euandi 2019 dataset

Abstract

The euandi dataset is composed of two parts: a coded record of the political position of 272 political parties in the 2019 European Parliamentary elections from 28 Member States, and data from a general survey of user profiles in the 2019 European Parliamentary elections. (1) Coded record of the position of parties in the 2019 European Parliamentary elections with regard to 22 statements on: (a) Welfare, family and health: welfare programmes maintained even if taxes increase; (b) Migration and immigration: immigration restriction, acceptance of European values by immigrants, asylum seekers distributed proportionally among EU Member States; (c) Society, religion and culture: legalisation of same sex marriages, legalisation of soft drugs, legalisation of euthanasia; (d) Finances and taxes: reduction of government spending, tax‐raising powers for EU, tax increase on stock market gains; (e) Economy and work: stronger support for unemployed; (f) Environment, transport and energy: support for renewable sources of energy, promotion of public transport; (g) Law and order: restrictions of civil liberties, more severe punishment for criminals; (h) Foreign policy: EU should strengthen security and defence policy, EU should speak with one voice; (i) European integration: judgement about EU integration, judgement about single European currency, less veto power for individual member states, EU punishing Member States violating EU deficit rules, EU citizens able to cast a vote in any other Member State. Additionally coded was: country name, party name in English, party name in original language, and party abbreviation. (2) Data from a general survey of user profiles in the 2019 European Parliamentary elections with regard to 22 statements on: (a) Welfare, family and health: welfare programmes maintained even if taxes increase; (b) Migration and immigration: immigration restriction, acceptance of European values by immigrants, asylum seekers distributed proportionally among EU Member States; (c) Society, religion and culture: legalisation of same sex marriages, legalisation of soft drugs, legalisation of euthanasia; (d) Finances and taxes: reduction of government spending, tax‐raising powers for EU, tax increase on stock market gains; (e) Economy and work: stronger support for unemployed; (f) Environment, transport and energy: support for renewable sources of energy, promotion of public transport; (g) Law and order: restrictions of civil liberties, more severe punishment for criminals; (h) Foreign policy: EU should strengthen security and defence policy, EU should speak with one voice; (i) European integration: judgement about EU integration, judgement about single European currency, less veto power for individual member states, EU punishing Member States violating EU deficit rules, EU citizens able to cast a vote in any other Member State. Additionally coded: unique user identification number, name of the country for which the user has filled ourt the survey, language in which the questionnaire was completed, day when the questionnaire was completed, time when the questionnaire was completed, user’s weight to each statement’s importance, and user’s proximity to each party in his/her country.