Albanian Election Study 2005 Post-elections Survey Parliamentary elections of 3 July 2005 (1) NOTES often precede the question TEXT, and provide instructions for the administration of the item. (2) The response options that should be read to the respondent are contained in the body of the question. (3) Respondents who volunteer the response "Don't know" (or who refuse to answer a question) should be coded appropriately. Interviewers should accept this response and should not probe for additional information or force a respondent to use one of the response categories provided in the text of the question. Location: Sample code: 1 2 3 4 5 Interviewer: Interviewer gender: Interview date: …… July 2005 Responses checked by: Coded by: Coding checked by: 1 A. ELECTORAL CAMPAIGN ISSUES CARD 1 A1. On an average weekday, how much time, in total, do you spend watching television? Please use this card to answer. 1. No time at all -> SKIP NEXT QUESTION, CONTINUE WITH A3 2. Less than an hour 3. less than hour to 1 hour 4. More than 1 hour, up to 1 1/2 hours 5. More than 1 1/2 hours, up to 2 hours 6. More than 2 hours, up to 2 1/2 hours 7. More than 2 1/2 hours, up to 3 hours 8. More than 3 hours 9. Don’t know (VOLUNTEERED) CARD 1 A2. And again on an average weekday, how much of your time watching television is spent watching news or programs about politics and current affairs? Still use this card. CODE FROM CARD 1:______ CARD 1 A3. On an average weekday, how much time, in total, do you spend listening to the radio? CODE FROM CARD 1:______ CARD 1 A4. And again on an average weekday, how much of your time listening to the radio is spent listening to news or programs about politics and current affairs? CODE FROM CARD 1:______ 2 CARD 1 A5. On an average weekday, how much time, in total, do you spend reading the newspapers? CODE FROM CARD 1:______ SKIP NEXT QUESTION IF NEVER READS NEWSPAPERS A6. Which newspaper did you read most often during the electoral campaing? Please, write in the name of the newspaper: CARD 1 A7. And how much of this time is spent reading about politics and current affairs? (STILL USE THIS CARD.) CODE FROM CARD 1:______ A8. How often do you use the internet or e-mail – whether at home or at work – for your personal use: never, less than once a month, once a month, several times a month, once a week, several times a week or every day? 1. HAVE NO ACCESS TO INTERNET EITHER AT HOME OR AT WORK 2. NEVER USE 3. LESS THAN ONCE A MONTH 4. ONCE A MONTH 5. SEVERAL TIMES A MONTH 6. ONCE A WEEK 7. SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK 8. EVERY DAY 9. VOLUNTEERED: DON'T KNOW A9. How interested would you say you are in politics – are you very interested, quite interested, hardly interested, or not at all interested? 1. VERY INTERESTED 2. QUITE INTERESTED 3. HARDLY INTERESTED 4. NOT AT ALL INTERESTED 8. VOLUNTEERED: DON'T KNOW 9. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 7. MISSING 3 A10. When you get together with your friends, would you say you discuss political matters frequently, occasionally, or never? 1. FREQUENTLY 2. OCCASIONALLY 3. NEVER 9. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 7. MISSING A11. When you get together with your family members, would you say you discuss political matters frequently, occasionally, or never? 1. FREQUENTLY 2. OCCASIONALLY 3. NEVER 9. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 7. MISSING A12. Considering your friends, of how many of them do you know the party they support, none, a few, a majority, or all of them? 1. NONE 2. A FEW 3. A MAJORITY 4. ALL Here is a list of things some people do during elections. Which if any did you do during the most recent election? C1. During the election campaign, did you talk to other people to persuade them to vote for a particular party or candidate? YES --> How often did you do this? Would you say frequently? Occasionally? Rarely? 4. FREQUENTLY 3. OCCASIONALLY 2. RARELY 1. NO --> GO TO C2. 9. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 7. MISSING 4 C2. During the election campaign, did you show your support for a particular party or candidate by attending a meeting, campaign rally, putting up a poster, or in some other way? YES --> How often did you do this? Would you say frequently? Occasionally? Rarely? 4. FREQUENTLY 3. OCCASIONALLY 2. RARELY 1. NO --> GO TO C2. 9. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 7. MISSING C3. During the election campaign did a candidate or anyone from a political party contact you to persuade you to vote for them? 1. YES 2. NO 9. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 7. MISSING C4. Can you tell me how far the polling station where you were supposed to vote is from where you actually live? 1. WITHIN 200 METERS 2. BETWEEN 200 AND 500 METERS 3. BETWEEN 500 METERS AND A KILOMETERS 4. BETWEEN ONE AND FIVE KILOMETERS 5. MORE THAN FIVE KILOMETERS AWAY C5. How many of your friends do you think voted on July 3rd parliamentary elections? None, some of them, a majority, or all of them? 1. None 2. Some of them 3. A majority 4. All 5 How sure are you about this answer? 1_____2_____3_____4_____5 NOT SURE VERY SURE AT ALL C6. How did you go to the polling station? 1. BY FOOT 2. BY BYCYCLE 3. BY CAR, SCOOTER, OR MOTORBIKE 4. BY BUS 8. BY OTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION C7. With whom did you go to the polling station? 1. ALONE 2. WITH SPOUSE AND/OR CHILDREN 3. WITH PARENT(S) OR OTHER RELATIVES 4. WITH FRIENDS 5. WITH NEIGHBORS 6. WITH COLLEAGUES FROM WORK 7. WITH SUPPORTERS OF THE SAME PARTY THAT YOU VOTE FOR 8. WITH SOMEONE ELSE? C8. For a variety of reasons, some people refrained from voting on July 3rd parliamentary elections. Did you cast your vote? 1. YES 5. NO -> GO TO C8 9. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 7. MISSING 6 C9. Which political party did you cast your proportional vote for? If Respondent did not vote If you had cast a vote, which party list would you have voted for? ___1. Socialist Party ___2. Democratic Party ___3. Socialist Movement for Integration ___4. Republican Party ___5. Social Democratic Party ___6. Movement of Leka Zogu I ___7. Christian Democratic Party ___8. Democratic Alliance Party ___9. Agrarian Party ___10. New Democratic Party ___11. Human Rights Union Party ___12. Other: ___99. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED ___97. MISSING C10. The candidate of which party did you vote for in your electoral district? ___1. Socialist Party ___2. Democratic Party ___3. Socialist Movement for Integration ___4. Republican Party ___5. Social Democratic Party ___6. Movement of Leka Zogu I ___7. Christian Democratic Party ___8. Democratic Alliance Party ___9. Agrarian Party ___10. New Democratic Party ___11. Human Rights Union Party ___12. Other: ___99. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED ___97. MISSING 7 C11. What do you think has been the most important issue facing Albania over the last 4 years? Write in: 98. VOLUNTEERED: DON'T KNOW 99. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED C12. And evaluating the socialist led government’s performance on this particular issue, how good or bad a job do you think the government has done over the past 4 years. Has it done a very good job? A good job? A bad job? A very bad job? 1. VERY GOOD JOB 2. GOOD JOB 3. BAD JOB 4. VERY BAD JOB 8. VOLUNTEERED: DON'T KNOW 9. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 7. MISSING C13. Generally speaking about the performance of the government in general, how good or bad a job do you think the government has done over the past 4 years. Has it done a very good job? A good job? A bad job? A very bad job? 1. VERY GOOD JOB 2. GOOD JOB 3. BAD JOB 4. VERY BAD JOB 8. VOLUNTEERED: DON'T KNOW 9. VOLUNTEERED: REFUSED 7. MISSING 8 C14. What is the most important question or problem that you want the Government and the Parliament of Albania should deal with in the coming months? [INTERVIEWER: WRITE DOWN THE ANSWER VERBATIMLY!] CARD 2 C15. Now I would like to ask you to rate some political parties according to how close they are to your views on what should be done about this problem. So, how close is the Socialist Party to your views on this question? Answer with 1 if they are very close, with 7 if they are very far from your view, and so on. AFTER ANSWER CONTINUE ASKING THE SAME QUESTION ABOUT THE OTHER PARTIES BELOW VERY CLOSE VERY FAR TO YOUR FROM OPINION YOUR VIEWS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 VERY VERY DON’T CLOSE FAR KNOW Socialist Party 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 Democratic Party 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 LSI 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 LZHK Leka Zogu 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 C16. And what would be the second question or problem that you want the government and parliament of Albania should deal with in the coming months? [INTERVIEWER: WRITE DOWN THE ANSWER VERBATIMLY!] 9 CARD 2 C17. Now I would like to ask you to rate some political parties according to how close they are to your views on what should be done about this problem. So, how close is the Socialist Party to your views on this question? Answer with 1 if they are very close, with 7 if they are very far from your view, and so on.