Municipal Election Priorities from 500 Groningen Residents

Almost 500 inhabitants of Groningen submitted their top five topics for the municipal elections in March 2022. The data was collected to inform a Voting Guide and lists priorities like sustainability, housing, and quality of life. The dataset is provided by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze public issue salience for local elections based on the listed top five topics.
• Compare citizen priorities across different demographic groups based on the survey nature of the data.
• Inform political campaign strategy by understanding key voter concerns mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from a direct survey of almost 500 residents.
• Focuses on a specific, upcoming electoral event (March 2022 municipal elections).
• Provides a clear list of top five policy topics from the public.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to a single city (Groningen).

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

Survey submissions from inhabitants.

Time Range

Collected for the March 2022 municipal elections.

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

Groningen, Netherlands.