Indian Youth and Electoral Politics | Book

MEASURING VOTING BEHAVIOUR IN INDIA

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The book captures the dynamics of multiple methodologies used for measuring voting behaviour in India in the past and present. The authors elaborate on various methods that are used for measuring voters’ opinions, attitudes, and perceptions. They discuss the advantage and disadvantages of each method to capture the multiplicity of the electoral experience of diverse voters across different settings in India. This they accomplish utilizing their long experience of conducting national-and state-level election surveys in India and by simultaneous studies using different methodology.

The book introduces to the readers details of conducting election surveys, that is, sampling, questionnaire design, field work and data collection, data entry and analysis, and challenges in estimating vote share based on surveys. It also delves into the various challenges and hurdles in translating vote estimates into seat estimates, with the nature of political contest varying from one state to another. The book poses the major challenges in measuring the voting behaviour of Indian voters and tries to offer possible solutions to meet these challenges. ( Buy Now )