The 2008 election was
held on November 8. The result was a change of government from a Labour-led to
a National-led government. The 2008 Election Study includes module 3 of the
Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) programme.The data set contains
3,042 respondents, of whom 636 are an oversample from the seven Māori
electorates. Part of the data set is a three-wave panel going back to 2002 (948
respondents). Among the freshly-sampled respondents, the response rate was
about 40%.Support predominantly came from various sources
within The University of Auckland and the Electoral Commission, with some
further funding from the University of Houston, the New Zealand Treasury, and
AUT University.
