The survey will 'carry' several separate but interelated projects, most notably the third module from the Comparative Studies of Electoral Systems (CSES) project [as well as others which may require and attract additional funding. Hence we will consult the larger political studies community about the content of the questionnaire. This project provides a unique vehicle for research on the electoral process. Those respondents will be reinterviewed along with a top-up of new cases to ensure the 2006/7 wave will also be representative of the 2006/7 electorate. The study will build on the longtitudinal core of the PRTLI funded panel study started after the 2002 election, with waves in 2002, 2003, 20/6.

This study will complete an unprecedented inter-election panel study of the Irish electorate with a random sample, face-to-face survey of 1800 members of the electorate after the next general election, expected in 2006 or 2007.

Irish politics (Irish Elections and Public Opinion), Comparative Electoral behaviour ( particularly European Union), Political Parties and Party Organisations Projects

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