:::
Inquiry :  
TEDS Table of Project lists > TEDS2016 > The Survey of the Presidential and Legislative Elections, 2016 (Panel)
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
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 944 41.2%
2 It's alright either to vote or not to vote 266 11.6%
95 Refuse to answer 2 0.1%
96 It depends 14 0.6%
97 No opinion 5 0.2%
98 Don't know 10 0.4%
Sysmiss 1051 45.9%
Frequency : 2292 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 409 17.8%
2 Somewhat strongly 415 18.1%
3 Only a little 112 4.9%
95 Refuse to answer 0 0%
96 It depends 1 0.0%
97 No opinion 2 0.1%
98 Don't know 5 0.2%
99 Skipped 297 13.0%
Sysmiss 1051 45.9%
Frequency : 2292 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 553 24.1%
2 In some circumstances, an authoritarian regime – a dictato 359 15.7%
3 For someone like me, it doesn't matter what kind of regime w 245 10.7%
95 Refuse to answer 2 0.1%
96 It depends 19 0.8%
97 No opinion 9 0.4%
98 Don't know 54 2.4%
Sysmiss 1051 45.9%
Frequency : 2292 100%
4. In your opinion how much of a democracy is Taiwan today?
Values Categories n percentage
1 A full democracy 89 3.9%
2 A democracy, but with minor problems 518 22.6%
3 A democracy, with major problems 516 22.5%
4 Not a democracy 42 1.8%
95 Refuse to answer 2 0.1%
96 It depends 1 0.0%
97 No opinion 9 0.4%
98 Don't know 64 2.8%
Sysmiss 1051 45.9%
Frequency : 2292 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 42 1.8%
2 Somewhat satisfied 682 29.8%
3 Somewhat dissatisfied 373 16.3%
4 Very dissatisfied 73 3.2%
95 Refuse to answer 2 0.1%
96 It depends 6 0.3%
97 No opinion 10 0.4%
98 Don't know 53 2.3%
Sysmiss 1051 45.9%
Frequency : 2292 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 No matter who people votefor, it won’t make any difference 160 7.0%
2 People vote for can make a big difference to what happens 83 3.6%
3 215 9.4%
4 309 13.5%
5 411 17.9%
95 Refuse to answer 3 0.1%
98 Don't know 60 2.6%
Sysmiss 1051 45.9%
Frequency : 2292 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 573 25.0%
2 The president's party should have a majority of seats in the 532 23.2%
95 Refuse to answer 3 0.1%
96 It's hard to say 51 2.2%
97 No opinion 16 0.7%
98 Don't know 66 2.9%
Sysmiss 1051 45.9%
Frequency : 2292 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 633 27.6%
2 Interests of District 499 21.8%
91 Both of them 51 2.2%
95 Refuse to answer 2 0.1%
96 It's hard to say 4 0.2%
97 No opinion 6 0.3%
98 Don't know 46 2.0%
Sysmiss 1051 45.9%
Frequency : 2292 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 342 14.9%
2 Quite widespread 634 27.7%
3 Not very widespread 156 6.8%
4 It hardly happens at all 9 0.4%
95 Refuse to answer 2 0.1%
96 It depends 6 0.3%
97 No opinion 4 0.2%
98 Don't know 88 3.8%
Sysmiss 1051 45.9%
Frequency : 2292 100%
Go Top
cron web_use_log