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Survey: English COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ELECTORAL SYSTEMS (CSES) Module 3 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Department of Political Sciences Laboratory of Applied Political Research Post-electoral survey Parliamentary Elections of 4th October 2009 Fieldwork: 10-18 December 2009 COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ELECTORAL SYSTEMS (CSES) Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Department of Political Sciences Laboratory of Applied Political Research Α1. ID RESPONDENT WITHIN ELECTION STUDY …………….. Α2. ID INTERVIEWER WITHIN ELECTION STUDY …………….. Α3. INTERVIEWER GENDER 1. MALE 2. FEMALE 9. MISSING A4. DATE QUESTIONNAIRE ADMINISTERED MONTH 01. JANUARY 02. FEBRUARY 03. MARCH 04. APRIL 05. MAY 06. JUNE 07. JULY 08. AUGUST 09. SEPTEMBER 10. OCTOBER 11. NOVEMBER 12. DECEMBER 99. MISSING DAY 01-31. DAY OF MONTH 99. MISSING YEAR 2006-2010. YEAR 9999. MISSING 1 COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ELECTORAL SYSTEMS (CSES) - Module 3 MASTER QUESTIONNAIRE TEMPLATE (Greece) Q1a. What has been the most important issue to you personally in this election? [OPEN ANSWER TO BE WRITTEN DOWN WORD BY WORD] 997. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 998. VOLUNTEERED: DON'T KNOW 999. MISSING Q1b. What has been the second most important issue to you personally in this election? [OPEN ANSWER TO BE WRITTEN DOWN WORD BY WORD] 997. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 998. VOLUNTEERED: DON'T KNOW 999. MISSING Q2a. What do you think is the most important problem Greece is facing today? [OPEN ANSWER TO BE WRITTEN DOWN WORD BY WORD] 997. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 998. VOLUNTEERED: DON'T KNOW 999. MISSING Q2b. And what do you think is the second most important problem Greece is facing today? [OPEN ANSWER TO BE WRITTEN DOWN WORD BY WORD] 997. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 998. VOLUNTEERED: DON'T KNOW 999. MISSING Q3a. Thinking back of the most important problem Greece facing today [answer in question Q2a]: which political party do you think is best in dealing with it? [DO NOT READ PARTIES] 01- PASOK 02 - ND 03 - KKE 04 - LAOS 05 - SYRIZA 06 - ECOLOGISTS – GREENS 07 – Other party (please specify which)…………….. 2 96. NONE OF THE PARTIES 97. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 98. VOLUNTEERED: DON'T KNOW 99. MISSING Q3b. Thinking back of the second most important problem Greece facing today [answer in question Q2b]: which political party do you think is best in dealing with it? [DO NOT READ PARTIES] 01- PASOK 02 - ND 03 - KKE 04 - LAOS 05 - SYRIZA 06 - ECOLOGISTS – GREENS 07 – Other party (please specify which)…………….. 96. NONE OF THE PARTIES 97. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 98. VOLUNTEERED: DON'T KNOW 99. MISSING Q4. Some people say that it doesn't make any difference who is in power. Others say that it makes a big difference who is in power. Using a scale, where ONE means that it doesn't make any difference who is in power and FIVE means that it make a big difference who is in power), where would you place yourself? 1. IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE WHO IS IN POWER 2. 3. 4. 5. IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE WHO IS IN POWER 7. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 8. VOLUNTEERED: DON'T KNOW 9. MISSING Q5.Some people say that “it won't make any difference which party I vote for”. Others claim the opposite, that it can make a big difference. Using a scale, where ONE means that voting won't make any difference and FIVE means that voting can make a big difference, where would you place yourself? 1. IT WON'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE WHICH PARTY I VOTE FOR 2. 3. 4. 5. IT CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE WHICH PARTY I VOTE FOR 7. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 3 8. VOLUNTEERED: DON'T KNOW 9. MISSING Q6. Now thinking about the performance of the New Democracy government in general, how good or bad do you think the government has done its job during its second-term, starting from September of 2007 up to the elections of 2009? Has it done a very good job? Good? Bad? Very bad? 1. VERY GOOD 2. GOOD 3. BAD 4. VERY BAD 7. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 8. VOLUNTEERED: DON'T KNOW 9. MISSING Q7. Would you say that any of the political parties in Greece represent your views reasonably well? 1. YES 5. NO GO TO Q8. 7. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 8. VOLUNTEERED: DON'T KNOW 9. MISSING Q7a. < IF YES AT Q7> Which party represents your views best? [DO NOT READ PARTIES] 01- PASOK 02 - ND 03 - KKE 04 - LAOS 05 - SYRIZA 06 - ECOLOGISTS – GREENS 07 – Other party (please specify which)…………….. 97. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 98. VOLUNTEERED: DON'T KNOW 99. MISSING Q8. Regardless of your opinion about the political parties, would you say that any of the party leaders at the last parliamentary election of 4 th October 2009 represents your views reasonably well? 1. YES 5. NO GO TO Q9 (a) 7. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 4 8. VOLUNTEERED: DON'T KNOW 9. MISSING Q8a. <IF YES AT Q8> : Which party leader represents your views best? [DO NOT READ THE NAMES OF THE LEADERS] 01 – GEORGE PAPANDREOU 02- KOSTAS KARAMANLIS 03 – ALEKA PAPARIGA 04 – GEORGIOS KARATZAFERIS 05 – ALEXIS TSIPRAS 06 – NIKOS XRISOGELOS 07 – Other (please specify)…………………………….. 97. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 98. VOLUNTEERED: DON'T KNOW 99. MISSING Q9.I’d like to know what you think about each of our political parties. After I read the name of each party, please rate them on a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 means you strongly dislike that party and 10 means that you strongly like that party. If I come to a party you haven’t heard of or you feel you do not know enough about, just say so. Q9a. The first party is PASOK: using the scale that I just mentioned, which number from 0 to 10 best indicates how much you like PASOK? (REPEAT THE SCALE ) 00. STRONGLY DISLIKE 01. 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. 07. 08. 09. 10. STRONGLY LIKE 96. HAVEN'T HEARD OF PARTY 97. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 98. DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT/DON'T KNOW WHERE TO RATE 99. MISSING 5 Q9b. Using the same scale, which number from 0 to 10 best indicates how much you like New Democracy? (REPEAT –IF NECESSERY-THE SCALE ) 00. STRONGLY DISLIKE 01. 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. 07. 08. 09. 10. STRONGLY LIKE 96. HAVEN'T HEARD OF PARTY 97. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 98. DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT/DON'T KNOW WHERE TO RATE 99. MISSING Q9c. Please use the same scale also for KKE: which number from 0 to 10 best indicates how much you like KKE? (REPEAT –IF NECESSERY-THE SCALE ) 00. STRONGLY DISLIKE 01. 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. 07. 08. 09. 10. STRONGLY LIKE 96. HAVEN'T HEARD OF PARTY 97. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 98. DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT/DON'T KNOW WHERE TO RATE 99. MISSING Q9d. And using the scale that I just mentioned, which number from 0 to 10 best indicates how much you like LAOS? (REPEAT –IF NECESSERY-THE SCALE ) 00. STRONGLY DISLIKE 01. 02. 6 03. 04. 05. 06. 07. 08. 09. 10. STRONGLY LIKE 96. HAVEN'T HEARD OF PARTY 97. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 98. DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT/DON'T KNOW WHERE TO RATE 99. MISSING Q9e. And I would like to ask you to do the same for SYRIZA: using the scale that I just mentioned, which number from 0 to 10 best indicates how much you like SYRIZA? (REPEAT –IF NECESSERY-THE SCALE ) 00. STRONGLY DISLIKE 01. 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. 07. 08. 09. 10. STRONGLY LIKE 96. HAVEN'T HEARD OF PARTY 97. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 98. DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT/DON'T KNOW WHERE TO RATE 99. MISSING Q9f. Finally, using the scale that I just mentioned, which number from 0 to 10 best indicates how much you like Ecologists-Greens? (REPEAT –IF NECESSERY-THE SCALE ) 00. STRONGLY DISLIKE 01. 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. 07. 08. 09. 10. STRONGLY LIKE 7 96. HAVEN'T HEARD OF PARTY 97. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 98. DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT/DON'T KNOW WHERE TO RATE 99. MISSING Q10. I would like to ask you what you think of the party leaders. After I read the name of each party leader, please rate them on a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 means you strongly dislike that leader and 10 means that you strongly like that leader. If I come to a party leader you haven’t heard of or you feel you do not know enough about, just say so. Q10a. The first party leader is G. Papandreou: using the scale that I just mentioned, which number from 0 to 10 best indicates how much you like G. Papandreou (PASOK)? (REPEAT THE SCALE ) 00. STRONGLY DISLIKE 01. 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. 07. 08. 09. 10. STRONGLY LIKE 96. HAVEN'T HEARD OF LEADER 97. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 98. DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT/DON'T KNOW WHERE TO RATE 99. MISSING Q10b. Using the scale that I just mentioned, which number from 0 to 10 best indicates how much you like K. Karamanlis (New Democracy)? (REPEAT –IF NECESSERY-THE SCALE ) 00. STRONGLY DISLIKE 01. 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. 07. 08. 09. 10. STRONGLY LIKE 96. HAVEN'T HEARD OF LEADER 8 97. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 98. DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT/DON'T KNOW WHERE TO RATE 99. MISSING Q10c. And which number at the scale that I just mentioned best indicates how much you like A. Papariga (KKE)? (REPEAT –IF NECESSERY-THE SCALE ) 00. STRONGLY DISLIKE 01. 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. 07. 08. 09. 10. STRONGLY LIKE 96. HAVEN'T HEARD OF LEADER 97. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 98. DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT/DON'T KNOW WHERE TO RATE 99. MISSING Q10d. And which number at the scale that I just mentioned best indicates how much you like G.
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