Presidential Elections 2000, Second Round

The survey focused on the 2000 presidential elections in Finland. The respondents were asked whether they had voted in the second round of the presidential elections of the year 2000, for which of the candidates they had voted, and to what extent they identified themselves with their candidate. They were also asked when they made their voting decision, and how did the media, advertising, and close friends affected their decision to vote. In addition, the respondents were presented with a list of various things and asked to say which of them affected their choice of candidate in the second round of the elections. The respondents were also asked about their attitude towards all seven candidates before the elections. They were also asked to tell who they had voted for in the first round. All respondents were asked about their opinion of the election campaign and how the candidates came through on the satirical panel show "Uutisvuoto" on YLE TV1. The respondents were asked for what party they would vote in parliamentary elections and how sure they were about it, for what party they had voted in the previous parliamentary elections, how interested they were in politics and presidential elections. The respondents were also asked to place themselves on a left-right scale. Finally, they were asked to estimate Martti Ahtisaari's actions during his term in office. Background variables included the respondent's gender, mother tongue, age, marital status, composition and income of the household, education, occupation, information on work, working hours, membership in a trade union, ownership of apartment, social class, place of dwelling, voting in elections, and position on a left-right scale. Background variables have been updated in August 1999. The data also include a case id variable hl, which can be used to append this data to data FSD1040.

本调查聚焦于芬兰2000年的总统选举。受访者被询问是否在2000年总统选举的第二轮投票中进行了投票，他们为哪位候选人投票，以及他们在多大程度上与自己的候选人产生认同。他们还被询问何时作出投票决定，以及媒体、广告和亲密朋友如何影响他们的投票决策。此外，受访者还被呈现一份各类事物的清单，并要求他们说明哪些因素影响了他们在第二轮选举中对候选人的选择。受访者还被询问对七位候选人在选举前的态度，以及他们在第一轮投票中支持了哪位候选人。所有受访者还被询问他们对选举活动的看法，以及候选人在YLE TV1的讽刺性节目《Uutisvuoto》中的表现。受访者还被询问在议会选举中他们将为何党投票，以及他们对这一决定的信心程度，他们在上一届议会选举中为哪位政党投票，他们对政治和总统选举的兴趣程度。受访者还被要求在左翼至右翼的量表上定位自己。最后，他们还被要求评估Martti Ahtisaari在其任期内采取的行动。背景变量包括受访者的性别、母语、年龄、婚姻状况、家庭构成和收入、教育、职业、工作信息、工作时间、工会会员资格、公寓所有权、社会阶层、居住地、选举投票情况，以及他们在左翼至右翼量表上的位置。背景变量于1999年8月进行了更新。数据还包括一个案例ID变量hl，可用于将此数据附加到FSD1040数据中。