Summary information

Study title

Flash Eurobarometer 431 (Electoral Rights, wave 3)

Creator

European Commission, Brussels DG Communication COMM A1 ´Strategy, Corporate Communication Actions and Eurobarometer´ Unit

Study number / PID

ZA6653, Version 1.0.0 (GESIS)

10.4232/1.12634 (DOI)

Data access

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Series

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Abstract

Electoral rights in the European Union.Topics: preference to vote in European elections for candidates of country of residence or of country of origin in case of living in another EU country; probability of higher voter turnout in European and in local elections due to lists including candidates who are nationals of other EU countries; attitude towards the following measures with regard to increasing the turnout at European elections: more information on the elections, more information on the impact of the EU on daily life, more information on programmes and objectives of candidates and parties, display affiliation of political parties to European parties in campaign materials, better information about the candidates for the President of the European Commission; approval of the right of citizens from other EU countries to not only stand as candidate in municipal elections but also for certain executive offices; attitude towards selected statements with regard to simplify voting in the country of residence for citizens from other EU countries: individual letters with information on registration and voting, automatic registration on the electoral roll as result of registering as resident, online process for registering on the electoral roll, possibility to vote electronically or online, possibility to vote by post; attitude towards selected statements with regard to simplify voting in the country of origin for citizens living in other EU countries: possibility to vote by post, possibility to vote electronically or online, possibility to vote in embassy or consulate of country of origin; concern about each of the following with regard to voting electronically, online, or by post: fraud, secrecy, influence by others, difficulty of the system to use. Demography: age; sex; nationality; age at end of education; occupation; professional position; region; type of community; own a mobile phone and fixed (landline) phone; household composition and household...
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Keywords

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Methodology

Data collection period

03/11/2015 - 05/11/2015

Country

Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden, Croatia, United Kingdom

Time dimension

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Analysis unit

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Universe

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Sampling procedure

Probability: Multistage

Kind of data

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Data collection mode

Telephone interview: Computer-assisted (CATI)

Access

Publisher

GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences

Publication year

2016

Terms of data access

0 - Data and documents are released for everybody.

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