Response Order, Party Choice, and Evaluations of the National Economy: A Survey Experiment

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  • Patrick Sturgis University of Surrey
  • Martin Choo University of Surrey
  • Patten Smith Ipsos-MORI

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18148/srm/2009.v3i1.129

Keywords:

economic voting, survey experiment, endogeneity

Abstract

We present the results of a survey experiment in which we manipulate the order that respondents are administered vote choice and economic evaluation items. Our findings add to the growing body of evidence which suggests that survey respondents tacitly align evaluations of the national economy with previously stated attitudes and behaviour. Our results have implications for theories of economic voting and for the design of national election study questionnaires.

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Published

2009-03-30

How to Cite

Sturgis, P., Choo, M., & Smith, P. (2009). Response Order, Party Choice, and Evaluations of the National Economy: A Survey Experiment. Survey Research Methods, 3(1), 7–12. https://doi.org/10.18148/srm/2009.v3i1.129

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