Panel Questionnaire
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We are about to start today’s interview. If you do not want to answer any of my questions, please let me know and I will skip that question.
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1. Respondent's elector district: __________ county, __________district. (filled by interviewer)
2. Which district, candidate did you vote for ? 89. Didn't pick up the ballot [skip to 3]
91. Forgot [skip to 3]
92. Not eligible to vote [skip to 3]
93. Didn't turnout to vote [skip to 5]
94. Cast invalid vote [skip to 3]
95. Refuse to answer [skip to 3]
2a. Is this the candidate that you want to vote for most in the beginning?
01. Yes [skip 2b]
02. No
95. Refuse to answer [skip 2b]
2b. Who is the person you want to vote for most in the beginning?
91. Didn’t intend to vote 95. Refuse to answer
3. Regarding the party list vote, which party did you vote for?
01. KMT 02. DPP 03. NP 04. PFP 05. TSU
07. Unionist Party
08. Constitutional Conventions of Taiwan 10. National Health System Union
11. People's Democratic Front
14. Military, Civil, and Faculty Alliance Party 15. Trees Party
16. Peace Pigeon Union Party 17. New Power Party
18. Republican Party 19. Free Taiwan Party
20. Taiwan Independence Party
24. Green Party Taiwan & Social Democratic Party Alliance 25. Faith And Hope League
30. Non-Partisan Solidarity Union 89. Didn’t turnout to vote [skip to 4]
91. Forget [skip to 4]
94. Cast invalid vote [skip to 4]
95. Refuse to answer [skip to 4]
01. Yes [skip 3b]
02. No
95. Refuse to answer [skip 3b]
3b. Which is the party you want to vote for most in the beginning?
01. KMT 02. DPP 03. NP 04. PFP 05. TSU
07. Unionist Party
08. Constitutional Conventions of Taiwan 10. National Health System Union
11. People's Democratic Front
14. Military, Civil, and Faculty Alliance Party 15. Trees Party
16. Peace Pigeon Union Party 17. New Power Party
18. Republican Party 19. Free Taiwan Party
20. Taiwan Independence Party
24. Green Party Taiwan & Social Democratic Party Alliance 25. Faith And Hope League
30. Non-Partisan Solidarity Union 91. Didn’t intend to vote
95. Refuse to answer
4. Which presidential candidate did you vote for?
01. Chu, Li-Luan and Ju-Hsuan Wang 02. Tsai, Ing-Wen and Chien-Jen Chen 03. Soong, James and Hsin-Ying Hsu 89. Didn’t turnout to vote [skip to Q5]
91. Forgot [skip to Q5]
94. Cast invalid vote [skip to Q5]
95. Refuse to answer [skip to Q5]
4a. Is this the candidate that you want to vote for most in the beginning?
01. Yes [skip Q4b]
02. No
95. Refuse to answer [skip Q4b]
4b. Who is the person you want to vote for most in the beginning?
01. Chu, Li-Luan and Ju-Hsuan Wang 02. Tsai, Ing-Wen and Chien-Jen Chen 03. Soong, James and Hsin-Ying Hsu 91. Didn’t intend to vote
95. Refuse to answer
5. Do you think the outcome of the legislative election is fair to small party?
01. very fair 02. fair 03. unfair 04. very unfair 95. Refuse to answer 96. It's hard to say 97. No opinion 98. Don’t know
6. Do you know how many legislators will be elected in your district?
11. Eleven or more 95. Refuse to answer 98. Don't know
7. Do you know, besides president ballot, how many ballots you can cast in this Legislative Election?
95. Refuse to answer 98. Don't know
8. Do you know the threshold of the list vote that a party must reach in order to participate in allocation of seats by party lists?
91. No threshold at all 95. Refuse to answer.
98. Don’t know
9. Do you know how long a term of the office is for the new legislators?
95. Refuse to answer.
98. Don’t know
10. Do you know how many legislators are there in the current session of the Legislative Yuan?
995. Refuse to answer 998. Don't know
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Next, we would ask you some issues that are concerned by most people in this election.
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11. Regarding the issue of Cross-Strait negotiation, some people say that we should continue using the 1992 Consensus as the basis of Cross-Strait negotiation while other people say we should reject the 1992 Consensus. Which do you agree with?
01. Continue using the 1992 Consensus 02. Reject the 1992 Consensus
91. Both support 92. Both don’t support 95. Refuse to answer 96. It's hard to say 97. No opinion 98. Don't know
01. Better 02. Worse
03. About the same 95. Refuse to answer 96. It depends 97. No opinion 98. Don't know
13. Would you say that in the forthcoming year, the state of the economy of Taiwan will get better, stay about the same, or get worse?(R2)
01. Better 02. Worse
03. About the same 95. Refuse to answer 96. It depends 97. No opinion 98. Don't know
14. Overall, do you think the outcome of this election may have a good influence or bad influence on cross-strait relations?
01. A very good influence 02. A good influence 03. A bad influence 04. A very bad influence 95. Refuse to answer 96. It depends 97. No opinion 98. Don't know
15. Overall, do you think the outcome of this election may have a good influence or bad influence on Taiwan’s democratic development?
01. A very good influence 02. A good influence 03. A bad influence 04. A very bad influence 95. Refuse to answer 96. It depends 97. No opinion 98. Don't know
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＊＊ Finally, we would like to know something about yourself. ＊＊
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16. Concerning the relationship between Taiwan and mainland China, which of the following six positions do you agree with: 1) immediate unification, 2) immediate independence, 3) maintain the status quo, move toward unification in the future, 4) maintain the status quo, move toward independence in the future, 5) maintain the status quo, decide either unification or independence in the future, 6) maintain the status quo forever
01. Immediate unification 02. Immediate independence
03. Maintain the status quo, move toward unification in the future 04. Maintain the status quo, move toward independence in the future
05. Maintain the status quo, decide either unification or independence in the future 06. Maintain the status quo forever
95. Refuse to answer 96. It's hard to say 97. No opinion 98. Don’t know
29. Among all political parties in our country, which party do you think of yourself as leaning toward?
01. KMT [continue to 17a]
02. DPP [continue to 17a]
03. NP [continue to 17a]
04. PFP [continue to 17a]
05. TSU [continue to 17a]
06. All support [continue to 17b]
07. All don’t support [continue to 17b]
20. Green Party [continue to 17a]
21. New Power Party [continue to 17a]
22. Republican Party [continue to 17a]
23. Social Democratic Party [continue to 17a]
24. Tree Party [continue to 17a]
95. Refuse to answer [continue to 17b]
96. It depends [continue to 17b]
97. No opinion [continue to 17b]
98. Don't know [continue to 17b]
17a. Do you lean very strongly or somewhat?
01. Very strongly 02. Somewhat
03. KMT 04. DPP 05. NP 06. PFP 07. TSU 08. None 23. Green Party 24. New Power Party 25. Republican Party
26. Social Democratic Party 27. Tree Party
95. Refuse to answer 96. It depends
18. In Taiwan, some people think they are Taiwanese. There are also some people who think that they are Chinese. Do you consider yourself as Taiwanese, Chinese or both?
01. Taiwanese 02. Both 03. Chinese
95. Refuse to answer 96. It's hard to say 97. No opinion 98. Don't know 19. Year of birth
___(Answer)___ 95. refuse to answer 20. Education level
01. Illiterate
02. Primary school graduate 03. Junior high school graduate
04. High school or vocational school graduate 05. Technical college graduate
06. University graduate 07. Post-graduate education 95. Refuse to answer
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Thank you very much for your time!
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21. Respondent’s gender 01. Male
02. Female
22. Language used to conduct interview 01. Mandarin
02. Taiwanese 03. Hakka
04. Mandarin and Taiwanese 05. Mandarin and Hakka
