effect of primary elections on party membership and electoral behaviour. Direct democracy instruments trigger significant modifications in the role and behaviour of grassroots members. The case of the Italian centre-left parties, and particularly the Democratic Party, is in this sense relevant, as for over a decade, they have been reaching out to supporters in order to integrate them into decision-making processes, such as selecting the party leader, candidates or the chief executive candidate. The distinction between members and supporters has become blurred. The article focuses on voting behaviour and party attachment of three different groups of primary voters, namely party members, supporters and external voters. This paper aims to explore the differences among the three groups, particularly with regard to socio-political and ideological profiles, political behaviour and party loyalty. What is the difference between the three groups with regard to voting behaviour and motivations in primary elections? And what is the difference with regard to voting intentions in general elections? We will examine these issues using survey data collected in 2012 during the centre-left coalitions' primary elections. Through this original dataset, evidence can be found regarding the consequences of the differences in the political profiles between members and supporters regarding their voting behaviour and motivations.

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<a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0">CC0 1.0</a>

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Citation

Title:

Sandri, Giulia, and Antonella Seddone. “Sense or Sensibility? Political Attitudes and Voting Behaviour of Party Members, Voters, and Supporters of the Italian Centre-Left.” Italian Political Science Review / Rivista Italiana Di Scienza Politica 45, no. 01 (March 2015): 25–51.

Identification Number:

10.1017/ipo.2015.2

Bibliographic Citation:

Sandri, Giulia, and Antonella Seddone. “Sense or Sensibility? Political Attitudes and Voting Behaviour of Party Members, Voters, and Supporters of the Italian Centre-Left.” Italian Political Science Review / Rivista Italiana Di Scienza Politica 45, no. 01 (March 2015): 25–51.

File Description--f2537499

File: SANDRI&SEDDONE2015_RISP_IPSR_EXIT POLL PRIMARY ELECTIONS 2012 BALLOT.tab

  • Number of cases: 3251

  • No. of variables per record: 9

  • Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

Notes:

UNF:5:tfi0viIpGvUJWm/9lPlidQ==

Dataset on 2012 center-left coalition primary election selecting the PM candidate for 2013 Italian General Elections. Data concerning the Ballot (02/12/2012)

File Description--f2537502

File: SANDRI&SEDDONE2015_RISP_IPSR_PRIMARY ELECTIONS 2012 FIRST ROUND.tab

  • Number of cases: 3334

  • No. of variables per record: 15

  • Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

Notes:

UNF:5:ispxrCJeyyq/WEpgK8jGVw==

Exit-poll dataset on 2012 Center-Left coalition's primary election selecting the PM candidate for 2013 Italian General Elections. Data concerning the first round (25/11/2012)

Variable Description

List of Variables:
  • VS07 - Age
  • VS05 - Gender
  • VS08 - Education
  • VS09 - Professional Status
  • v06agg2 - Partisanship
  • v07agg2 - Politiche 2008: Per quale partito ha votato? Agg2
  • v03agg - Asse sx-dx: Dove SI collocherebbe - Agg
  • v08agg - Voting intention 2013 General Elections
  • peso_p - WEIGHT
  • v06agg - Partisanship
  • v07agg2 - 2008 vote
  • v02agg - Interest in politics
  • v03agg - Ideological self-placement
  • v10agg - Relevance of the electoral campaign in the vote choice
  • V11A - Reported motivations of the vote choice
  • v08agg - Voting intention 2013 General Elections
  • v13agg - Predicted winner
  • v08agg_pd_dico - Voting intentions for PD 2013
  • V11A_dic - voting motivation dichotomous (dependent variable)
  • VS07 - Age
  • VS05 - Gender
  • VS08 - Education
  • VS09 - Professional status
  • peso_p - Weight

Variables

Age

f2537499 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:ffvq7+ufTJjX4c508pWQnA==

Gender

f2537499 Location:

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

0.

Female

1394

9.

Not available

16

1.

Male

1841

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:WQFT6t7zlJHHQNwMDNmXRg==

Education

f2537499 Location:

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

2.

Comulsory education

447

0.

Not available

11

4.

University/Higher education

1300

1.

Primary education

162

3.

Secondary education

1331

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:X9JIDRPfpIxswu9kH3umZg==

Professional Status

f2537499 Location:

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

9.

Unemployed

118

99.

Other

16

1.

Manager, judge, professor

151

7.

Laborer/Blue collar worker

148

8.

Retired

955

3.

Self-employed/Business owner

147

5.

Teacher

207

2.

Entrepreneur

76

4.

Professional (doctor, lawyer, etc.)

338

10.

Housewife

154

11.

Student

292

0.

Not available

7

6.

Employee (private and public)

642

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:zhWzMB3IejULhiM1apVp4Q==

Partisanship

f2537499 Location:

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

2.

Sel

57

0.

Not enrolled

2536

9.

Other parties

52

1.

Pd

606

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:767lBQ80Rle8cJRMLR60hw==

Politiche 2008: Per quale partito ha votato? Agg2

f2537499 Location:

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

2.

Idv

123

8.

Other party

68

3.

Sinistra Arcobaleno

225

1.

Pd

2277

4.

Center-right party

237

0.

Abstention/not valid vote

220

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:geGWxkh3HuXt1Qz7Ihy0Xg==

Asse sx-dx: Dove SI collocherebbe - Agg

f2537499 Location:

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

0.

Not available

39

3.

Center

427

4.

Center-right

101

5.

Right

14

1.

Left

1249

2.

Center-left

1421

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:lGQdirNx+oK/s1pJq79S1Q==

Voting intention 2013 General Elections

f2537499 Location:

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

1.

Pd

2089

100.

Not available

0

99.

Other parties

12

10.

Movimento 5 Stelle

24

0.

I do not know (yet)

845

2.

Sel

156

9.

Other left parties

111

98.

Centeright party

11

50.

Underaged/foreign

3

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:H/YFpQW0dDoSmgVbYQ8B2g==

WEIGHT

f2537499 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:heDEAPiri/rfF7X2EpaIxA==

Partisanship

f2537502 Location:

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

1.

Pd

649

2.

Sel

63

9.

Minor center-left party

41

99.

Other party

9

100.

Enrolled, party not specified

7

98.

Center-right party

3

0.

not enrolled

2562

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:1h7vn51Na9AUZNr3ofwhZA==

2008 vote

f2537502 Location:

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

3.

Sinistra Arcobaleno

258

1.

Pd

2333

2.

Idv

115

8.

Other party

61

4.

Center-right party

177

0.

Abstention/not valid vote

302

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:qK61ntrNBQ9eDJxpJ44kEw==

Interest in politics

f2537502 Location:

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

3.

Average

1816

1.

None

85

2.

Few

397

0.

Not available

6

4.

High

1030

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:kEHYUvgguC9JTu4end++1g==

Ideological self-placement

f2537502 Location:

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

5.

Right

16

3.

Center

448

1.

Left

1458

4.

Center-right

78

0.

Not available

39

2.

Center-left

1295

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:JRaUZ5H0pLgxN1zRHhxDBQ==

Relevance of the electoral campaign in the vote choice

f2537502 Location:

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

3.

Average

678

4.

High

183

1.

None

1716

2.

Few

717

0.

Not available

40

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:6w8aTOdlwz6nRg9Cz3/TLg==

Reported motivations of the vote choice

f2537502 Location:

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

6.

I like the outcomes of hers/his past political activities

210

5.

I like her/his political programme

416

99.

Other

2

2.

She/he represents my ideological values

542

10.

She/he is the least bad choice

33

3.

She/he is the most fit to win against the center-right coalition

311

0.

Not available

61

1.

She/he is formally supported by my party

274

7.

I like the candidate’s personal profile

386

9.

She/he has been recommended to me by friends/family

58

4.

She/he is the most fit to lead Italy

542

11.

I like primaries and participation in general

2

8.

She/he represents the renewal of party elites

497

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:oLy4Rsm6DWRrcnu9ZrhBvw==

Voting intention 2013 General Elections

f2537502 Location:

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

98.

Center-right parties

10

1.

Pd

1995

99.

Other parties

11

9.

Other left parties

147

2.

Sel

210

100.

Not available

0

10.

Movimento 5 Stelle

25

0.

I do not know (yet)

936

50.

Underaged or foreign

0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:dtIR8LWl4flezTA2IgHotw==

Predicted winner

f2537502 Location:

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

5.

Renzi

438

3.

Puppato

9

1.

Bersani

2357

0.

Not available

399

4.

Vendola

118

2.

Tabacci

13

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:8wDZMFZb+/NuMJeZXmY0Yg==

Voting intentions for PD 2013

f2537502 Location:

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

0.

no

1339

1.

yes

1995

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:myMP+GipmbxFm4x47wa+CQ==

voting motivation dichotomous (dependent variable)

f2537502 Location:

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

1.

belonging motivation

816

0.

opinion & strategic motivation

2457

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:DeS08wjzo93Xqru+Fyj/RQ==

Age

f2537502 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:sprEDHnqQJcqUxYIi0K9Iw==

Gender

f2537502 Location:

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

9.

Not available

43

1.

Male

1904

0.

Female

1387

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:I5BhW8OPNLEI19FGG2r5jA==

Education

f2537502 Location:

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

1.

Primary education

135

4.

University/Higher education

1369

0.

Not available

26

2.

Comulsory education

417

3.

Secondary education

1387

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:yyG9JKXBOz9Fxfw1gh4qNg==

Professional status

f2537502 Location:

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

8.

Retired

816

5.

Teacher

261

1.

Manager, judge, professor

198

6.

Employee (private and public)

693

0.

Not available

13

11.

Student

360

2.

Entrepreneur

92

9.

Unemployed

149

99.

Other

17

3.

Self-employed/Business owner

127

4.

Professional (doctor, lawyer, etc.)

332

7.

Laborer/Blue collar worker

140

10.

Housewife

136

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:PXHPGBWLWhGYc5/SQN8G6Q==

Weight

f2537502 Location:

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:5:tNR6z3Qi7oss32uN+Xib6A==

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Sandri&Seddone2015_RISP_IPSR_codebook dataset.doc

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Sandri&Seddone2015_RISP_IPSR_SYNTAX.sps

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