The 2017 French Election Study (FES 2017): a post-electoral cross-sectional survey

Florent Gougou (1) , Nicolas Sauger (2)

1 Institut d'Études Politiques [IEP] - Bordeaux
2 CEE - Centre d'études européennes et de politique comparée (Sciences Po, CNRS)

This article describes a post-electoral cross-sectional survey conducted after the French presidential election of 2017. The French Election Study consists in a national representative sample of 1830 people, who were interviewed face-to-face in the days following the second round. The paper introduces the questionnaire and the methodology used. Data quality is also discussed in comparison with previous French cross-sectional presidential election studies.

Keywords: French elections; Election studies; Data quality; Sampling; Turnout overreporting

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences; Political science

Florent Gougou, Nicolas Sauger. The 2017 French Election Study (FES 2017): a post-electoral cross-sectional survey. French Politics, 2017, 15 (3), pp.360 - 370. ⟨10.1057/s41253-017-0045-6⟩. ⟨hal-02184184⟩