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The Scottish Election Study (SES), 2016 was carried out by a collaboration between the University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow and University of Essex, to look at the 2016 Scottish parliament election which was held on Thursday, 5 May 2016. A pre-election survey and a post-election survey were completed by YouGov, with the same respondents interviewed in each wave. The pre-election survey was used to identify factors influencing voting intention and the post-election survey was used to identify how and why people voted the way they did. Via this panel design, researchers can determine how intentions translate into behaviour and see how expectations influence reactions to the election result.

Further information can be found on the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) project webpage.

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The pre-election survey covered topics such as interest in politics; vote intention; issues facing the UK as a whole and Scotland in particular; political parties and their leaders; Scottish independence referendum; general political values; election campaigns; and general demographic background.

The post-election survey covered topics such as interest in politics; voting behaviour; reaction to the election campaigns and results; EU referendum; Scottish independence referendum; political knowledge; and general demographic background.

A panel data file is also available which combines data from the pre and post election surveys into one data file.