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These categories were coded based on the party or parties in power at the time the survey was fielded, and on respondents\u2019 answers to a question asking them which political party, if any, they identified with in their country.[4. numoffset=&#8221;4&#8243; Governing parties were not updated to account for elections that occurred after the survey was fielded and resulted in a new party (or parties) serving in government. Language used to measure party identification varies country by country.]<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In countries where multiple political parties govern in coalition, survey respondents who indicated support for any party in the coalition were grouped together. In Germany, for example, where the center-right CDU\/CSU governed with the center-left SPD at the time of the survey, supporters of each of the three parties were grouped together. 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