MEDW 2012 French Presidential 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 2012 French presidential election. 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.

本数据集依托选举民主有效运行（Making Electoral Democracy Work）项目框架编制完成，包含2012年法国总统选举的选举前与选举后调研数据。选举民主有效运行（Making Electoral Democracy Work，简称MEDW）是一项国际合作项目，于2009年至2017年间由来自加拿大、欧洲及美国的政治学、经济学与心理学领域学者组成的大型研究团队实施开展。该项目旨在探究博弈规则（尤其是选举制度）与选举语境（尤其是选举的竞争性与显著性）如何影响选民与政党之间的动态双向互动关系。为此，项目组收集了2010年至2016年间加拿大、法国、德国、西班牙及瑞士境内各类选举的相关数据，每个研究国家均选取两个次国家级行政单元（通常为地区）作为研究对象。相关分析辅以实验室实验、线上实验以及政党竞选活动相关数据作为补充。该项目的部分已发表成果可通过http://electoraldemocracy.com/publications查阅。如需了解该项目更多信息，可访问项目官方网站（http://electoraldemocracy.com），或参阅安德烈·布莱（André Blais）发表于《选举研究（Electoral Studies）》2010年第29期第169至170页的文章《选举民主有效运行》。