introduction to the comparative study of electoral systems
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Introduction to The Comparative Study of Electoral Systems. Jessica Fortin GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences [email protected] David Howell University of Michigan [email protected] APSA Short Course “New Opportunities, New Challenges: The CSES & EES Data Sets” - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Introduction to The Comparative Study of
Electoral Systems
Jessica FortinGESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
David HowellUniversity of [email protected]
APSA Short Course “New Opportunities, New Challenges: The CSES & EES Data Sets”Toronto, Canada - September 2, 2009
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Project Overview
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The CSES Project in Brief
• CSES is designed to study variations in electoralsystems (and other political institutions)
• A CSES Module is a 10-15 minute respondent questionnaire with a specific substantive theme
• The CSES Module is included in national post-election surveys around the world
• Each Module last approximately five years
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Process
1. A Planning Committee, comprised of, selected by, and informed by collaborators, designs and oversees each Module
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Module 3 Planning Committee
Ian McAllister (chair)
Australia Marta Lagos Chile
Bernt Aardal Norway Radoslaw Markowski
Poland
Kees Aarts Netherlands Ekkehard Mochmann
Germany
John Aldrich USA Hans Rattinger Germany
Ulises Beltrán Mexico Hermann Schmitt Germany
André Blais Canada Michal Shamir Israel
Yun-Han Chu Taiwan Sandeep Shastri India
Juan Díez-Nicolás Spain Gábor Tóka Hungary
David A. Howell USA Jack Vowles Great Britain
Ken’ichi Ikeda Japan Bernhard Weßels Germany
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Process
2. After the Planning Committee selects a theme for a Module, a stimulus paper is written
3. The full Planning Committee uses the stimulus paper to guide development of a questionnaire for the Module
4. After the questionnaire is finalized, collaborators raise funds locally and run the questionnaire in their country in a post-election survey
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Coverage: Module 1
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Coverage: Modules 1 and 2
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Module 3 Collaborators
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Process
4. Collaborators deposit data, documentation and reports with the CSES Secretariat
5. The Secretariat processes and merges the items into a single data file for comparative study
—Survey data is merged with administrative, demographic, district, and macro variables
—Micro-macro comparisons (individual behavior within institutional context) make CSES especially unique
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Data Availability
— Free, public access without embargo
— Available from CSES website:
www.cses.org
— Can be read into SAS, SPSS, STATA, etc.
— Also archived at GESIS, ICPSR, and many other locations (for example, university libraries)
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Website (www.cses.org)
• Our primary method of communication with our user community
• Receives 6,000 page requests monthly• Over 7,500 registrations from 134 countries
to download data since September 2002
• Many resources in addition to data: announcements, governance, workshop papers, bibliography
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Election Study Quality
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Election Study Quality
Included election studies must meet Aspired to Standards for Data Quality and Comparability (CSES Planning Committee, 1996)
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Mode of Interviewing
...face-to-face preferred
...other methods only if quality warrants it
Module 1
Module 2
Face-to-face 70% 71%
Mail/self-completion
15% 7%
Telephone 10% 10%
Mixed 5% 12%
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Timing of Interviewing
…as soon as possible after the election
Module 1:• 82% of data collections completed within
three months after election dayModule 2:• 71% of data collections completed within
three months after election day
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Placement of Module
…CSES Module must be entirely in post-election…single, uninterrupted block of questions…collaborator chooses appropriate location (in
post-election study)
Module 1:• 24 of 34 election studies (for which such
information is available) administered CSES Module 1 as an uninterrupted block of questions
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Sampling Procedures
…national sample from all age-eligible citizens—With adequate coverage
…random sampling procedures at all stages
…detailed documentation of sampling procedures
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Sample Size
…recommend no fewer than 1,000 interviews
Module 1:• Average of 1,600 interviews per election
studyModule 2:• Average of 1,567 interviews per election
study
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Field Practices
…collaborators should pre-test their instrument
…interviewers should be trained in its administration
…make every effort to achieve high response rate
…practice refusal conversion…provide data on contacts, attempts, etc.
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Translation
…should back-translate and compare…collaborate on translation with others
Module 3 Design Report (borrowed from the ISSP):
• Who translated the questionnaire?• Was the translation checked or evaluated?• Was the translated questionnaire pre-tested?• What problems were there in doing the
translation?
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Dataset and Documentation Quality
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Dataset Quality
Quality doesn’t end after the data is collected…• Collaborators clean to their national standard• Secretariat —reviews and cleans it anew—reconciles against other data sources—does cross-national comparisons—replicates known analytical models—monitors uses of data and acts on issues
reported by users
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Documentation Quality
• CSES philosophy (like the ESS): the imperfections of a study should not be hidden, but highlighted—Enhances credibility of project—Improves the quality of resulting analyses—Allows proper comparisons using the data
• Codebook notes anything we know of that has a possible impact on quality, comparability, or analytical outcomes
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Documentation Quality
• Original collaborator documents are also made available for public download:—Original language questionnaires—English language questionnaire
translations—Macro report—Sample design and data collection
(methodology) report
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Substantive Themes
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Current Data Releases
• Module 1 (1996-2001)—July 2002 Full Release:
39 election studies, 33 countries
• Module 2 (2001-2006)—June 2007 Full Release:
41 election studies, 38 countries
• Module 3 (2006-2011)—Advance Release is forthcoming
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Module 1: Performance of the System
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Module 1: Performance of the System
1) The impact of constitutional and electoral systems on democratic performance:
• Parliamentary versus presidential systems
• Electoral rules
• Political parties
• 2) The importance of social cleavages
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Module 1: Performance of the System, continued
3) Attitudes toward parties, political institutions, and the democratic process generally:
• Institutional variation and dimensions of democratic support
• Performance of democratic institutions and support for democracy
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Module 1: Performance of the System, continued
Two sets of questions at the micro level address the substantive theme
• 3 questions evaluate the electoral process.
• 5 questions target the evaluations of the responsiveness of representatives, the performance of political parties and democracy in general.
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Module 2: Accountability, Representation
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Module 2: Accountability, Representation
1) Elections as accountability versus elections as representation
• which is more desirable in a democracy?
• what makes voter feel more integrated: proportionality or disproportionality?
2) voter engagement and electoral participation
• Under which conditions are citizens more engaged in their systems?
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Module 2: Accountability, Representation , continued
3) The relationship between institutional context and voter choice
• Broader coverage
• electoral institutional and socio-political-economic context on one side and public opinion, voter choice and behavior on the other in new democracies
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Module 2: Accountability, Representation , continued
A sets of questions at the micro level address the substantive theme
• 5 questions on political participation• 2 questions on campaign involvement• Additional questions about
democracy/corruption/fairness• Questions if voter’s views are represented• Important issues/ Performance• Previous vote choice
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Module 3: Electoral Choices
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Module 3: Electoral Choices
1) The Electoral Choice Set
• How do choices affect electoral decisions?
• How do supply patterns influence choice?
2) Dimensions of Choice
• Retrospective, prospective
• Ideology
• Performance evaluations
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Module 3: Electoral Choices, continued
3) What happens if choices are not meaningful?
• Decline in electoral participation
• New parties might alter the choice set
• Public support may decline
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Module 3: Electoral Choices, continued
A sets of questions at the micro level address the substantive theme
• Egocentric and Sociotropic issues/performance
• Like/dislike leaders• Difference choice options• Consideration voting for others / or parties
respondents would never vote for
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Module 4: Proposal Titles
The list of proposal titles is:
•The micro-political foundations of social protest in democracies •Election interpretation•The political economy of electoral systems•The behavioral foundations of social politics•Voter mobilization and the professionalization of campaigns Elections and the formation of governments •Political knowledge
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CSES as a Research Resource
...Most common dependent variables across modules
• Economic voting
• Voter turnout
• Citizen Engagement/ Efficacy
• Satisfaction with Democracy
• Government accountability
• Party Systems/ Cleavages
• Choice parameters
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Introduction to The Comparative Study of
Electoral Systems
Jessica FortinGESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
David HowellUniversity of [email protected]
APSA Short Course “New Opportunities, New Challenges: The CSES & EES Data Sets”Toronto, Canada - September 2, 2009