Post-electoral survey, regional election Andalusia 2018

[EN] On 2 December 2018, elections were held to mark the beginning of the 11th legislature of the Andalusian Parliament. The election day resulted in the second lowest turnout in Andalusian elections (56.6%), the change of government and the obtaining of parliamentary representation of an extreme right-wing party for the first time in the recent democratic history of our country. The end of the two-party system, the emergence of new parties and the increase in voter volatility are features that have characterised many of the general and regional elections held in Spain, and in other neighbouring countries, since 2014. The analysis of the behaviour of Andalusian voters in these elections, in addition to being of interest in itself, provides relevant information to answer the questions posed by the new party system in our country. This data file contains the results of a survey designed with the aim of delving deeper into the reasons that led a significant part of the Andalusian electorate to abstain and the reasons given by those who voted as they did. The survey on 2D electoral behaviour is the eighth that IESA/CSIC has carried out using the Citizens' Panel for Social Research in Andalusia (PACIS) and was answered by 1,037 people aged 18 and over. Of these, 751 completed the questionnaire online and 286 by telephone interview (CATI). The fieldwork was conducted between 1 and 28 March 2019. In addition to the typical questions on electoral behaviour, the questionnaire included other questions aimed at investigating the explanatory factors of abstention and voting in this particular election. PACIS is a tool that was set up by the IESA-CSIC (http://www.iesa.csic.es) for the collection of quality information in research for scientific purposes or to improve public management, with the autonomous community of Andalusia as its geographical area of reference. It consisted of a group of households selected at random to be representative of the Andalusian population. People over 16 years of age who live in these households periodically answered questionnaires on various topics of general interest for Andalusia.