The 2014 EES Voter Study, First Post-Election Survey consists of EU wide survey which was be carried jointly with the post-electoral survey commissioned by the European Parliament (EP). The questionnaires for the study were identical in the various member states, apart from minor but unavoidable differences generated by differences in party names and country-specific institutions. With the exception of the recurrent EES items, for which the question wording was provided by the EES team, the translation process was carried out centrally by TNS Opinion. The sample size is roughly 1,100 interviews in each EU member state. The exceptions are Malta and Luxembourg where the sample size is 500 and the United Kingdom were the sample is approximately 1300, of which approximately 300 interviews are to be conducted in Northern Ireland. Data collection is done via CAPI.The total sample size is approximately 30000.
Together with the EP component the post-electoral survey consists of approximately 250 items. The core of the questionnaire will be similar to the EES 2009 Voter Study. The main innovations consist of: a focus on the effects of the economic crisis, the inclusion of a battery inquiring about the candidates for President of the next European Commission and a new wording of the issues questions. Unfortunately, due the limited funding, the questionnaire will not include all the items featured in the 2009 Voter Study.