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Supplementary Materials: Valence Politics and Electoral Choice in a New Democracy: the Case of Taiwan Supplementary Materials: Valence Politics and Electoral Choice in a New Democracy: The Case of Taiwan Karl Ho, [email protected], School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas; Harold D. Clarke, [email protected], School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas and Department of Government, University of Essex; Li‐Khan Chen, [email protected], Department of Political Science, Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan; Dennis Lu‐Chung Weng, [email protected], School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas Version: January 27, 2013 Appendix—List of Variables Vote=f(national leader image, local leader image, central government performance, local government performance, president’s cross-strait policy, partisanship, party preference on handling most important issues, economic evaluations, national identity, citizenship, socio-demographics) Var.Name Variable Label Values Label Missing Value treatment Vote* Which ticket did you vote for? 01 Frank HSIEH and SU Tseng-chang 91forgot 02 MA Ying-jeou and Vincent SIEW 94 cast an invalid vote 95 refuse to answer 98 don’t know 99 skip recoded to separate categories including “refused to answer”, “non-voter” National How would you rate Frank HSIEH using 0 to 00 you dislike him very much 95 refuse to answer Leader Image 10 scale? 01 96 it’s hard to say 02 97 no opinion 03 98 don’t know 04 05 Mean substitution 06 07 08 09 10 you like him very much. National How would you rate MA Ying-jeou 00 you dislike him very much 95 refuse to answer Leader Image using 0 to 10 scale? 01 96 it’s hard to say 02 97 no opinion 03 98 don’t know 04 05 Mean substitution 06 07 08 09 10 you like him very much. Local Leader Image What’s your feeling toward Hau, Lung-bin? 00 you dislike him very much 95. refuse to answer (Mayor of Taipei) 01 96. it’s hard to say _______ 02 97. no opinion 03 98. don’t know 04 05 Mean substitution 06 07 08 09 10 you like him very much. Local Leader Image What’s your feeling toward Hu, Jason ? 00 you dislike him very much 95. refuse to answer (Mayor of Tai-Chung) 01 96. it’s hard to say _______ 02 97. no opinion 03 98. don’t know 04 05 Mean substitution 06 07 08 09 10 you like him very much. Local Leader Image What’s your feeling toward Chen, Chu ? 00 you dislike her very much 95. refuse to answer (Mayor of Kaohsiung) 01 96. it’s hard to say _______ 02 97. no opinion 03 98. don’t know 04 05 Mean substitution 06 07 08 09 10 you like her very much. Central Government Concerning Chen, Shui-bian’s overall 01 very satisfied 95 refuse to answer Performance performance during his presidency, are you 02 somewhat satisfied 96 it depends (2008 Presidential very satisfied, somewhat satisfied, somewhat 03 somewhat dissatisfied 97 no opinion Election Survey) dissatisfied, or very dissatisfied? 04 very dissatisfied 98 don’t know recoded to middle category of restructured 5-point scale Central Government How satisfied are you with the overall 01. very satisfied 95. refuse to answer Performance performance of the central government under 02. satisfied 96. it depends (2010 Mayoral the KMT over the last two and half years? 03. somewhat dissatisfied 97. no opinion Election Election 04. very dissatisfied 98. don’t know Survey) recoded to middle category of restructured 5-point scale Local Government Overall, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with 01. very satisfied 95. refuse to answer Performance the performance of the Taipei City mayor over 02. somewhat satisfied 96. it depends the past four years? 03. somewhat dissatisfied 97. no opinion 04. very dissatisfied 98. don’t know recoded to middle category of restructured 5-point scale Local Government Overall, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with 01. very satisfied 95. refuse to answer Performance the performance of the Taichung City mayor 02. somewhat satisfied 96. it depends over the past four years? 03. somewhat dissatisfied 97. no opinion 04. very dissatisfied 98. don’t know recoded to middle category of restructured 5-point scale Local Government Overall, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with 01. very satisfied 95. refuse to answer Performance the performance of the Kaohsiung City mayor 02. somewhat satisfied 96. it depends over the past four years? 03. somewhat dissatisfied 97. no opinion 04. very dissatisfied 98. don’t know recoded to middle category of restructured 5-point scale President’s Due to President Ma’s cross-strait trade 01. better 93. don’t know Cross-strait Policy policies, do you think Taiwan’s economy has 02. worse President Ma’s gotten better, worse or is about the same? 03. about the same cross-strait trade policies 95. refuse to answer 96. it depends 97. no opinion 98. don’t know recoded to middle category Party Identification Which party is that? 01 KMT 95 refuse to answer (Partisanship) 02 DPP 96 it’s hard to say 03 NP 98 don’t know 04 PFP 05 TSU Recoded to “others” 06 Green Party Taiwan category 07 Home Party Party Preference Now we’d like to understand your opinions 00 dislike it very much 95 refuse to answer about each of the political parties. If 0 means 01 98 don’t know you dislike a party very much, and 10 means 02 you like that party very much, what number 03 would you give the KMT? 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 like it very much. Party Preference What about the DPP? 00 dislike it very much 95 refuse to answer 01 98 don’t know 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 like it very much. Candidate best at Which candidate best at most important issue? Candidate names 91 all issue 92 neither 95 refuse to answer 96 it's hard to say 97 no opinion 98 don't know 99 skip recoded to zero Economic Would you say that over the past year, the state 01 better 96 it depends Evaluations of the economy of Taiwan has gotten better, 02 about the same 97 no opinion (Retrospective - stayed about the same, or gotten worse? 03 worse 98 don’t know National) recoded to middle category Economic Would you say that in the forthcoming year, 01 better 95 refuse to answer Evaluations the state of the economy of Taiwan will get 02 about the same 96 it depends (Perspective - better, stay about the same, or get worse? 03 worse 97 no opinion National) 98 don’t know recoded to middle category Economic Would you say that over the past year, your 01 better 95 refuse to answer Evaluations own household’s economic condition has 02 about the same 96 it depends (Retrospective - gotten better, stayed about the same, or gotten 03 worse 97 no opinion Personal) worse? 98 don’t know recoded to middle category Economic Would you say that in the forthcoming year, 01 better 95 refuse to answer Evaluations your own household’s economic condition will 02 about the same 96 it depends (Perspective - get better, stay about the same, or get worse? 03 worse 97 no opinion Personal) 98 don’t know recoded to middle category National Identity Concerning the relationship between Taiwan 1 immediate unification 7 it's depended by (Independence/Unific and mainland China, which of the following six 2 immediate independence government ation) positions do you agree with: 1) immediate 3 maintain the status quo, move toward 8 nothing about China9 unification, 2) immediate independence, 3) unification in the future one country two maintain the status quo, move toward 4 maintain the status quo, move toward systems unification in the future, 4) maintain the independence in the future 95 refuse to answer 5 maintain the status quo, decide either 96 it depends unification or indepe ndence, 97 it's hard to say 6 maintain the status quo forever 98 don't know Recoded into three (Indep, Unify and Status recoded to zeros in Quo) dichotomous variables dichotomous variables Citizenship: C1. Some people say, “People like me don’t 01. strongly agree 95. refuse to answer Political Efficacy have any say about what the government does.” 02. agree 96. it depends Do you agree or disagree with this statement? 03. disagree 97. no opinion C2. Some people say, “Government officials 04. strongly disagree 98. don’t know do not care much about what people like me think.” Do you agree or disagree with this recoded to middle statement? category C3. Some people say, “Sometimes politics seems so complicated that a person like me cannot really understand what is going on.” Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Citizenship: D1. Some people say, “Most decisions made 01. strongly believe 95. refuse to answer Political Trust by the government are correct.” Do you agree 02. believe 96. it depends or disagree with this statement? 03. not believe much 97. no opinion D2. Some people say, “Government officials 04. not believe at all 98. don’t know often waste taxpayers’ money.” Do you agree or disagree with this statement? recoded to middle D3. When the government decides important category policies, do you think “popular welfare” is its first priority? Is it often, sometimes, seldom, or never? D4. Do you believe what government officials say? Do you strongly believe them, believe them, not believe them much, or not believe them at all? Citizenship: A1. During last year’s campaign, some people 01. less than 30 minutes 95.
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