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The Survey of Presidential Elections in 2008 (Independence)
Classification Questionnaire :
1. Q1 Do you think this presidential election helped to promote ethnic harmony, intensify ethnic conflict, or did it not have any influence in this area?
| Values Categories | n | percentage | ||
| 1 | promoted ethnic harmony | 393 | 20.6% | |
| 2 | intensified ethnic conflict | 470 | 24.7% | |
| 3 | no influence in this area | 779 | 40.9% | |
| 90 | omit | 2 | 0.1% | |
| 95 | refuse to answer | 9 | 0.5% | |
| 96 | it depends | 27 | 1.4% | |
| 97 | no opinion | 41 | 2.1% | |
| 98 | don't know | 184 | 9.7% | |
| Frequency : | 1905 | 100% | ||
2. Q1A Do you think this presidential election strengthened the popular consciousness for Taiwan independence, strengthened the popular consciousness for Chinese unification, or did it not have any influence in this area?
| Values Categories | n | percentage | ||
| 1 | strengthened Taiwan independence | 141 | 7.4% | |
| 2 | strengthened Chinese unification | 446 | 23.4% | |
| 3 | no influence in this area | 952 | 50.0% | |
| 4 | both were strengthened | 32 | 1.7% | |
| 90 | omit | 2 | 0.1% | |
| 95 | refuse to answer | 9 | 0.5% | |
| 96 | it depends | 36 | 1.9% | |
| 97 | no opinion | 66 | 3.5% | |
| 98 | don't know | 221 | 11.6% | |
| Frequency : | 1905 | 100% | ||
3. Q1B Do you think this presidential election improved democracy in Taiwan, damaged democracy in Taiwan, or did it not have any influence in this area?
| Values Categories | n | percentage | ||
| 1 | improved democracy | 795 | 41.7% | |
| 2 | damaged democracy | 350 | 18.4% | |
| 3 | no influence in this area | 521 | 27.4% | |
| 90 | omit | 2 | 0.1% | |
| 95 | refuse to answer | 4 | 0.2% | |
| 96 | it depends | 29 | 1.5% | |
| 97 | no opinion | 23 | 1.2% | |
| 98 | don't know | 181 | 9.5% | |
| Frequency : | 1905 | 100% | ||
4. Q1C Do you think this presidential election promoted social stability, caused social instability, or did it not have any influence in this area?
| Values Categories | n | percentage | ||
| 1 | promoted social stability | 607 | 31.9% | |
| 2 | caused social instability | 452 | 23.7% | |
| 3 | no influence in this area | 629 | 33.0% | |
| 90 | omit | 2 | 0.1% | |
| 95 | refuse to answer | 5 | 0.3% | |
| 96 | it depends | 45 | 2.4% | |
| 97 | no opinion | 18 | 0.9% | |
| 98 | don't know | 147 | 7.7% | |
| Frequency : | 1905 | 100% | ||
5. Q1D Do you think ethnic problems in Taiwan will disappear gradually, get more and more worst, or remain the same after this presidential election?
| Values Categories | n | percentage | ||
| 1 | be getting disappear | 564 | 29.6% | |
| 2 | more and more worst | 291 | 15.3% | |
| 3 | remain the same | 772 | 40.5% | |
| 90 | omit | 2 | 0.1% | |
| 95 | refuse to answer | 3 | 0.2% | |
| 96 | it depends | 48 | 2.5% | |
| 97 | no opinion | 32 | 1.7% | |
| 98 | don't know | 193 | 10.1% | |
| Frequency : | 1905 | 100% | ||
6. Q2 Overall, did you think the electoral process in this presidential election was fair or not fair?
| Values Categories | n | percentage | ||
| 1 | very fair | 206 | 10.8% | |
| 2 | fair | 1226 | 64.4% | |
| 3 | unfair | 217 | 11.4% | |
| 4 | very unfair | 58 | 3.0% | |
| 90 | omit | 2 | 0.1% | |
| 95 | refuse to answer | 7 | 0.4% | |
| 96 | it depends | 12 | 0.6% | |
| 97 | no opinion | 52 | 2.7% | |
| 98 | don't know | 125 | 6.6% | |
| Frequency : | 1905 | 100% | ||
7. Q3 After going through this presidential election, are you pessimistic or optimistic about Taiwan's future?
| Values Categories | n | percentage | ||
| 1 | very optimistic | 87 | 4.6% | |
| 2 | optimistic | 676 | 35.5% | |
| 3 | neither optimistic nor pessimistic | 642 | 33.7% | |
| 4 | pessimistic | 275 | 14.4% | |
| 5 | very pessimistic | 77 | 4.0% | |
| 90 | omit | 1 | 0.1% | |
| 95 | refuse to answer | 3 | 0.2% | |
| 96 | it depends | 39 | 2.1% | |
| 97 | no opinion | 32 | 1.7% | |
| 98 | don't know | 73 | 3.8% | |
| Frequency : | 1905 | 100% | ||
