The 2020 New Zealand Election Study
Principal Researchers
University of Otago
Janine Hayward
About the 2020 New Zealand Election Study
The 2020 New Zealand Election Study was run following the 2020 General Election on Saturday 17 October. The election was postponed due to a COVID-19 lockdown in Auckland. Data collection was run through the Public Policy Institute at The University of Auckland. A total of 3,730 people completed the 2020 survey, with about one-third taking up the online response option via Qualtrics. All respondents were sent a $20 grocery voucher as thanks for their efforts. The online survey also included te reo Māori and Chinese language options for the first time. The 2020 NZES was funded by Victoria University of Wellington, the Electoral Commission, the University of Auckland, and the University of Otago.
The 2020 NZES data sets are hosted by the Australian Data Archive, and can be accessed here.
The 2020 NZES one-way frequency tables, weighted by Māori/General electorates, age, gender, highest educational qualification, and party vote and turnout, are available here.
Some analysis of the 2020 NZES data was reported on by The Conversation., and the 2020 NZES book was published by the Australian National University Press in June 2024: Curtin J, Greaves LM, Vowles J (Eds) (2024). A Team of Five Million? The 2020 ‘COVID-19’ New Zealand General Election. ANU Press, doi:10.22459/TFM.2024.
