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List of Website Observations Conducted throughout the Research Table A.1 provides information on all the observations conducted on party and candidate websites in the seven countries included in this study from 2006 until 2010. The table specifies what type of election was taking place (or whether it was a nonelectoral period; the “invisible primary” stage in the United States was considered a nonelectoral period), in what months the observations were conducted (unless otherwise specified, websites were coded in the first two weeks of the month), and how many websites were coded. Appendix Table A.1. Calendar of Website Coding Year Country Election Observations N 2006 Italy Parliamentary February, March, April 81 2007 France Presidential March, April, May 42 2007 France Parliamentary June (first and second half) 19 2007 Germany None February 6 2007 United Kingdom None February 6 2007 Italy None February 15 2007 Spain None February 7 2007 Australia None March 7 2007 Australia Parliamentary November 19 2007 United States None March, July, September 56 2007 United States Presidential November, December 42 2008 France None February 11 2008 Germany None February 7 2008 United Kingdom None March 8 2008 Spain Parliamentary March 12 2008 Italy Parliamentary February, April 24 2008 United States Presidential January through November (all months) 97 2009 France European April, June 26 2009 Germany European April, June 14 2009 United Kingdom European April, June 16 2009 Italy European April, June 28 2009 Spain European April, June 20 2009 Germany Parliamentary September 14 2010 United Kingdom Parliamentary February, May 23 2010 Australia Parliamentary August 20 TOTAL 620 226 Appendix List of Parties and Candidates Whose Websites Were Analyzed Below is the full list of the parties and candidates whose websites were coded between 2006 and 2010. Their names are in their native language. Numbers of observations are reported in parentheses. Australia: Australian Democrats (3), Australian Greens (3), Australian Labor Party (3), Family First (3), Liberal Party (3), Nationals (3), One Nation (3), Bob Brown (2), Carers Alliance (2), Christian Democratic Party (2), Country Liberal Party (2), Tony Abbott (1), Jodeen Carney (1), Citizens Electoral Council (1), Climate Change Coalition (1), Steve Fielding (1), John Howard (1), Kevin Rudd (1), John-Paul Langbroek (1), Liberal Democratic Party (1), Liberal National Party (1), Mark Vaile (1), Pauline’s United Australia Party (1), Secular Party of Australia (1), Socialist Alliance (1), Socialist Equality Party (1), Warren Truss (1), What Women Want (1). France: Front National (7), Parti Radicale de Gauche (7), Parti Socialiste (7), Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (7), Mouvement Démocrate (5), Mouvement pour la France (5), Parti Communiste Français (5), Les Verts (5), Nouveau Centre (4), Union pour la Démocratie Française (4), Désirs d’Avenir (3), François Bayrou (3), Nicolas Sarkozy (3), Ségolène Royal (3), Arlette Laguillier (2), Dominique Voynet (2), Europe Ecologie (2), Front de Gauche (2), Jean-Marie Le Pen (2), José Bové (2), Libertas (2), Lutte Ouvrière (2), Marie-George Buffet (2), Olivier Besancenot (2), Parti de la France (2), Philippe de Villers (2), Debout la République (1), Fréderic Nihous (1), Gérard Schivardi (1), Nicolas Dupont-Aignan (1), Nicolas Miguet (1), Nouveau Parti Anticapitaliste (1). Germany: Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands (5), Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern (5), Die Linke (5), Freie Demokratische Partei (5), Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (5), Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (5), Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands (4), Gregor Gysi (1), Renate Kunast (1), Oskar Lafontaine (1), Angela Merkel (1), Frank-Walter Steinmeier (1), Jürgen Trittin (1), Guido Westerwelle (1). Italy: Italia dei Valori (8), Lega Nord (8), Unione di Centro (8), Movimento per l’Autonomia (7), Partito dei Comunisti Italiani (6), Partito della Rifondazione Comunista (6), Partito Radicale (5), Alleanza Nazionale (4), Democratici di Sinistra (4), Fiamma Tricolore (4), Forza Italia (4), La Destra (4), La Margherita (4), Partito Democratico (4), Pensionati (4), Romano Prodi (4), Rosa nel Pugno (4), Unione Democratici per l’Europa (4), L’Ulivo (4), Verdi (4), Alternativa Sociale (3), Democrazia Cristiana (3), Fronte Sociale Nazionale (3), Movimento Repubblicani Europei (3), Nuovo PSI (3), Partito Comunista dei Lavoratori (3), Popolo della Libertà (3), Partito Repubblicano Italiano (3), Lista Rauti (3), Socialisti Democratici Italiani (3), L’Unione (3), Forza Nuova (2), Partito Socialista (2), Sinistra Ecologia e Libertà (2), Aborto? No grazie (1), Grilli parlanti (1), La Sinistra-l’Arcobaleno (1), L’Autonomia (1), Lista Comunista (1), Partito Liberale (1), Per il bene comune (1), Sinistra Critica (1), Unione Democratica per i Consumatori (1...

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