Variable: Polarization score in terms of votes (2nd election in year)

QoG Code: (ipwe_pseats2)


Dataset: Dataset of ideological polarization in Western Europe

Description:

This variable has information if the country held a second election during the year of reference; otherwise it is empty. The polarization score of the legislature calculated from parties’ left-right placement according to expert survey data and using Dalton’s polarization index (2008). The score ranges from 0 to 10, where higher values mean higher polarization.

For more information on the methodology and some information for individual countries, please consult the methodology available at https://cise.luiss.it/cise/dataset-of-ideological-polarization-in-western-europe/

Type of variable: Continuous

Downloaded by QoG on: 2023-12-01
Last updated by source: 2023-08-03


Categories:

Political Parties and Elections


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Standard Time-series - 2024 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Standard time-series: 7


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This variable has information from the year 1946 to the year 2019