MEDW 2015 Madrid Regional Election Study

This dataset was produced within the framework of the Making Electoral Democracy Work project. It contains pre-election and post-election survey data from the 2015 regional election in Madrid. Making Electoral Democracy Work (MEDW) is an international collaborative project that was conducted between 2009 and 2017 by a large team of political scientists, economists, and psychologists from Canada, Europe, and the United States. Its goal was to examine how the rules of the game (especially the electoral system) and the electoral context (especially the competitiveness and salience of the election) influence the dynamic and reciprocal relationship between voters and parties. To do so, the project gathered data for different types of elections held in Canada, France, Germany, Spain, and Switzerland between 2010 and 2016. In each country, two subnational units, typically regions, were studied. The analyses were complemented by laboratory and online experiments, as well as data on the parties’ campaigns. A selection of the project publications can be found at http://electoraldemocracy.com/publications. For more information on the project visit the project website (http://electoraldemocracy.com) or read André Blais, “Making Electoral Democracy Work,” Electoral Studies 29 (2010): 169–70.

本数据集生成于‘选举民主有效运行’项目（Making Electoral Democracy Work）框架下。它包含2015年马德里地区选举的选前与选后调查数据。

‘选举民主有效运行’项目（Making Electoral Democracy Work，简称MEDW）是一项国际合作项目，由来自加拿大、欧洲及美国的政治学家、经济学家与心理学家组成的大型团队于2009年至2017年间开展。该项目旨在探究‘游戏规则’（尤其选举制度）与选举情境（尤其选举的竞争性及显著性）如何影响选民与政党之间动态且互惠的关系。

为此，项目收集了2010年至2016年间在加拿大、法国、德国、西班牙及瑞士举行的各类选举数据。在每个国家，研究对象为两个地方行政单位（通常为地区）。分析工作辅以实验室与在线实验，以及政党竞选活动相关数据。

部分项目出版物可通过http://electoraldemocracy.com/publications获取。如需了解项目更多信息，请访问项目网站（http://electoraldemocracy.com）或参阅André Blais所著《Making Electoral Democracy Work》一文（《选举研究》29卷，2010年，第169-170页）。