A Question of Commitment: Investigating how Citizens Perceive Parties’ Programmatic Responses to Competition (SUF edition)

Full edition for scientific use. This dataset presents the findings from a comprehensive online survey investigating Austrian voters’ perceptions of political party responses to electoral competition, particularly in the context of populist challengers. Conducted between March 3rd and March 14th, 2023, by the MARKET Institute via a panel of 30000 individuals, the survey achieved a representative sample of 2013 respondents, matching national demographic distributions in terms of gender, age, federal state, and education level. The questionnaire, consisting of 21 questions, explored voter attitudes through various dimensions, including political interest, vote recall, party alignment, and specific policy issues ranging from social welfare to immigration. Additionally, the survey incorporated a vignette experiment to assess reactions to hypothetical political scenarios, gauging the perceived sincerity versus strategic positioning of parties in policy space. The data collection was designed to ensure anonymity and compliance with data protection regulations, providing a labeled and anonymized dataset suitable for in-depth voter-level analyses. This dataset is intended as a Scientific Use File (SUF) for researchers exploring aspects of voter behavior in response to party strategy within the Austrian electoral context.

本数据集为供科研使用的完整版。该数据集呈现了一项综合性在线调查的研究成果，此项调查旨在探究奥地利选民对政党应对选举竞争的看法，尤其是在民粹主义挑战者的语境下。本次调查由MARKET研究所于2023年3月3日至14日开展，依托拥有30000名受访者的调研面板招募样本，最终获得2013份有效受访样本，其人口统计学分布（包括性别、年龄、联邦州及教育水平）与奥地利全国人口结构高度匹配。本次调查问卷共设21个问题，从多个维度探究选民态度，涵盖政治兴趣、投票记忆、政党认同，以及从社会福利到移民问题等具体政策议题。此外，本次调查还纳入了情境实验（vignette experiment），用于评估选民对假设政治场景的反应，以此衡量选民对各政党在政策领域中展现出的诚意与策略性定位的认知差异。本次数据采集工作严格保障匿名性并符合数据保护法规要求，最终产出带标注且匿名化的数据集，适用于选民层面的深入分析。本数据集作为科研专用文件（Scientific Use File, SUF），面向旨在探究奥地利选举语境下选民对政党策略回应行为的研究人员。