Taiwan’s Election and Democratization Study

Values Categories		n	percentage
1	strongly agree	90	7.7%
2	agree	594	50.9%
3	disagree	306	26.2%
4	strongly disagree	40	3.4%
5	do not consider self to be a citizen of Taichung City	4	0.3%
90	omit	0	0%
95	refuse to answer	1	0.1%
96	it's depended	14	1.2%
97	none opinion	79	6.8%
98	don't know	40	3.4%
99	skip	0	0%
	Frequency :	1168	100%

Values Categories		n	percentage
1	The municipality mayoral election is a vote of confidence in	463	39.6%
2	The municipality mayoral election is only a local election a	540	46.2%
90	omit	0	0%
92	none of the above	28	2.4%
95	refuse to answer	8	0.7%
96	it's depended	7	0.6%
97	none opinion	17	1.5%
98	don't know	105	9.0%
99	skip	0	0%
	Frequency :	1168	100%

Values Categories		n	percentage
1	social welfare	138	11.8%
2	law and order	216	18.5%
3	transportation	82	7.0%
4	public infrastructure	89	7.6%
5	industrial and commercial development	148	12.7%
6	environmental protection	11	0.9%
7	public health	12	1.0%
8	education and culture	34	2.9%
9	livelihood issues	13	1.1%
10	cross-strait issues	4	0.3%
11	the ability of candidates	0	0%
12	international visibility	3	0.3%
13	ethnic issues	0	0%
14	character of candidates	1	0.1%
15	administrative efficiency	0	0%
16	urban planning	1	0.1%
17	serving for the people	9	0.8%
18	financial problems	1	0.1%
19	about party	1	0.1%
20	honest and upright	1	0.1%
21	women and children issues	4	0.3%
22	development in remote areas	9	0.8%
23	trust in government	1	0.1%
24	to implement policies	1	0.1%
25	democratization	1	0.1%
26	agriculture	1	0.1%
90	omit	0	0%
91	all	4	0.3%
92	none of the above	184	15.8%
95	refuse to answer	1	0.1%
96	it's depended	4	0.3%
97	none opinion	20	1.7%
98	don't know	174	14.9%
99	skip	0	0%
	Frequency :	1168	100%

Values Categories		n	percentage
1	he is not from Taichung	103	8.8%
2	his personal ethics	91	7.8%
3	his use of profanity	33	2.8%
4	bad performance before	15	1.3%
5	Making an indiscreet remark	2	0.2%
6	negative campaign	12	1.0%
7	related with local faction	2	0.2%
8	entertain baseball team to dinner	2	0.2%
9	make a political show	1	0.1%
10	hate him	1	0.1%
19	rubber check	1	0.1%
26	faction in party	1	0.1%
30	ugly	2	0.2%
31	debt increase in Pingdong	3	0.3%
32	staff members are bad	1	0.1%
33	overconfidence	1	0.1%
34	lack of international perspective	1	0.1%
90	omit	0	0%
92	none of the above	441	37.8%
95	refuse to answer	17	1.5%
96	it's depended	5	0.4%
97	none opinion	9	0.8%
98	don't know	424	36.3%
99	skip	0	0%
	Frequency :	1168	100%

Values Categories		n	percentage
1	law and order	145	12.4%
2	his health	162	13.9%
3	in office too long	21	1.8%
4	no achievements in office	54	4.6%
5	his personal ethics	53	4.5%
6	urban planning	2	0.2%
7	corrupt practices	7	0.6%
8	ignore about Taichung County	6	0.5%
9	make a political show	12	1.0%
10	election strategy is poor	1	0.1%
11	baseball team event	1	0.1%
12	related to local factions	3	0.3%
13	depend on central government	1	0.1%
14	not really trying to win the election	3	0.3%
15	Lien was shot	1	0.1%
16	kiss china's ass	1	0.1%
17	lack of daring and resolution	1	0.1%
18	negative campaign	2	0.2%
19	traffic accident	3	0.3%
20	faction in party	1	0.1%
22	lack of affinity	2	0.2%
23	partial to public official	2	0.2%
90	omit	2	0.2%
92	none above	337	28.8%
95	refuse to answer	12	1.0%
96	it's hard to say	2	0.2%
97	no opinion	8	0.7%
98	don't know	323	27.7%
99	skip	0	0%
	Frequency :	1168	100%

Values Categories		n	percentage
1	changed mind and voted for a different candidate	74	6.3%
2	no effect	461	39.5%
3	didn't vote because of them	14	1.2%
90	omit	0	0%
95	refuse to answer	2	0.2%
98	don't know	0	0%
99	skip	617	52.8%
	Frequency :	1168	100%

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