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.

本调查旨在探究芬兰民众对2022年县级选举及福祉服务的看法。调查内容涵盖了受访者参与政治、政治态度、政党归属、候选人及政党选择，以及投票行为等方面。数据中还包含了对芬兰未来前景的提问。此次县级选举调查由芬兰选举研究联盟执行，该联盟由多所大学的选举与民主研究学者组成。首先，调查询问了受访者对政治的兴趣及其对芬兰民主运作的满意度。随后，受访者被问及通过不同媒体关注县级选举的程度以及与他人讨论政治的频率。调查还涉及了受访者对投票、民主及政治决策形式的观点。通过询问受访者对政府、政党、市政议会、媒体、芬兰健康与福利研究所以及地区州行政机构的信任程度，评估了受访者对政治体制的满意度。接着，调查通过一系列与县级选举和地方民主相关的陈述，进一步了解了受访者的观点。受访者还被要求按重要性顺序排名，确定县级议员应优先代表的人群。此外，调查还询问了受访者获取县级选举信息的途径。接下来，调查转向政党议题。受访者被询问对不同政党的看法，以及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。通过一系列关于多元文化、基督教价值观、气候变化、政府监管和税收等问题态度的调查，探讨了芬兰未来的发展方向。随后，调查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，调查进一步探究了未投票的原因及其明显性。对于投票的受访者，则详细询问了他们支持的政党候选人、候选人是否为其所在地区的居民，以及他们作出投票决定的时间点。最后，调查了福祉服务县的问题。受访者被问及是否应该比现在更多地、同样地或少地使用公共资金来资助医疗保健。此外，还就福祉服务县和受访者所在市镇提供的服务、税收和用户费用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、居住市镇类型、住宅类型、毛年收入、家庭人数、子女数量、少数民族群体成员身份、获取健康服务的首选方式以及政党归属等。