Detention of Augusto Pinochet and Elections 1999 Work Document Nº 295 June 1999
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505 QUESTIONNAIRE SOCIAL STUDY AND OPINION POLL April to May 1999 Special theme: Detention of Augusto Pinochet and Elections 1999 Work Document Nº 295 June 1999 1. Which are the three problems that the Government should dedicate its biggest effort to solving?. (7,0%) 01 PRICE RISES OR INFLATION (8,0%) 02 CORRUPTION (35,0%) 03 DELINQUENCY, ASSAULTS, ROBBERIES (7,0%) 04 HUMAN RIGHTS (24,0%) 05 EDUCATION (50,0%) 06 EMPLOYMENT (47,0%) 07 POVERTY (7,0%) 08 ENVIRONMENT (25,0%) 09 DRUGS (36,0%) 10 HEALTH (26,0%) 11 SALARIES (3,0%) 12 INFRASTRUCTURE (public transport, cars, roads, bridges, etc.) (9,0%) 13 HOUSING (10,0%) 14 JUDICIAL SYSTEM (4,0%) 15 CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM (1,0%) 16 don’t know (1,0%) 17 no answer 2. According to this scale, where would you put the current economic situation of the country? (20,0%) 1 VERY BAD (43,0%) 2 BAD (32,0%) 3 NEITHER GOOD, NEITHER BAD (4,0%) 4 GOOD (0,0%) 5 VERY GOOD (1,0%) 8 don’t know (0,0%) 9 no answer 506 2A Do you think that the bad economic situation in the country is due, principally, to bad management of the internal economic policies of the country or to the Asian crisis and other external factors (for those who answered bad or very bad on Q2) (56,0%) 1 Bad management of internal economic policies (24,0%) 2 Asian crisis or other external factors (14,0%) 3 Both (4,0%) 8 Don’t know (0,0%) 9 No answer 3. Thinking of the future, what do you think your economic economic situation will be like in a year? (3,0%) 1 MUCH WORSE (21,0%) 2 WORSE (44,0%) 3 SAME (25,0%) 4 BETTER (3,0%) 5 MUCH BETTER (4,0%) 8 don’t know (0,0%) 9 no answer 4. Do you believe that, at the moment Chile is: progressing, stagnating or in decline? (19,0%) 1 PROGRESSING (55,0%) 2 STAGNATING (23,0%) 3 IN DECLINE (2,0%) 8 don’t know (1,0%) 9 no answer 5. Independent of your political position, do you approve or disapprove of the way Eduardo Frei is managing the Government? (32,0%) 1 APPROVE (40,0%) 2 DISAPPROVE (21,0%) 3 NEITHER APPROVE NOR DISAPPROVE (4,0%) 8 don’t know (4,0%) 9 no answer 507 6. Now, looking at the following political tendencies, which do you identify or sympathize with the most? With the Opposition, with the Concertacion or with the Communist? % (18.0) 1 OPPOSITION (38.0) 2 CONCERTACION (4.0) 3 COMMUNISTS (0.0) 4 OTHERS (32.0) 5 NONE OF THEM (it is not read) (5.0) 8 don’t know (3.0) 9 no answer 7. As you know, traditionally in our country people define their political positions as being nearer to the Left, Centre or Right. On this card the different political positions are represented. Please indicate to me, which you identify or sympathize with the most? (17%) 1 RIGHT (9%) 2 CENTER RIGHT (10%) 3 CENTER (15%) 4 CENTER LEFT (12%) 5 LEFT (3%) 6 INDEPENDENT (26%) 7 NONE (5%) 8 DON’T KNOW (3%) 9 NO ANSWER 8. Now, of the following political parties that are represented on this card, which of them do you identify or sympathize with the most? (18%) 01 CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDC) (9%) 02 INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATIC UNION (UDI) (11%) 03 PARTY FOR DEMOCRACY (PPD) (2%) 04 COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHILE (PCCH) (2%) 05 RADICAL SOCIALIST DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PRSD) (9%) 06 SOCIALIST PARTY OF CHILE (PS) (8%) 07 NATIONAL RENOVATION (RN) (1%) 08 PARTY OF THE PROGRESSIVE CENTER (UCCP) (0%) 09 OTHER (34%) 10 NONE (3%) 11 DON’T KNOW (2%) 12 NO ANSWER 508 8B I am going to read you several alternatives and for each one I should like you to tell me if you, your family or your community, i.e. the area where you live, have received any help or favour from any of them. Have you received, therefore, any help or favour from A A Deputy or Senator of a political Party (5%) 01 YES (91%) 02 NO (4%) 08 Don’t know (2%) 09 No answer B A Mayor or Councillor of a political Party (8%) 01 YES (87%) 02 NO (4%) 08 Don’t know (1%) 09 No answer C Any other Party member (3%) 01 YES (92%) 02 NO (4%) 08 Don’t know (0%) 09 No answer D A person you know or respect and who has party contacts (5%) 01 YES (91%) 02 NO (4%) 08 Don’t know (0%) 09 No answer 8C Would you say that, generally, people who are close to or have contacts with political parties which are in the government can get favours or help while people who do not have these contacts cannot get them (74%) 01 YES (16%) 02 NO (9%) 08 Don’t know (2%) 09 No answer 509 9 Now I will read you a list of people and I want you to tell me what you think of each one of them. If you have not heard of some of these people, please tell me that you don´t know them. Using the terms on this card, which term best describes your opinion of each one of them? % of positive evaluation + very positive of those known % SOLEDAD ALVEAR 64,0 PATRICIO AYLWIN 49,0 SERGIO BITAR 23,0 CARLOS BOMBAL 29,0 CARLOS CACERES 20,0 FRANCISCO JAVIER ERRAZURIZ 17,0 CAMILO ESCALONA 23,0 ALBERTO ESPINA 33,0 ARTURO FREI BOLIVAR 18,0 ALEJANDRO FOXLEY 48,0 EDUARDO FREI 54,0 ENRIQUE KRAUSS 30,0 RICARDO LAGOS 55,0 HERNAN LARRAIN 26,0 JOAQUIN LAVIN 59,0 PABLO LONGUEIRA 25,0 GLADYS MARIN 17,0 RICARDO NUNEZ 19,0 CARLOS OMINAMI 31,0 AUGUSTO PINOCHET 25,0 SEBASTIAN PIÑERA 38,0 JAIME RAVINET 41,0 RAUL TRONCOSO 22,0 GABRIEL VALDES 55,0 JOSE MIGUEL INSULZA 44,0 ANDRES ZALDIVAR 45,0 510 10. Please tell me for each of the activities that Y am going to nominate how frequently or not you do them: A. LOOKING at POLITICAL PROGRAMMES ON TELEVISION (43,0%) 1 NEVER (45,0%) 2 SOMETIMES (11,0%) 3 FREQUENTLY (0,0%) 8 don’t know (1,0%) 9 no answer B. READING NEWS ABOUT POLITICS (52,0%) 1 NEVER (35,0%) 2 SOMETIMES (12,0%) 3 FREQUENTLY (0,0%) 8 don’t know (1,0%) 9 no answer C. TALKING WITH FAMILY ABOUT POLITICS (60,0%) 1 NEVER (31,0%) 2 SOMETIMES (8,0%) 3 FREQUENTLY (1,0%) 8 don’t know (1,0%) 9 no answer D. TALKING WITH FRIENDS ABOUT POLITICS (62,0%) 1 NEVER (29,0%) 2 SOMETIMES (8,0%) 3 FREQUENTLY (0,0%) 8 don’t know (1,0%) 9 no answer 511 E. TRYING TO CONVINCE SOMEBODY ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK POLITICALLY (88,0%) 1 NEVER (8,0%) 2 SOMETIMES (2,0%) 3 FREQUENTLY (1,0%) 8 don’t know (1,0%) 9 no answer F. WORKING OR HAVING WORKED FOR A PARTY OR CANDIDATE (94,0%) 1 NEVER (5,0%) 2 SOMETIMES (1,0%) 3 FREQUENTLY (0,0%) 8 don’t know (0,0%) 9 no answer 11. In relation to pressure from institutions, groups and people, do you believe that the present government of Eduardo Frei has, in general, acted firmly or weakly? (21,0%) 1 FIRMLY (64,1%) 2 WEAKLY (12%) 8 DON’T KNOW (3,0%) 9 NO ANSWER 12. In relation to pressure from institutions, groups and people, do you believe that the present government of Eduardo Frei has, in general, acted with skill and ability or without skill and ability? (29%) 1 WITH SKILL AND ABILITY (53%) 2 WITHOUT SKILL OR ABILITY (15%) 8 DON’T KNOW (3%) 9 NO ANSWER 13. Every government has good things and bad things about it. Taking into consideration all the good and bad things about the present government of Eduardo Frei, which mark would you give it, from 1 to 7, 1 being the worst and 7 being excellent: Average mark: 4.7 512 14. And taking into consideration all the good and bad things about the following governments, which mark would you give them: Average mark: 3.8 A. Salvador Allende 4.0 B. Augusto Pinochet 4.6 C. Patricio Aylwin 15. Which of the following are the most important for you to be solved in the short term: (44,0%) 1 Economic problems deriving from the Asian crisis (23,0%) 2 Electricity cuts (25,0%) 3 Increase in crime (7%) 4 Detention of Augusto Pinochet (1,0%) 8 don’t know (0,0%) 9 no answer 16. With respect to the detention of Augusto Pinochet in England, diverse groups and institutions in the country have taken up different positions. From your point of view, and taking into consideration that of the marks from 1 to 7 1 is the worst while 7 is excellent, how would you qualify the performance of the following groups with respect to the Augusto Pinochet’s detention: Average mark 4.4 A. The Government 4.5 B. the Right 3.7 C. The Socialists 4.1 D. The Christian Democrats 4.5 E. The families of those who have disappeared 4.1 F. Business Organisations 4.7 G. The Armed Forces 4.6 H. The Augusto Pinochet Foundation 4.7 I. The Catholic Church 513 17. And, from your own point of view and with a mark from 1 to 7, 1 being the worst and 7 being the best, how do you rate the performance of the different political parties with respct to the detention of Augusto Pinochet: 4.3 Christian Democratic Party 4.4 The Independent Democratic Union Party 3.8 The Socialist Party 4.5 National Renovation Party 3.3The Chilean Communist Party 4.2 Party for Democracy 18.