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The Survey of the Presidential and Legislative Elections, 2012 (Independence)
Classification Questionnaire :
1. R1 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 | 369 | 20.2% | |
| 2 | intensified ethnic conflict | 347 | 19.0% | |
| 3 | no influence in this area | 910 | 49.8% | |
| 95 | refuse to answer | 10 | 0.5% | |
| 96 | it depends | 21 | 1.1% | |
| 97 | no opinion | 26 | 1.4% | |
| 98 | don't know | 143 | 7.8% | |
| Frequency : | 1826 | 100% | ||
2. R1aDo 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 | 876 | 48.0% | |
| 2 | damaged democracy | 234 | 12.8% | |
| 3 | no influence in this area | 559 | 30.6% | |
| 95 | refuse to answer | 8 | 0.4% | |
| 96 | it depends | 12 | 0.7% | |
| 97 | no opinion | 24 | 1.3% | |
| 98 | don't know | 113 | 6.2% | |
| Frequency : | 1826 | 100% | ||
3. R2 Overall, did you think that the electoral process in this presidential election was fair or not ?
| Values Categories | n | percentage | ||
| 1 | very fair | 305 | 16.7% | |
| 2 | fair | 999 | 54.7% | |
| 3 | unfair | 258 | 14.1% | |
| 4 | very unfair | 117 | 6.4% | |
| 95 | refuse to answer | 12 | 0.7% | |
| 96 | it depends | 11 | 0.6% | |
| 97 | no opinion | 32 | 1.8% | |
| 98 | don't know | 92 | 5.0% | |
| Frequency : | 1826 | 100% | ||
4. R3 After going through this presidential election, are you pessimistic or optimistic about Taiwan’s future?
| Values Categories | n | percentage | ||
| 1 | very optimistic | 123 | 6.7% | |
| 2 | optimistic | 729 | 39.9% | |
| 3 | neither optimistic nor pessimistic | 604 | 33.1% | |
| 4 | pessimistic | 186 | 10.2% | |
| 5 | very pessimistic | 62 | 3.4% | |
| 95 | refuse to answer | 6 | 0.3% | |
| 96 | it depends | 19 | 1.0% | |
| 97 | no opinion | 21 | 1.1% | |
| 98 | don't know | 76 | 4.2% | |
| Frequency : | 1826 | 100% | ||
5. R4 After going through this presidential election, do you believe that cross-Strait relations will become warmer, more tense, or remain unchanged?
| Values Categories | n | percentage | ||
| 1 | much warmer | 253 | 13.9% | |
| 2 | warmer | 707 | 38.7% | |
| 3 | unchanged | 632 | 34.6% | |
| 4 | more tense | 69 | 3.8% | |
| 5 | much more tense | 14 | 0.8% | |
| 90 | omit | 0 | 0% | |
| 95 | refuse to answer | 8 | 0.4% | |
| 96 | it depends | 17 | 0.9% | |
| 97 | no opinion | 23 | 1.3% | |
| 98 | don't know | 103 | 5.6% | |
| Frequency : | 1826 | 100% | ||
