Dutch Parliamentary Election Study, 1989

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Label

Dutch Parliamentary Election Study, 1989

Creator

• Anker, H
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]

Contributor

• Oppenhuis, E.V.

Author

• Oppenhuis, E.V.
• Anker, H

Contributor

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]

Subject

• domestic policy
• economic conditions
• euthanasia
• foreign policy
• government performance
• income
• nuclear energy
• nuclear weapons
• parliamentary elections
• political affiliation
• political attitudes
• political change
• Dutch Parliament
• political leaders
• political participation
• pollution
• public approval
• public opinion
• survey
• trust in government
• union membership
• voting behavior
• political issues
• Economic history
• International relations
• Party affiliation
• abortion

Genre

• survey

Summary

This survey, the eighth in a series of election studies from the Netherlands, focuses on the September 6, 1989, elections for the Second Chamber of Parliament. These elections were called early due to the fall of the Lubbers-II cabinet on May 2. The survey was administered in two waves, one conducted before the election and one following the vote. In the first wave, respondents provided information on their interest in politics, what they considered the most important national problem, how they intended to vote in the upcoming election, political party membership and affiliation, attitudes toward government policies and officials, opinions on political and social issues such as abortion, nuclear energy, income differences, and environmental pollution, and on a variety of personal and demographic characteristics. During the second wave, respondents reported the name of the party they had voted for in the election and their reasons for doing so. Other variables recorded voter perceptions of the stance of various political parties on issues such as euthanasia, nuclear weapons, economic concerns, voter knowledge of national politicians, rating of political parties based on a 10-point left-right scale, attitudes toward politics and the effectiveness of government, union membership, and future vote intentions. Respondents were also asked to describe how they would participate in the governing process if they thought that the Second Chamber of Parliament was about to consider a bill that the voter thought unjust, and, in addition, to state which national goals should receive the highest priority