DDI description: Presidential Elections 2006 and Democracy Indicators DDI-kuvailu: Presidentinvaalit 2006 ja demokratiaindikaattorit 2131 Finnish Social Science Data Archive Finnish Social Science Data Archive Finnish Social Science Data Archive Presidential Elections 2006 and Democracy Indicators [codebook]. Tampere : Finnish Social Science Data Archive [producer and distributor], 2012. Finnish Social Science Data Archive FSD FSD:n aineistokuvailut (FSD metadata records), jonka tekijä on Suomen yhteiskuntatieteellinen tietoarkisto (Finnish Social Science Data Archive), on lisensoitu Creative Commons Nimeä-Epäkaupallinen 1.0 Suomi lisenssillä. FSD:n aineistokuvailut (FSD metadata records) av Suomen yhteiskuntatieteellinen tietoarkisto (Finlands samhällsvetenskapliga dataarkiv) är licensierad under a Creative Commons Erkännande-IckeKommersiell 1.0 Finland License. FSD:n aineistokuvailut (FSD metadata records) by Suomen yhteiskuntatieteellinen tietoarkisto (Finnish Social Science Data Archive) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 1.0 Finland License. Presidential Elections 2006 and Democracy Indicators Presidentinvaalit 2006 ja demokratiaindikaattorit Presidential Elections 2006 and Choice of Candidate in the First Round 2131 Borg, Sami

Grönlund, Kimmo

Paloheimo, Heikki

 Ministry of Justice, Citizen Participation Policy Programme According to the agreement between FSD and the depositor. Finnish Social Science Data Archive Borg, Sami Individual datasets

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 1.0 Borg, Sami: Presidential Elections 2006 and Democracy Indicators [computer file]. FSD2131, version 1.0 (2006-08-23). Espoo: TNS Gallup Finland [data collection], 2006. Tampere: Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor], 2006. political power presidential candidates presidential elections voting behaviour political studies mass political behaviour, attitudes/opinion elections

This election survey was fielded after the first round of the presidential elections in Finland in January 2006. First, the respondents were asked to what extent they agreed with statements relating to political leadership, presidential powers, democracy, and use of referendums. The respondents were also asked whether they had voted in the first round of the presidential elections, and if they had, who they had voted for. Second and third preferences were charted. Further questions covered whether the political party or the candidate had been more important in their choice of candidate, and whether the respondent had constantly supported the candidate (s)he had voted for.

The respondents were asked whether there were candidates they would never have voted for, and when they decided who to vote for in the first round. One question explored to what extent certain factors (e.g. the candidate's party, language skills, character, campaign, opinions on presidential powers and role) had influenced their choice of candidate. Views were probed on the extent to which the media had covered issues like candidate goals, policies of political parties on presidential powers, the outcome of the first round etc. The respondents were asked how often they had seen, heard or read of pre-election poll results, and how often they had discussed these results with other people. Influence of pre-election poll results on vote choice was studied. Some questions charted the respondents' political knowledge. Finally, the respondents were asked which of the two remaining candidates they would vote for if the second round of the presidential elections were held at that time.

Background variables included the respondent's gender, age, economic activity and occupational status, education, household composition, region (NUTS3) of residence, major region (NUTS2), constituency, type of municipality, what political party R would vote for if the parliamentary elections were held at that time, and what party R had voted for in the 2004 municipal elections.

 Finland Finland Individual Individual People aged 18 or over living in Finland the Åland Islands Quantitative Cross-sectional study CrossSection TNS Gallup Finland

Quota sampling based on gender, age, and region of residence.

 Telephone interview Structured questionnaire There are no weight variables in the data. Detailed and specific data description in Finnish and English. Variable frequencies, filter variables, variable and value labels, and missing values are checked. If necessary, the data are anonymised. Finnish Social Science Data Archive Data: SPSS portable file. Data available also in other file formats. Variable identifying the respondent's municipality of residence has been removed from the data Access to the data granted for scientific and teaching purposes. FSD's access application procedure. Restricted access. The source must be acknowledged in any publication based wholly or in part on the data. The bibliographic citation may be in the form required by the publication, or in the form suggested by the archive. The archive must be informed of all publications where the data have been used. The depositor and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the secondary use of the data. Borg, Sami (2007). Vaalitulokset ja äänestyspäätökset. Teoksessa: Presidentinvaalit 2006 (toim. Pekka Isotalus & Sami Borg), s. 32-55. Helsinki: WSOY. Paloheimo, Heikki (2007). Kansalaisten johtajuusodotukset. Teoksessa: Presidentinvaalit 2006 (toim. Pekka Isotalus & Sami Borg), 207-226. Helsinki: WSOY.