Houdijk, Erin (2024) The EU and all its identities. A statistical study into how voting behaviour is impacted by immigration and perceived identities within the Union. Bachelor thesis.
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Abstract
Taking into consideration how easy it is to move within the European Union for all Union citizens, this paper will examine to what extent voting behaviour is impacted by perception of immigrants as well as identity/ sense of belonging. The two EU countries that have been examined to study the extent of this were The Netherlands and Germany. ESS and CBS data from the year 2014 was used to collect data on the following variables; voting behaviour, perception of immigrants and identity/ sense of belonging. A multiple linear regression was then performed, with voting behaviour as dependent variable, and the results for The Netherlands and Germany were separately analysed. Statistics show a significant relationship between voting behaviour and perception of immigrants for both The Netherlands and Germany. Where in both countries, the less accepting the citizens were of immigrants, the closer they felt to right-wing political parties. Only in Germany did the variable of identity/ sense of belonging play a role in one’s voting behaviour, where the less close citizens felt to their country the closer they felt to left-wing political parties. Although these results only give possible answers for these two chosen countries, rough ideas can be made for other countries within the EU. Ultimately, this research can help with policy making in the area of citizens voting behaviour by using this research as a guide.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Degree programme: | Human Geography and Planning |
| Supervisor: | Koeppen, M.L.C. |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Jul 2024 11:02 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Jul 2024 11:02 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/4550 |
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