MEDW 2014 French Municipal 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 French municipal election of 2014. It covers two cities: Paris and Marseille. 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，简称MEDW）项目框架编制完成。数据集涵盖2014年法国市政选举的选举前与选举后调研数据，涉及巴黎与马赛两座城市。“选举民主有效运行”（Making Electoral Democracy Work，MEDW）是一项国际合作研究项目，于2009年至2017年间由来自加拿大、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实施。该项目旨在探究制度运行规则（尤其是选举制度）与选举情境（尤其是选举的竞争性与显著性）如何影响选民与政党间的动态双向互动关系。为达成研究目标，项目组收集了2010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行政单元（通常为地区）作为研究对象。研究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。项目部分已发表成果可通过http://electoraldemocracy.com/publications查阅。如需了解项目更多信息，可访问项目官方网站http://electoraldemocracy.com，或参阅André Blais发表于《选举研究》（Electoral Studies）2010年第29卷第169-170页的文章《选举民主有效运行》（Making Electoral Democracy Work）。