8,004 rated or chosen profiles from 2,001 respondents, in up to 2 tasks of 2 profiles varying on 9 attributes.

One of 2 tables from the same source; this one is the britain table. The others are listed under Related tables.

About this table

Description	British adults (YouGov, May 2023, n=2,001) chose between two fictional candidates varying in social traits, policy positions and working-class group appeals, 2 tasks; forced vote choice plus 1-7 ratings of representation and left-right placement.
Reference	Finseraas, H., Heath, O., Langsæther, P. E., & Smets, K. (2026). How group appeals shape group-party linkages in two political systems. The Journal of Politics, 88(3), 1264-1269.
DOI	10.1086/735505
Licence	CC0 1.0
Source data	https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/EKM4B3

Notes

Outcomes: forced vote choice between two candidates; rating_represent, 1-7 extent the candidate represents "someone like you" (higher = more); rating_leftright, 1-7 placement (higher = further right, not favourability). The deposit collapses the six displayed job titles to working vs middle class, so attr_occupation holds the class with its possible titles. The authors' dummy and interaction variables are dropped. (irw#2887)

These notes describe the source data, which the IRW reproduces as released. All notes are listed on the Data Notes page.

Size and shape

Respondents	2,001
Rows (one per respondent, task and profile)	8,004
Tasks per respondent (most)	2
Profiles per task	2
Attributes	9
Tasks with no profile chosen	0

Design

Topic	candidate choice
A profile represents	person
Country	GB
Language shown	en
Language of stored levels	en
Task order	recorded in the deposit
Profile position	recorded in the deposit

Outcomes:

choice	Which of the two candidates do you prefer? [choice, forced]
rating_leftright	On a scale from left to right, where would you place the two candidates? [rating, 1 (left) to 7 (right)]
rating_represent	To what extent do you feel the two candidates represent people like you? [rating, 1 (low) to 7 (high)]

Columns

attr_ageattr_born_raisedattr_climateattr_economicattr_euattr_genderattr_group_appealattr_immigrationattr_occupationchoicecov_age_scaledcov_gendercov_vote_conservativecov_votedcov_working_classidprofilerating_leftrightrating_representtask

The layout (one row per respondent, task and profile; choice/rating outcomes; attr_ columns holding each attribute level as displayed) is defined in the IRW conjoint standard. What the outcomes asked is under Design above.

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# R
install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("itemresponsewarehouse/Rpkg")
library(irw)
df <- irw_fetch("finseraas_2026_group_appeals_britain", source = "conj")

# Python
pip install irw

import irw
df = irw.fetch("finseraas_2026_group_appeals_britain", source="conj")

How to cite

@article{Finseraas_2026, title={How Group Appeals Shape Group–Party Linkages in Two Political Systems}, volume={88}, ISSN={1468-2508}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/735505}, DOI={10.1086/735505}, number={3}, journal={The Journal of Politics}, publisher={University of Chicago Press}, author={Finseraas, Henning and Heath, Oliver and Langsæther, Peter Egge and Smets, Kaat}, year={2026}, month=July, pages={1264–1269} }

Version and provenance

IRW version	v584
Redivis dataset	irw_conjoint v4.2
Redivis dataset DOI	10.57761/qkye-q530
Manifest pin for this IRW version	v4.2
Metadata source	irw_meta v44.0