European Parliamentary Elections 2014: Candidate Responses to Helsingin Sanomat Candidate Selector

This dataset consists of responses by Finnish candidates in the 2014 European Parliament election to a voting advice application maintained by the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat. The candidates were presented with thirty attitudinal statements which they evaluated on a five-point Likert scale. These statements concerned, for instance, EU membership and the Union's usefulness for Finland, immigration, economy, and values. Background variables included party, age and education.

本数据集包含2014年欧洲议会选举中芬兰候选人对《赫尔辛基新闻》（Helsingin Sanomat）维护的投票建议应用的回应。候选人需对30条态度陈述进行评价，采用五点李克特量表（Likert scale）。这些陈述涉及欧盟成员国身份、欧盟对芬兰的效用、移民、经济及价值观等议题。背景变量包括政党、年龄和教育程度。