Pre-Election Study - Presidential Elections Serbia February 2000

Electoral behaviour, questions on the political system and attitudes towards political parties.

Topics: National and regional identity; satisfaction with the international position, personal standard of living, Republic and local government, political situation, behaviour and honesty of fellow-citizens, future prospects for you and your children, ethnic relations in Serbia, civil rights and liberties, economic situation, development of democracy, media objectivity and policy of S. Milosevic; interest in politics; information about politics; voting in the 1997 Parliament elections; reasons for non-voting; opinion about the following statements: Nationality, role of police, role of opposition, Kosovo, radicalism, terror, materiel welfare, patriotism, change of government; wrong or right direction of Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro; political participation; obstacles to political engagement; trust in institutions; most trusted institution; least trusted institution; voting in the Parliament elections (Sunday question); importance of the winner; greatest contribution to positive changes; extradition to The Hague Tribunal; satisfaction with reconstruction; heart about political parties and potential voting; opinion about coalitions; ways of informing about party programs; decision about voting; changing the decision about voting; characteristics of parties; party solving the problems best; relation to government, heart about politicians and public persons; most/least trusted politician; local figure of trust; most trusted source of political news; number of sources; opinion about the Law on Information in Serbia; knowing the members and leaders of the “Alliance for Change”; success of protest rallies; estimation of the future of the “Alliance for Change”; opposition agreement; early election on all levels; conditions for free and fair elections; boycott the elections; participation of voters from abroad local elections in April; voting in local elections (Sunday question); federal elections - with or without Montenegro; state of emergency in Montenegro; voting in Federal elections (Sunday question); prognosis of winner; peaceful turnover of power; opposition cooperation with ethnic minorities; characteristic of party leaders; preferred permanent solution for Kosovo; protection of non-Albanian population in Kosovo, attitudes towards other nationalities; more rights for ethnic minorities; alliance with Russia and Belarus or EU, trust in NATO, EU, OSCE and UN; winner of the war; avoiding the bombing; recovery by our own resources; opposition and the West; Western attitudes towards the Serbs; the most important problem in Serbia.

Demography: Gender; age; education; occupation; nationality; employment status; religiousness; region.