Finnish Voter Barometer Autumn 2002

The survey studied Finnish political attitudes and opinions on political parties. Respondents were asked how favourable their opinion was regarding the Finnish Social Democratic Party, the Centre Party of Finland, the National Coalition Party, the Left Alliance and the Green League and how tempted respondents would be to vote for these parties. A number of attributes (e.g. incompetent leaders, competent in EU issues) were listed and respondents were asked to which party they could be applied. Respondents were asked whether they support any party at that moment. Respondents rated how successful the current government has been and which parties they would like to see in the coalition government after the elections. Views on the characteristics of some well-known politicians were probed. Respondents were also asked which characteristics are necessary for political decision-makers. Opinions on which goals receive too much or too little attention in politics were charted; goals mentioned included lowering taxes, employment, prevention of inflation, equality, national economy, housing etc. Voting behaviour was studied by asking which party the respondent would vote for if the parliamentary elections were held at that moment and whether he/she had voted in the 2000 municipal elections and in the 1999 parliamentary elections. Voting in parliamentary elections in general, voting intention relating to the next elections and the overall importance of voting were surveyed. Further questions covered respondents' political orientation (on the left-right axis) and social class. Background variables included respondents' year of birth, marital status, annual gross income, place of residence, occupational group, employment sector, trade union membership and mother tongue.

本调研深入探讨了芬兰民众的政治态度及其对各大政党的看法。受访者被询问其对芬兰社会民主党、芬兰中間黨、國家聯合黨、左翼聯盟和綠黨等政党的支持程度，以及他们投票给这些政党的诱惑程度。一系列属性（例如，領導力不足、在歐盟問題上能力突出）被列出，並請受访者指出这些属性适用于哪一政党。此外，還請問受访者是否支持任何政党，并對現政府的工作成效进行评价，以及选举后希望进入聯合政府的政党。對於一些知名政治家的特質也進行了調查。此外，還問及了對決策者所需具备的特質的看法。對於政治中哪些目標受到過度或不足關注的看法也進行了梳理；包括減少稅收、就業、預防通脹、平等、國家經濟、住房等目標。通過問詢在當前情況下若舉行議會選舉，受訪者將為哪一黨投票，以及他們是否參加了2000年市議會選舉和1999年議會選舉，來研究投票行為。對於議會選舉的投票行為、與下次選舉相關的投票意向以及投票的總體重要性也進行了調查。進一步的問題則涉及受訪者的政治傾向（在左右兩極的軸線上）和社會階層。背景變量包括受訪者的出生年份、婚姻狀況、年總收入、居住地點、職業群組、就業領域、工會會員身份和母語等。