Finnish County Election Study 2022

The survey charted Finns' opinions on the 2022 county elections and wellbeing services counties. The survey examined respondents' political participation, political attitudes, party allegiance, candidate and party choices and voting behaviour. The data also includes questions on future prospects of Finland. The county elections survey was carried out by the Finnish election study consortium, a consortium of election and democracy researchers from several universities. First, the respondent was asked about their interest in politics and their satisfaction with the functioning of democracy in Finland. Then, the respondent was asked how much he/she followed the county elections through different media and how often respondent discussed politics with other people. The respondents' opinions on voting, democracy, and forms of political decision-making were surveyed. Satisfaction with the political system was assessed by asking how much the respondent trusts various institutions, such as the government, political parties, the municipal council, the media, the Finnish institute for health and welfare and the regional state administrative agency. Next, the respondent's opinions were surveyed using a variety of statements related to county elections and local democracy. Respondents were also asked to rank in order of importance whom the county councillor should primarily represent. The respondent was also asked about access to information on county elections. The next topic was political parties. Respondents were asked for their opinion on different political parties, and if they felt close to any political party. Respondents were also asked to place themselves on the left-right axis and on the value-liberal-conservative scale. The future direction of Finland was explored through attitudinal questions on issues such as multiculturalism, Christian values, climate change, government regulation and taxation. Next, respondents were asked about voting in county elections. Respondents were asked about not voting and the obviousness of not voting. Those who voted in the elections were asked in more detail about the party candidate they voted for, whether the candidate was a resident of their county area and at what point they made their voting decision. Finally, questions were asked about wellbeing services counties. Respondents were asked whether public money should be spent more, the same or less on health care than at present. In addition, a number of questions were asked on issues such as the services provided by the wellbeing services counties and by their own municipality, taxation and user charges. Background variables included, among others, the respondent's year of birth, gender, education, marital status, wellbeing services county, occupational status, employer type, mother tongue, languages used at home, type of municipality of residence, type of dwelling, gross annual household income, number of people in the household, number of children, membership of an ethnic minority group, preferred method of accessing health services and party affiliation.

本调查描绘了芬兰民众对2022年县级选举及福祉服务县的观点。调查内容涵盖了受访者政治参与度、政治态度、政党归属、候选人及政党选择，以及投票行为。数据还包含有关芬兰未来前景的问题。县级选举调查由芬兰选举研究联盟执行，该联盟汇聚了来自多所大学的选举与民主研究专家。首先，调查者询问受访者对政治的兴趣及对芬兰民主制度运作的满意度。随后，调查者探究受访者通过不同媒体关注县级选举的程度以及他们与他人讨论政治的频率。调查还涉及受访者对投票、民主及政治决策形式的观点。通过询问受访者对政府、政党、市政委员会、媒体、芬兰健康与福利研究所及地区州行政机构的信任程度，评估了他们对政治系统的满意度。接下来，通过一系列与县级选举和地方民主相关的陈述，调查了受访者的观点。受访者还被要求按重要性顺序排列县级议员应首先代表的对象。此外，调查者还询问了受访者获取县级选举信息的途径。随后，话题转向政党。受访者被询问对不同政党的看法，以及他们是否感到与任何政党有亲近感。受访者还被要求在左右政治轴和价值-自由-保守尺度上定位自己。通过针对多元文化主义、基督教价值观、气候变化、政府监管和税收等问题进行态度性提问，探讨了芬兰的未来发展方向。接下来，调查者询问了受访者对县级选举的投票情况。对于未投票的受访者，调查了未投票的原因及其显而易见性。对于投票的受访者，则更详细地询问了他们投票支持的政党候选人、候选人是否为其所在地区的居民以及他们何时做出投票决定。最后，调查了福祉服务县的问题。受访者被询问是否应该比现在更多地、同样地或少地使用公共资金投资于卫生保健。此外，还就福祉服务县和自身市政提供的服务、税收和使用费等问题进行了多项提问。背景变量包括受访者的出生年份、性别、教育程度、婚姻状况、福祉服务县、职业状况、雇主类型、母语、家庭使用的语言、居住地市政类型、住宅类型、毛年收入、家庭人数、孩子数量、少数民族群体成员资格、获取健康服务的首选方式以及政党归属等。