FSD2138 Follow-up on Presidential Elections 2006, Second Round
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Moring, Tom (Swedish School of Social Science at the University of Helsinki)
Pehkonen, Juhani (Gallup Finland)
Other Identification/Acknowlegements
Borg, Sami (Finnish Social Science Data Archive)
Hellsten, Villiina (Statistics Finland)
Holli, Anne Maria (University of Helsinki)
Wass, Hanna (University of Helsinki)
Abstract
The survey focused on the 2006 presidential elections in Finland. First, the respondents were asked whether they had voted in the second round of the presidential elections, whether their opinions on the candidates had changed after the first round of the elections, and whether the candidates had appeared more often or less often in entertainment programmes on TV and in tabloids and magazines compared to the last presidential elections. The respondents were also asked whether the entertainment programmes on TV had highlighted the candidates' characteristics and personality, and which of the TV programmes featuring one or more of the candidates the respondents followed.
The respondents were also asked which candidate they had voted for in the second round of the elections, and at which point they had finally decided on who to vote for. They were also asked to assess their choice of candidate in the second round of the elections with the help of questions and statements. The respondents were asked which factors influenced their choice of candidate, and from which information sources they had received information concerning their decision. Views on the credibility of the candidates' appearances during the second round of the campaign were probed, as well as whether the respondents felt close to any political party. Opinions on the position of men and women were charted with the help of gender-related questions and statements. Finally, the respondents gave their opinions on whether some of the presidential duties are better suited for a man than a woman.
Background variables included the respondent's gender, age, marital status, education, occupation, annual income, and place of residence. The data also include a case id variable idnro, which can be used to append this data to FSD2137.
Keywords
advertising; elections; gender; parliamentary elections; political support; presidential candidates; presidential elections; voting
Topic Classification
political studies (FSD Topics Classification)
elections; mass political behaviour, attitudes/opinion (CESSDA Topics Classification)
Series Name
Follow-ups on Finnish National and Local Elections (GallupChannel)
Restrictions
Access to the data granted for scientific and teaching purposes. FSD's access application procedure.
Data Collector
Gallup Finland
Data Producer
Moring, Tom (Swedish School of Social Science at the University of Helsinki)
Pehkonen, Juhani (Gallup Finland)
Collection Date
6.2.2006 - 12.2.2006
Nation
Finland
Geographical Coverage
Finland
Analysis Unit
Individual
Universe
People aged 15 or over living in Finland (excluding the Åland Islands)
Sampling Procedure
Three-stage stratified sample. The survey had 1,049 respondents of whom 553 also responded to the survey collected after the first round of the elections (FSD2137).
Collection Mode
Telepanel survey (GallupChannel)
Research Instrument
Structured questionnaire
Time Method
Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section
Collection Size
Data: SPSS portable file. Data available also in other file formats.
Number of cases and variables
1049 cases and 127 variables
Data version
1.0 (14.2.2006)
Other Material
See downloadable files at the top of the page
Citation Requirement
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.
Bibliographical Citation
Moring, Tom: Presidential Elections 2006, Second Round [computer file]. FSD2138, version 1.0 (2006-02-14). Espoo: Gallup Finland [data collection], 2006. Tampere: Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor], 2006.
Depositing Requirements
The archive must be informed of all publications where the data have been used.
Disclaimer
The depositor and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the secondary use of the data.
Related Publications
Hellsten, Villiina & Holli, Anne Maria & Wass, Hanna (2007). Sukupuolenmukainen äänestäminen vuoden 2006 presidentinvaaleissa. Teoksessa: Presidentinvaalit 2006 (toim. Isotalus, Pekka & Borg, Sami), 178-206. Helsinki: WSOY.
Hellsten, Villiina & Holli, Anne Maria & Wass, Hanna (2007). Sukupuolenmukainen äänestäminen vuoden 2006 presidentinvaaleissa. Teoksessa: Presidentinvaalit 2006 (toim. Isotalus, Pekka & Borg, Sami). Helsinki: WSOY.
Herkman, Juha (2010). Politiikan julkisuus viestinten välissä: intermediaalisuus ja vaalit. Media & viestintä 33(2), 5-22.
Holli, Anne Maria & Wass, Hanna (2009). Sukupuoli ja äänestäminen. Teoksessa: Vaalit yleisödemokratiassa. Eduskuntavaalitutkimus 2007 (toim. Borg, Sami & Paloheimo, Heikki), 126-148. Tampere: Tampere University Press.
Vaalit yleisödemokratiassa. Eduskuntavaalitutkimus 2007 (2009). Toim. Borg, Sami & Paloheimo, Heikki. Tampere: Tampere University Press.
