This is a short description of the file Polls.csv. The file contains all polls conducted in Sweden regarding political sympathies. The file originated from Novus but has been updated and variables added.
The file contains the following variables.
| Variable | Description |
|---|---|
| PublYearMonth | Month and year of publication |
| Company | Company name at publication |
| M - Fi | Poll results for the different parties |
| Uncertain | Uncertain voters |
| n | The number of observations |
| PublDate | Date of publication |
| collectPeriodFrom | Start date of data collection |
| collectPeriodTo | End date of data collection |
| approxPeriod | Indicator if the period is known or if it is an approximation of the period |
| house | The latest companyname (if the name has been changed) |
The value NA follows the R standard and means missing value.
There are two files. Polls.csv and OldPolls.csv. The file Polls.csv contains polls from 1995 - and OldPolls.csv contains data up to (and including) 1994. The same variables are used (except actual parties).
In the earlier data the quality of the data is of less good quality (more NA:s in sample size and collection period). Before 2000 only Sifo is currently added.
Data from 2008 are of better quality (ie less NA).
Just fork the repository and feel free to send me a merge request with your suggested corrections and/or additions. You can also just drop an issue in the repository.
If you just want to download the raw csv-file as is you can find the file here. To download it, just click "Raw".
Below there are code to read the data directly into different statistical software.
To download this file directly to R use the RPackage Swedish polls with the function get_polls():
devtools::install_github("MansMeg/SwedishPolls", subdir = "RPackage")
polls <- SwedishPolls::get_polls()Using R it is allso simple to get data for the last elections in the same format as the polls.
data("elections", package = "SwedishPolls")