Hello to all coders,
there is ambiguity about whether and when to code pledges as fulfilled
after the government term has ended. We discussed in our last team
meeting that we would give governments some leeway. But it appears that
neither Alex nor I nor everybody on the team is on the same page what
this entails.
I keep hearing that pledge fulfillment after a government term pops up
again and again in the data. As far as I am concerned, this should only
be coded as fulfilled when the pledge is fulfilled after a new
legislature has formed but before the next government takes over, as
government formation can take some time. This is what we currently see
in Germany: there has been a new parliament for quite some time now, but
the old government is still working until the CDU+SPD agree on their
terms and elect Merz as the new Bundeskanzler (which will allow him to
form a new government and cabinet).
Is this what is happening in the data? It would be very helpful if
everyone could provide me with two concrete examples from your coding
data so we can get a feeling for why this keeps popping up in the data.
This will allow us to set a concrete rule for your coding decisions.
Please get to this as soon as possible - on your first working day after
the small easter holiday at the latest. We need this information to
guide your further coding, and this is a priority atm.
Thank you very much!
Best wishes,
Leo
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Dr. Leo Ahrens
leo.ahrens(a)uni-konstanz.de
Website <https://leoahrens.eu/>