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TEDS Table of Project lists > TEDS2016 > The Survey of the Presidential and Legislative Elections, 2016 (Independence)
Classification Questionnaire :
Politics and Media
Political Mobilization and Political Involvement
Governing Performance
Political Efficacy and Political Trust
Attitudes about Elites
Gender Role
Economic Evaluations
Opinions about Democracy
Political Knowledge
Voting Behavior
Candidate Capability
Evaluation of Legislative Candidates and the Legislative Yuan
Political Cleavages
National Identity and Ethnic Identity
Independence Stances and Cross-Strait Relations
Party Identification
Personal Data
Weight
1. Do you think that voting is a responsibility, or do you think that it is all right either to vote or not to vote?
Values Categories n percentage
1 Voting is a responsibility 1244 73.6%
2 It's alright either to vote or not to vote 402 23.8%
95 Refuse to answer 0 0%
96 It depends 19 1.1%
97 No opinion 10 0.6%
98 Don't know 15 0.9%
Frequency : 1690 100%
2. Do you believe very strongly, somewhat strongly, or only a little that voting is a responsibility?
Values Categories n percentage
1 Very strongly 530 31.4%
2 Somewhat strongly 551 32.6%
3 Only a little 149 8.8%
95 Refuse to answer 0 0%
96 It depends 3 0.2%
97 No opinion 3 0.2%
98 Don't know 8 0.5%
99 Skipped 446 26.4%
Frequency : 1690 100%
3. Which of these three statements is closest to your own opinion?
Values Categories n percentage
1 Democracy is preferable to any other kind of regime 826 48.9%
2 ? 420 24.9%
3 For someone like me, it doesn't matter what kind of regime w 329 19.5%
95 Refuse to answer 4 0.2%
96 It depends 20 1.2%
97 No opinion 19 1.1%
98 Don't know 72 4.3%
Frequency : 1690 100%
4. In your opinion how much of a democracy is Taiwan today?
Values Categories n percentage
1 A full democracy 122 7.2%
2 A democracy, but with minor problems 742 43.9%
3 A democracy, with major problems 668 39.5%
4 Not a democracy 41 2.4%
95 Refuse to answer 3 0.2%
96 It depends 6 0.4%
97 No opinion 7 0.4%
98 Don't know 101 6.0%
Frequency : 1690 100%
5. On the whole, are you very satisfied, fairly satisfied, not very satisfied, or not at all satisfied with the way democracy works in Taiwan?
Values Categories n percentage
1 Very satisfied 68 4.0%
2 Somewhat satisfied 935 55.3%
3 Somewhat dissatisfied 533 31.5%
4 Very dissatisfied 72 4.3%
95 Refuse to answer 2 0.1%
96 It depends 9 0.5%
97 No opinion 14 0.8%
98 Don't know 57 3.4%
Frequency : 1690 100%
6. Using the scale on this card, (where ONE means that voting won't make any difference to what happens and FIVE means that voting can make a big difference), where would you place yourself?
Values Categories n percentage
1 ? 203 12.0%
2 112 6.6%
3 315 18.6%
4 405 24.0%
5 People vote for can make a big difference to what happens 569 33.7%
95 Refuse to answer 7 0.4%
98 Don't know 79 4.7%
Frequency : 1690 100%
7. Which of the following two statements do you agree with more?
Values Categories n percentage
1 The opposition parties should have a majority of the seats i 711 42.1%
2 The president's party should have a majority of seats in the 730 43.2%
95 Refuse to answer 2 0.1%
96 It's hard to say 104 6.2%
97 No opinion 36 2.1%
98 Don't know 107 6.3%
Frequency : 1690 100%
8. Some people say that legislator elected by District should care about the interests of the whole country. Others say that legislator elected by District should care about the interests of District. Which statement do you agree with?
Values Categories n percentage
1 Interests of whole country 830 49.1%
2 Interests of District 697 41.2%
91 Both of them 85 5.0%
95 Refuse to answer 0 0%
96 It's hard to say 16 0.9%
97 No opinion 11 0.7%
98 Don't know 51 3.0%
Frequency : 1690 100%
9. How widespread do you think corruption such as bribe taking is among politicians in our country: very widespread, quite widespread, not very widespread, or it hardly happens at all?
Values Categories n percentage
1 Very widespread 475 28.1%
2 Quite widespread 812 48.0%
3 Not very widespread 243 14.4%
4 It hardly happens at all 10 0.6%
95 Refuse to answer 9 0.5%
96 It depends 10 0.6%
97 No opinion 7 0.4%
98 Don't know 124 7.3%
Frequency : 1690 100%
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