Northern Ireland General Election Attitudes Survey, 2010

The 2010 General Election represented the first opportunity for Northern Ireland's (NI) voters to express their political preferences in a non-European election since the formation of a power-sharing devolved government in 2007, headed by the Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Fein. The <i>Northern Ireland General Election Attitudes Survey, 2010</i> examines the NI electorate's views of the 2010 election and explores different possible scenarios, such as:<ul><li>thawing of the sectarian divide between Protestant-British Unionists and Catholic-Irish nationalists</li><li>movement away from the main ethnic blocs by voters who may support cross-community parties such as Alliance or the Greens</li><li>the utility of the joint 'Ulster Unionist-Conservative Party' label of Unionism's second largest party</li><li>the impact of Sinn Fein's new political approach, with the party supporting the Police Service of Northern Ireland since 2007</li></ul>The survey provides vital evidence on the demographics of party support, the perceptions of parties and the views of the performance of the Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive. The survey also tests the electorate’s perception of the threat posed by 'dissident' republicans.<br>
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Further information can be found on the <a href="http://www.esrc.ac.uk/my-esrc/grants/RES-000-22-4033/read" title ="2010 Northern Ireland General Election"> 2010 Northern Ireland General Election</a> ESRC award web page. <br>
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Users are advised that the UK Data Archive holds the <i>British Election Study</i> series (available under GN 33066) which explores electoral behaviour in Great Britain.<br>

2010年英国大选，是北爱尔兰（Northern Ireland, NI）选民自2007年由民主统一党（Democratic Unionist Party）与新芬党（Sinn Fein）联合组建权力分享型下放政府以来，首次得以在非欧洲议会选举中表达政治倾向的契机。

《2010年北爱尔兰大选态度调查》（Northern Ireland General Election Attitudes Survey, 2010）旨在调研北爱尔兰选民对2010年大选的看法，并探讨多种潜在情景，包括：
- 新教英国统一派与天主教爱尔兰民族主义者之间的宗派分歧出现缓和；
- 选民脱离主流族群阵营，转而支持联盟党（Alliance）、绿党（Greens）等跨社群政党；
- 统一主义第二大政党所采用的“阿尔斯特统一党-保守党”联合标签的实际效用；
- 新芬党自2007年起支持北爱尔兰警察署（Police Service of Northern Ireland）后，其全新政治路线所产生的影响。

本调查为政党支持的人口统计学特征、选民对各政党的认知评价，以及北爱尔兰议会与行政当局的施政表现评估提供了关键实证依据。此外，调查还测算了选民对“持异议共和派”所构成威胁的认知程度。

更多详细信息可访问经济与社会研究理事会（Economic and Social Research Council, ESRC）的《2010年北爱尔兰大选》资助项目网页，网址为：http://www.esrc.ac.uk/my-esrc/grants/RES-000-22-4033/read。

请注意，英国数据档案馆（UK Data Archive）藏有《英国选举研究》（British Election Study）系列数据集（编号GN 33066），该数据集聚焦大不列颠地区的选举行为。