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Guide -- to the Magnetic Tape Files by D. Brouqhton
CONTENTS
Tape contents Setup procedure General notes Weighting Panel construction Questionnaires
For a detailed description of this survey see: W L Miller, H Clarke, M Harrop, L LeDuc and P Whiteley How voters-change: The 1987 ~ritish Election Campaign Perspective (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990)
1987 BRITISH ELECTION CAMPAIGN STUDY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW
Principal Investigator: Prof W L Miller Research Assistant: Dr David Broughton
UKDANoteUsers should note that the data are not available in magnetic tape format, but are available from UKDA as SPSS, Stata or tab-delimited files.
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CONTENTS OF MAGNETIC TCIPE FROM BRITISH ELECTION C~MPAIGN STUDY, DEPCIRTMENT o P O L I T I C S , U N I V E R S I T Y OF GLASGOW, UK.
EACH F I L E HCIS BEEN WRITTEN TO THE TAPE IWIb4E. I F YOU CANNOT REPlD ONE VERSION, TRY THE OTHER. THE SEOLENCE OF F I L E S I S SUCH THAT ONE COMPLETE S E T O F 16 F I L E S IS ' FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER COMPLETE SET OF 16.
F I L E SEQUENCE
1 AND 1 7
2 AND 1 8
3 AND 1 9
4 AND 20
5 AND 2 1
6 AND 22
7 AND 23
8 AND 2 4
GU FILENCIME (NOT ON TAPE)
RAWDATABES83
RAWDATABSAS86
RAWDATACASR87
RAWDATAFOUR
RAWDATAONE
RAWDATAPOST
RAWDATAPPE
RAWDATATWO
9 AND 25 SETUPBES83
1 2 AND 28 SETUPFOUR
CONTENTS OF F I L E
B E S 8 3 RAW DATA
BSAS86 RAW M T A
CASR87 RAW M T F )
BCS FOUR RAW M T A
BCS GWE RAW DPlTA
BCS POST RAW DPlTA
BCS PRE RAW M T A
BCS TUO RAW DATA
B E S 8 3 SETUP
F I L E RECORD F I L E S I Z E CARDS LENGTH
3 1 , 6 4 0
68,200
7,393
13,860
1 3 , 4 5 5
6,252
7,938
3,380
( I N K B S )
2,636
5 6 8 4
6 1 8
990
928
4 1 8
550
2 1 8
PER C A S E / N
8/3955
22/3100
1 /7393
9 / 1 5 4 0
9 / 1495
4 / 1 5 6 3
7 / l l 3 4
10/338
BSAS86 2 , 6 1 4 SETUP
CASR87 SETUP
BCS FOUP 3 4 3 2 0 ---- SETUP ie second fortnight of campalgn
BCS ONE 292 20 ---- SETUP lntermedlate flle- do not analyse
BES Data lape pagr? 2
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14 AND 30 . SETUPPOST
15 AND 31 SETUPPRE
16 AND 32 SETUPTWO
BC5 POST 222 12 ---- SETUP le post-electlon wave
BCS P R € 433 26 ---- SETUP le pre-electlon wave (March/April 87)
BC5 TWO 313 l8 ---- SETUP le f ~ r s t fortnight of campaign,
c o m b l n ~ n g what used to be called waves one and two.
BC5 D a t a Tape page 3
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DATA FROM THE BRITISH ELECTION CAMPAIGN STUDY - MAY 1988
SETUP PROCEDURE (MUST BE FOLLOWED EXACTLY'')
( 1 ) The magne t l c t a p e has been w r i t t e n w l t h t h e f o l l o o ~ n g s p e c l f l c a t l o n s :
IBM U n l a b e l l e d ; l 6 0 0 BP1 D e n s i t y ; EBCDIC Charac te r Code; 8 0 B y t e Record! ( C a r d Image) ; F l x e d Format ; 9 T r a c k (Odd P a r l t y ) , B l o c k ~ n g F a c t o r o f 10( Records /8000 B y t e s
\ 2 ) A f u l l description o f t h e f l l e s contained o n t h e tape i s g l v e n o n t h e a t t a c h e d s h e e t above Checks s h o u l d b e c a r r i e d o u t t o ensu re t h a t t h e s e a r e r e p l i c a t e d e x a c t l y a t y o u r home ~ n s t l t u t l o n .
( 3 ) The BCS s e t u p f l l e s a r e a l l w r l t t e n t o b e used with SPSSX. You w l l l nsec t o change a l l t h e F I L E HhNDLE c a r d s t o f l t i n w l t h t h e f l l e and l i b r a r y namrng conventions of y o u r home ~ n s t l t u t l o n . 0 s s u p p l i e d , t h e f l l e s werE w r ~ t t e n f o r o p e r a t i o n o n t h e Glasgow ICL mainframe.
( 4 ) You MUST run t h e s e t u p programmes ~n t h e following sequence o r t h e y w l l l n o t work: -
( A ) . SETUPBESBB ( B ) . SETUPBSAS86 ( C ) . SETUPCASR87 ( D ) . SETUPPRE ( E ) . SETUPOME ( F ) . SETUPTWO (G SETUPFOUR ( H ) . SETUPPOST
( 5 ) I t i s advisable t o save t h e sys tem flies i n COMPRESSED fo rma t . A l t h o u g h l t w i l l t a k e l o n g e r t o p r o c e s s a s a r e s u l t , t h e s a v i n g i n t e r m s of f l l e s t o r e c a n b e dramatic. T h l s a p p l l e s particularly t o t h e BSASB6 w h l c h 1s a l a r g e f l l e , containing abou t 3000 cases and 22 r e c o r d s p e r c a s e .
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( 3 ) GENERAL NOTES
( 1 ) A11 t h e B C 5 f l l e s h a v e a v a r i a b l e c a l l e d RESP. T h i s i s t h e 7 - d i g l t r esponden t identification number. I f you want t o i d e n t i f y o u r responde f i t s o n e l t h e r t h e BESB3 o r t h e BSASBb, you w i l l need t o c r e a t e t h i s v a r l a b l e o n those two f i l e s . I t does n o t e x i s t a t t h e moment. Two COMPUTE s t a t e m e n t s w l l l s u f f l c e , one i n s e r t e d i n each of t h e s e t u p f i l e e as s u p p l l e d .
F o r t h e BESB3-
COMPUTE ' RESP=IDl*lOOO+AREANO
For t h e BSASB.6:
COMPUTE RESP=SERIAL*lOOO+AREA
( 2 ) Q u e s t i o n s QIITW t o Q I l O W , QI2CW t o RI2NW s h o u l d n o t be a n a l y s e d a t t h e moment. These a r e t h e open-ended questions concerning t h e p a r t y l e a d e r s a c t i o n s and t h e o t h e r p a r t y politicians t h e r e s p o n d e n t s n o t i c e d . They have n o t y e t been checked f o r e r r o r s . A l l t h e r e s t o f t h e d a t a h a s b e e r c l e a n e d and checked f o r w i l d codes, m i s s i n g v a l u e s e t c .
( 3 ) There a r e some "system m i s s l n g " cases o n t h e BCS Pre-Wave The re a r e 24 r e s p o n d e n t s I n c l u d e d o n t h e d a t a f i l e who were g i v e n a s h o r t v e r s l o r o f t h e q u e s t l o n n a l r e a f t e r t h e y were i n l t l a l l y r e l u c t a n t t o b e ~ n t e r v l e w e d . T h e r e f o r e , t h e y were n o t asked many o f t h e q u e s t i o n s i n t h e pre-wave
( 4 ) I n some o f t h e waves, n o t a b l y t h e two campa ign waves ( 1 + 2 , 4 ) , t h e r e 1s sornetlmes a h i g h p e r c e n t a g e o f r e s p o n d e n t s c l t l n g " o t h e r " I s s u e s a s t h e one a p a r t i c u l a r p a r t y was s t r e s s i n g a t t h e t i m e . We a r e c u r r e n t l y compiling a l i s t of t hese i s s u e s n o t c o v e r e d b y t h e seven p r e - c o d e s f o r t hose v a r i a b l e s Many o f t h e responses r e l a t e t o t h e economy i n g e n e r a l , t a x a t i o n , p r i v a t i s a t i o n , g e n e r a l criticism of o t h e r p a r t i e s , p r o p o r t i o n a l representation ( f o r t h e A l l i a n c e ) , f o l l o w e d a t a d l s t a n c e by h o u s l n g and pensions.
( 5 ) W e i g h t ~ n g t h e f i l e s t o c o r r e c t f o r b ~ a s e s i s c r u c i a l . The c r e a t l o n o f t h e w e l g h t s ( a d i f f e r e n t one f o r each wave) c a n b e a c h l e v e d s i m p l y b y r u n q l n g t h e s e t u p f l l e s b u t t h e f i l e CASR h a s t o b e c r e a t e d b e f o r e any o f t h e sys tem f i l e s . See t h e a t t a c h e d d e t a i l e d i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t w e l g h t l n g .
( 6 ) I t i s recommended t h a t t h e BCS d a t a f o r waves one and two a r e added t o g e t h e r . Wave two responden ts have been t r e a t e d s e p a r a t e l y t h i s f a r because they were ' t o p - u p s ' f o r p e o p l e who dropped o u t of t h e s u r v e y r a t h e r t h a n responden ts who had p r e v i o u s l y been interviewed f o r e i t h e r t h e BE583 o r t h e BSASB6. Aga ln , t h e a d d i n g p r o c e d u r e c a n b e a c h i e v e d s i m p l y b y r u n n l n g t h e s e t u p f l l e SETUPTWO. You must however c r e a t e t h e system f ~ l e f o r wave one b e f o r e you a t t e m p t t h l s by ~ u n n ~ n g t h e s e t u p f i l e SETUPONE
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(7) Further lnformatlon about the study is contained in the questionnaires that were used and the 'bibles' w h ~ c h were distributed earlier this year, contalnlng the unuelghted frequencies for many of the variables. In due course, there wll l b e a fully documented technical report of thm study and a comprehensive codebook to gulde secondary analysls of the data. T h ~ s w ~ l l probably only become available when the data are offlclally deposited in the €SRC Data Archlve at the University o f Essex.
(8) You wlll flnd some "system misslng" cases when you run the setupfiles. The largest number lnvolved is 8 cases. Thls d ~ s c r e p a n c y arlses from , mlsmatch between the BCS respondent number and the orlglflal respondent number c o ~ t a l n e d in elther the BES83 or the BSAS86 data f ~ l e s . A few respondents were glven to the Campalgn Study who were elther not actually in the appropriate data flle or who were in the data flle but with a respondent number different to the one supplled Of course, any matching procedure between files must match respondent numbers exactly and i t is thls mlsmatch between numbers that leads to the cases belng flagged a s "system missing". They are however valld cases for analysls.
( 9 ) Cross-sectional welghts are lncluded on all flles, but for subset a n a l y s ~ s or panel analysis you will need to construct your o w n weights uslng the procedure described in the WEIGHTING s e c t ~ o n that follows
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WEIGHT ING ( 4 ' --------- ( l ) p c !&?iqhtLng Lpqic: Thls survey is a panel survey based upon three
sources --- the 1983 BES, the 1986 BSAS and the CLONES (substitutes for indlvlduals leaving the panel). These basic sources o r l g ~ n a l l y requlred weighting to make them representative of the electorate in 1983 or 1986 The logic of the Glasgow University panel welghtlng scheme is to apply lnterlocklng quota target welghts, modlfylng the orlginal weights, in order to make any analytlc data set conform to the same characterlstlcs a s the 1986 BSAS &g2 to make it a s representatlv~ a s that 3000-respondent clustered random sample. The interlocking quota scheme takes account of Class, Age, Sex and Reglon (hence "CASR") .
BASE --- . t h i s appears on all the GU panel waves; - , lt lndlcates the source of the respondent; values are 1 = resp came from BSCyS.86
2 = resp came from BES83 3 = resp is a clone for a BSAS86
resp who left panel
RESP --- this is a respondent ldentiflcation number, it is nqt gnigug by ltself; ~t 1s unique when used in comblnatlon wlth BASE Ile. a BSAS respondent and a BES respondent may have the same RESP number but, for example, no two BSAS respondents will have the s a m e RESP .
BASEWT --- this is the "base welght" that the respondent had originally in 1983 or 1986.
The cross-sectlon weights for each cross-section are a s follows:-
Crqas=sect ion --- Weight variable 1983 BES WEIGHT 1986 BSAS WTFACTOR P r e wave (March/Aprll 87) GWTPRE Wave Two (1.e. flrst fortnlght
of campaign) GWTTWO Wave Four (1.e second fortnlght
of campaign) GWTFOUR Post Electlon GWTPOST
STRaTh87 --- thls is the stratum lnto whlch the respondent falls in 1987; the strata are defined in terms of an lnterlocklng quota of Class, Age, Sex, Reglon; thls v a r ~ a b l e is used in paragraph ( 4 ) below
BCS Data Tape page 7
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2 apo3 pauhrsse aJe --- )~eq qnoqe --- abewr sse13 snoaueluods
e qnoqqrn asoql sse11 paubrsse bras 40 srseq aqq uo E apox oq sse~~ 6ury~on snoauequods aq? pue I
apo3 04 ssel3 alpprw snoaue3uods aq+ paubrsse afieq am sauoI2 aqq JOJ uorqew~o&ur srqq aheq qou op aM a3urs .ga
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( 1 ) restrict (1.e. SELECT) analysis to the subsample of Interest
( 1 1 ) use SPSSX command %LE51 BY BASEwI
( 1 1 1 ) with those SELECT and WEIGHT commands ~n o p e r a t ~ o n calcula-te FRERUEIUCIES GENERFIL=STRATAB7. Let u s cal l these percentage frequencies the frequencies baseweighted.
You must create your own weighting variable called. for erample, SUBWT, a s follows, using the f o l l o w ~ n g 36 llnes of SPSSX IF commands
.. IF iSTRATAB7 EQ,1111) SUBWT = BASEWT + (target
frequ)/(baseweighted frequ) etc. etc.
&!pig You c a n see full examples of t h ~ s at the end o f our setup programmes.
To check that you have constructed the weighting variable correctly you must now do a thlrd run'
WEIGHT BY S U B WT FPEQUENCIES GENERAL=STRATA87
This my54 produce a pattern of frequencies that e r a c t l y conforms to the target frequencies
I s r q e t Erequeacies fgc STRATAQ2. these are based o n the 1986 854s representative cross-sectlon. They a r e a s follows:
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BCS Data Tape page 10
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To construct a panel you must use SPSSX MATCH FILES to combine cross- section files.
Since the respondent ldentifler RESP is npt unlque (see above) you must use two '.'keysu in combination for the matching but that is easy. The SPSSX command is:
MFITCH FILES
EX WSE RESE
4+ Note also that RESP does not exist on the 1983 and 1986 flles and must be constructed uslng the formulae given 15 the Genera\ Notes (above). I t does exist on all the Glasgow ~niverslty flles.
BCS Data T a p e p a g e 1 1
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Pm-WAVE WSTIONNAIRB (Mar-Apr 1987)
*...***....*.....*. ......................................... *........*........*.*******.******* ......................... NB. Come back and enter theme detaile at the end of the intervinrl
RICSPONDDIT'S N L L N M --- and mevan diait RJlsP NUMBER
I ~ I B I I Z R * ~ N m ---- and three digit 1 m V 1 m m m ..............................
Start intervinr hsrel
A INTEREST AND DISRIBSIOW.
M l - During t h lamt week, h a often have you dimcusmed politics with far-, worbatem or other p.ople - not al all, Vary little, occaeionally, often?
not at all 1 very little 2 occamionally 3
often 4 (DI[/NAl 9
QA3: R w interemting do you find what's happening in politics at the mment - v ~ r y interesting, fairlv intereeting, not very interemting. not g .& intereeting?
very intereating 1 fairly intereating 2
not very interesting 3 not at all interesting 4
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m - W A V E QmsTIONNAIRs (Mar-Apr 1987)
B: ISSUBS ........................................................... QBO: N W I'd like to ask you about moee political issues,
and h w well the parties are handling t h u just n w .
From what you have seen of the arguments so far, I vant yor to give each party a mark out of ten for its approach 01
I unemployment. YOU c a n v G a Z Krty any mark from o out of 10 up to 10 out of 10. Zero, of course is a ver] bad mark and 10 is a Very good lark.
Let's etart with the Conecrvativem, what mark would you glve them just n w , for the r andxii?unmm 10 ent? And what about Labour? l%eiAl:iancs? Thedk&s;
Hark DK .......................... Conservatives OK Labour DK
unawloyunt? Alliance DK Nationaliatm DK ..........................
I? D/NA m CIRCLB DK AND INSKRT .--. IN lURX BOX And h a impartant to you is the unegloyment iamue, in
raking up your mind h a to vote - extr-l important, m important, not very irporta+ extremely iqortant 1
fairly important 2 Unewloymnt not very important 3
(DWNAI 9
QB2. And what about markm out of 10 for their approach on inflation?
Mark DK
labour Inflation Alliance
Nationalista .......................... IF DK/MA m CIRCLB DK M D INS= .--. IN MARK BOX
And how important to you is the inflation issue, in making up your mind h w to vote - extr-l important, fairly important, not very imports/
Inflation
extremely imprtant 1 fairly important 2
not very ilportant 3 (DK/NA) 9
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PM-WAVE QUESTIONNAIRe (mar-Apr 1987)
lC& PE2 Prom what they have said recently, what seem to be
ths party policies on Britain's o m nuclaar vea on.? Do thm Conservatives rant to bu; more7iiiclcaraponE, or keeD h a t va have got, or gat r d of our nuclear weapons?
Buy more Keep Get rid (DK/NA) ................................... Conservativaa? l 2 3 9
and Labour? 1 l 3 9 and the Liberal Party 1 l 3 9 and the Social bcmocrats 1 2 3 9 and the Allianca as a whole 1 2 3 9 and the Nationalists 1 2 3 9 and what would p do? 1 2 3 9 ............................................................. QE3: Regardless of whethar you agree with their defence policy or not, do you think the Conamrvativaa ara presenting their dafence policy or badly at the moment?
*m11 Badly ( W ............................... Conmarvativem
and Labour and thm Alliance and the Nationalimtm
QE4: What about relations batween Britain and A~erica? From what the partias have h e n saying recently, do the Conservativma a e u to bm too ro-American, about w t in thair approach to A . . r i c a ~ r b i i E F X A m a ~ ?
&h"..+ -v"- Too Pro right Too Anti (DK) ..............................
Conaervativam l l 3 9 and Labour 1 2 3 9
and tha Alliance 1 2 3 9 and the Nationaliatm 1 2 3 9 .............................................................
F: THE ECONOm NW mole quemtiona about economic matters, like unemplopent, inflation, and tha standard of living I QF1' Prom what thay hava b u n saying recently. which party now seems to b. the best on a c o n a c m- -- CON IAB ALL HAT (DK) ........................
-for you and your family? l 2 3 4 9 -and for tha a r m in which you liva? 1 l 3 4 9
-for Britain aa a whola? 1 1 3 4 9 -for the unemployed? 1 2 3 4 9
-for those on panmions L soc security? 1 2 3 4 9 .............................................................
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QP2. Iaoking back, does it now appaar that ths government could hava dons w r e to reduce unmplopant, or did it -- do as luch f i t z l d ? I? llORX: A lot or a little?
could have done more - lot 1 could have done more - little 2
did am much as it could 3 (DWNA) 9
QP3- Irrempective of whether you aqraa with their policiea on unemployment do you think the Conmarvativea are remntln their unemploymant policy or b& at the m e
WZLL BADLY (DK/NA) Conmarvativca 1 2 9 and Labour l 2 9 and the Alliance 1 2 9 and the Nationalimta 1 1 9
QQ4' Lookin over the last yaar, would you say Britain's c c o n o l i i e battar or worme? A lot or a little? -And your o m f a i i econoliccirclustancem: have the got better or got worsavovsr the last vaar? A lot or a i d l e ?
I BRITAIN o m FAUILY lot batter 1 1
little batter 2 2 (nuch the mama) 3 3 little worma 4 4
lot vorme 5 5 (W 9 9 ............................................................
QP5. Now lookin ahead to the next year. Do you think the economy w d -r or et worm*? A lot or a little? -And ou= f a m ~ e c o n ~ c - c ~ - 1 ~ 1 a t a n c c . : do you axpect they & or get worm*? A lot or a little?
BRITAIN OWN FAUILY lot better 1 1
little bettar 2 2 (much the same) 3 3
littla worse 4 4 lot voraa 5 5
( W 9 9
PP8 Just one question about thm relationship between Local Councils (the Counties, Regions or Districts) and the Government. Do you think that councils ought to be controlled by central government--
more7 l less? 2
about the same as now? 3 (D10 9
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QH10: Do you read any daily morning navspaper at least 3 times -7 IF n0RE TWNI ONE Which do you rely on most'
CODE ONE pnLY ( S c o t G h ) Daily Express 1 The Independent 10
~aily nail 2 Today 11 Daily Rirror/Record 3 Homing Star 12
Daily Star 4 G1aagc-d Herald 13 The sun 5 Scotsman 14
Daily Telegraph 6 Other Regional Daily 15 Financial Times 7 other (SPECIIY) 16
The Guardian B No/Nona 98 The T i n s 9 DK 99 ............................................................
QH11. Do you n o M l l y read a 8unday paper? Which? IF MORE THAN ONE: Which do you rely on most?
CODE ONE ONLY --p
Sunday Expresm 1 nail on Sunday 2
Sunday Today 9 Sunday PeoDle 10
sunday nirrok 3 sunhay bat 11 (Scottish) Sunday nail 4 Other Rqional Sunday 12
News of the World 5 other (SPECIFY) 13 Sunday Telegraph 6 No/nona 9s
observer 7 Sunday Times 8
QH12: Do you rqularly watch or liaten to tha following news programem? ny r w l a r l y I mean at leaet 2 tilcs a week.
YES WO- DK on BBC-m: BBC Breakfast TV Navs (Breakfamt Time) 1 2 9 BBC Lunchtime TV Nevs 1 2 9 BBC Early evening News (at six) 1 2 9 BBC News at Nine 1 2 9 BBC Rwional TV-Neva (at 6.30) 1 2 9
0" E: TV-am news (Good Horning Britain) 1 2 9 ITN Lunchtime nevs 1 2 9 ITN Early aveninq nevm (at 5.45) l 2 9 ITN News at Ten 1 2 9 ITV Rwional nevm (at Six) 1 2 9 ........................................................... On BBC-2: BBC Nevsnight (around llpm) l -- 2 9 On Channel-4: Channel 4 News (at 7pm) 1 2 9 ...........................................................
I' NEWTS ............................................................ 011. In the lamt few have you noticed anything in particular t h a t ~ x Thatcher has maid or done? IF YES: What? WRITE IN ANSWER (BE BRIEF)
NO/DK YES - WHAT? - ~
nrs Thatchar 1 I-> m T ? nr Kinnock 1 2-> UNAT? nr Steal 1 I-> WHAT? Dr Oucn 1 2-D UNAT? .........................................................
Q12 Now what about politicians other than the party leaders In the last few days have you noticed, P+: articular1 W oth.r Conacrvative apart from Ilrm Thatchcr IP YES Who?
UO/DK YES - WHO? ............................................................. 0th CON (Not nrs.T) l 2-D WHO? 0th u a (woe nr.~) 1 2-> m 0 7 0th A11 (Not Mr S/Dr.O) 1 a-> UN07 ~ Nationaliat 1 2-> WHO? .............................................................
QI3: Thinking now about the moat r w m t time you aav or heard llrs Thatcher on TV or radio, NEVER did she make you feel- YES NO/DK SEEN/HEARD
Angry? 1 2 9 Hopeful? 1 2 9
Urs Thatcher? Afraid? 1 2 9 Proud? 1 2 9 ................................................... Angry 1 2 9
Hopeful 1 2 9 and Hr Rinnock? Afraid 1 2 9
Proud 1 2 9 ................................................... angry 1 2 9
Hopeful 1 2 9 and Ur Steel? Afraid 1 2 9
Proud 1 2 9 ................................................... Angry l 2 9
Hopeful 1 2 9 and Dr m e n ? Afraid 1 2 9
Proud 1 2 9
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Q14. In ppinion whole?
the last few have you noticed any particular state of the parties in Britain as a
Do you remmmber which poll? Gallup 1
MOP 2 HORI 3
Harris 4 A S Y Audimnce Selection 5
Marplan 6 CJTWER (spec) 7
SEEN BUT DK WHICH B HAVE HUT SEEM (or meth her srecc) 9 -------------------------------------------.
IF UAVE SEEM -which party was top? -which second? NOT -Was it far W i n d ? Con Lab h11 Nat DK SEEN
Top? 1 2 3 4 E 9 SCCOnd? 1 2 3 4 B 9
J' IMCES: Now 1'd like to amk you about how ths party leaders are looking this wmek. ut'a start with Mrs Thatcher I'll read out a word or phrame and ask you to qivm Hrs. Thatcher a mark out of tan according to h a well it describes her 9 -. First decisive: what mark out of ten would you give Hrs Thatcher this wemk on being decisive? Ten out of ten means she smemstota~decisive th a wemk. 0 out of l0 means she seems t o t a d e c i s i v . thisiwmek. But you can qivs her anything between nothing and ten.
I? DK THEN CIRCLE "DR. M D INSERT .--" IH HARK BOX HARK DK
W 1 : decisivm Hrs. Thatcher? DK and Mr. Kinnock? DK and Hr. Steel? DK and Dr. wen? nr
QJ2: trustworthy Mrs. Thatcher DK Hr. Kinnock DK Hr Steel DK Dr. m e n DK
W 3 ' energmtic Hrs Thatcher DK Hr Kinnock DK Hr Steel DK Dr m e n DK
W 4 : willing to listen Hrs. Thatcher DK Mr. Kinnock DK Hr Steel nK - ~ Dr. w e n DK
W5: well-informed Hrs. Thatcher Hr Kinnock HT Steel Dr W e n
W5: well-informed Hrs. Thatcher DK Hr Kinnock DK Hr Steel DK Dr W e n DK
ws: Hrs. Thatchsr DK Hr. Kinnock nr
W 7 a good leader of a Hrs. Thatcher +earn - Hr Kinnock - ~ ~
Hr steel DK Dr . w e n DK
Hr. Thatcher DK Hr. Kinnock DK
K r Z i i E G i to other Hr. steel DK mm.bers of Dr. w e n DK European C o m n Harket ..........................................................................................................................................
W 9 - willin to stand Hrs Thatchmr DK d t I Z h T i X & r s s t a Hr Kinnock DK =relation the Hr. stem1 DK Russlans Dr w e n DK
W10: willin to stand 9 Mrs. Thatcher DK d t ~ i i h Z i G r m s t s Hr. Kinnock DK Krclation g ~ r . steal DK Americana Dr. w e n DK
W11: Now for the arties, and how look this week What mark out of ten W o b give the ~ o n s e r v a t i z ~ r t o n being united Remember that 10 out of 10 means completely united,* 0 out of 10 means not united at all
IURK DK
on being United Conservativm Party? - DK Labour Party? DK m e Alliance? DK The Nationalists? DK
W12' on havi Conservative Party? DK con* Labour Party? d The Alliance? DX DK
The nationalists? DK
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on baina Conservative Party? TIk-0 Labour Party? t The Allianca? ~rolisas Tha Wationalists?
on bcing - Conservativm Party? modarmta Labour Party?
The Alliance? Tha nationalists? .............................................................
K.BACXGRWUD. Finally, a faw background quaetions
1 Do you evmr think of yourself as balonging to a 1 par&Xlar social cla;m? Which class is that?
UWUSS SAYS MIDDLE OR WOIUCIWG: Host people say they belong eithar to the m= class or tha ror)iinrr class. If you had to made a choics w o u l ~ call yourself m m class or
m Middle 1 Working 1
3 a class 4
DK 9
IF IW TO MOOSE 1 - 2
(not acceptable) - (it still says no) 4 (if still says DK) 9
Q Would you say that most popla living in your naiqhbourhood are class or class? Middle 1
Working 2 (Mixed/both) 3
(DW 9
9x3: In politics, would you say that you arm generally on the left, in the e, or on thm m? IF CCRlXE: Do you lean a t t h more twards tha h f t or the right?
Llft 1 - centre - lean left 2 Cantre - no leaning 3 Cmntre - lean right 4
Right 5 (DIO 9 .............................................................
9x4: W w using l a r k out of % again, I'd like to ask how much priority E would g G e to different litical + objectives. Ten out of ten means that you vould g v* completa priority to that objactive, and disregard all others: zaro out of ten means that you would give priority at all to an objectiva: but remember you can give each - - objactive any mark htveen zero and ten Ror much priority would YOU giva to-- BE!!? F
-Kaaping d a m inflation? DK -Reducing uneqlopent? DK
-Protecting tha environment from pollution? DK -Encouraging industrial growth and expansion? DK
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MRlrsDK -Giving workers more say in management dacisions? DK
-Cutting taxes? DK -R.duclng crime? DK
-Protecting freedom of speech, even for thoaa who advocate unpopular causes? DK
-Spsnding more on schools? DK -spending more on the National Health Servicm? DK
-Spnding morm on military defence? DK -Hslping blacks and Aaianm in Britain? DK ............................................................
QK5: Thinking back to the last General Elaction, in 1983, whmn the party leaders were Mra Thatchar, Mr Foot, Mr Steel and Mr Jmnkins. Do you remember whether p voted then?
YES W O ~ Y C U U G ~ 1 2 3 9
ASK AIL- And which party did you vote for/prmfer in 19837 COW U B ALL HAT OTU(SPECIFY1 WO PREP DK 1 2 3 4 5 8 9 .............................................................
9x6: Thinking back to tha 1979 alaction, when the party leaders wera Ilrs Thatchmr, Ilr Callaqhan and Hr Stee1.m you rsmambar vhether you voted then?
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YES 110 TOO Y O W G DK 1 l 3 9
ASK ALL* And which party did you vota for/prafar in 19797 CON U B LIB WIT OTU(SPEC1FY) WO PREP DK
I'll read o u t G = a l and in tha press, and ten according to h a imprtant
our party's strong points? To remind- DK TO h e l ~ make UD vour mind how to vote? DK
TO see what s DK DK DK DK
Go injoy the excitkent of the election race? DK To us. as anunition in arguments with others? DK .............................................................
**Thank-you very much for helping us with the survey It's very important that ve get your viavs. I hope you enjoyed it. and that we can talk to you again, nearer the election. Thanks again and good-night
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extremely imp 1 1 1 1 1 1 falrly imp 2 2 2 2 2 2
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QC1 NOW please thlnk for a moment about a thcrmomoter scale that runs from zero to 100 degrees 50 15 the neutral polnt
If your fecllngs are varm and sympathetic towards something glve zt a score hlqher than 50, thc warner your feelrngs the hlgher the score On thc other hand, 11 your feclinqs are cold and unsym~athetlc glvc it a score less than 50, the coldel your feelings the lover the score So l00 means very
and sympathetlc. zero means very cold and unsympathct~c, whlle 50 means your feellngs are *=arm nor cold
Flrst let me ask you to glve ratlngs that indlcatc how you feel about each of the party leaders, thrs vcek where vould YOU Place Hrs Thatcher on our t h e m o m e ~ a ~ d l n g to your feellngs of varnth towards her thls weck7
IF m 114% "Dh" INSTEAD OF RATING THERHOMETER RATING
nrs Thatcher? Hr Klnnock?
Mr Steel7 Dr Oven7
And thls week, how warm or cold do you feel about the Conscrvatlve Party?
the Labour part+ the ~lllanci?
(SCOT 6 WALES ONLY' the Natlonallst Party7 l
And thls week how varn or cold do you fcel towards the Amerlcan President, Ronald hagan'
the Russlan Lcader. Hr Gorhwhnv' - ~ - - , the Natlonal Health Scrvlco7
the Trade U n ~ o n s ? ~ ~....
Blacks and Aslans' the Unemployed'
QDI NOW I ' d llke to ask you how you fccl thls week about yoS.~.tng for cacll of thc partles we'll use marks out o[ again Imaglnc that you arc qolng to g ~ v e eachp2;Fy a mock out or tcn accocd~nq to how inclined you are to vote for it
0 out of 10 mcana that you are absolutely certain you could nevcr votc for that party. 10 out of 10 mcans that you arc - - -. ;~l~~oluLcly ccrtaln that you would vote for that party nut you c a n m e c h party any mark bctween 0 and 10
Uslnq our scillc from 0 to 10, h v lncllned do fccl at the mornelc to vote-- MARK- -
and Labour' and Alllance'
(SCOT L WALES ONLY' and Natlonallst? l .............................. IF U INSERT "OK" INSTEAD OF YARK
QDZ z, polnt ln the campalqn, how do cach of the n a r r l e s sccm to be dolnq in Brltaln as a whole' O n t h ~ v lonl
GOOD SOME VERY LITTLE NO CHANCE DK ~ ~
conservatlvcs7 1 2 3 4 9 -nd Labour' 1 2 0
QD3 Lhe moment, does lt look llkely that the Alllance wlll vln enough seats to hold the balance of pover in parliament' YES NO DK
the Alllance' 1 2 9 and the Scots and welsh Natlonal~sts' 1 2 9
and the Irlsh Unlonrsts' 1 2 9 ON T111S QUESTION, ASK ABOUT NATS Ir UNIONISTS EVEN IN ENGLAND
Now I'd llhe to ask about your local Dlstrrct Councll-- QDzl WhlCh party ran your local Dlstrlct Councll before thls U=vls clect10ns7 IF RESP ASKS ABOUT "RAN". WE HEAY ..-,
~~ ~~ , - . . - . . . . "EFFECTIVELY CONTROLLED" --- BUT W NOT EXPLAIN UNLESS ASKED'
CON control 1 NO SINGLE-PARTY CONTROL BUT-- LnD control 2 ---CON+ALL together 5
ALLIANCE control 3 --- LAB+ALL together G OTIIEII/INDEPEI~OENT control 4 --- any other arrangement
Wlthout slngle-party control 7
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QD23 DO you t h l n k m c o u n c l l s o u g h t t o be c o n t r o l l ~ d gy c e n t r a l q o v c r n m e n t - W. &, o r a b o u t t h c ssmc a s now' More 1 Less 2
Abou t t h e some 3 DK 9
QD20 Most p l a c e s h a d Dlstrlct C o u n c l l e l c c t l o n s a v e e k o r t i o ago-- Was t h e r e % D l s t r l c t e l e c t l o n i n =r area7 -- I F YES Many p e o p l e d l d n o r manage CO v o t c l n t h e l o c a l e l e c t ~ o n s O ld E v o t e 7 I F VOTED F D N h a t a r t y l c s j 7 And d l d you v o t c more f o r t h e ~ n d l v l d u a l c a n ~ t ~ ( s ) , ( o r more f o r t h e t h e y v e r c i rnm7 L W...
PARTY CHOICE' %D OR PTY7 NO ~ l z n 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > N O ~ l e c t l o n - 9-
Old No t v o t e B -----------------> Dld N o t v o t e 8 VOTED--for Con 1 ) ( VOTED--for Candidate 1
- - - f o r L a b 2 ) ( - - - f o r P a r t y 2 - - - f o r A l l 3 I----- '( - - - f o r B o t h 3 - - - fo r 0 t h 4 ) ( - - - f o r DK/NA 7
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p o l l c l e s g t h e moment Does i t seem t h a t t h e c o n s e r v a t r v e s w a n t t o s p e n d more o r t h a n nod o n d c i c n c e 7 X l o t o r a l l t t l c g
W T LITTLE (SAME) LITTLE W T I (DKJ MORE MORE (AS NOW) LESS LESS 1
C o n s e r v a t l W e s 7 1 2 3 4 a n d Labour ' 1 2 3 4
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a n d t h e A l l l a n c e ' 1 2 3 5 1 9
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Q 1 4 All* Lrom w h a t Lhc p i l r c l e s have b c c n s a y l n q r e c e n t l y d o Lhc C o n s c r v n c l v c s n o w s c e n t o b c t o o r o - ~ m e r l c a n , r ~ g ? _ t in t h c l r a p p r o a c h t o n m c r , c ~ o F e,, anti-nncrlcon7
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F T u r n l n g t o c c o n o m l c m a t t e r s . l ~ k e unemployment . ~ n f l a t l o n , z d t h c s t a n d a r d o f l l v ~ n o - - - -- -..> Q F l From w h a t t h e y h a v e b e e n s a y l n g r e c e n t l y . Whlch p a r t y seems t o b e t h e b c a t o n c c o n o m l c mattfrs- -- CON LAB ALL IJAT (DK) ........................
- f o r you a n d y o u r f a m r l y 7 l 2 3
-and f o r t h e a r c a i n w h l c h you live? 1 2 3 - f o r O r r t a l n as a who le7 1 2 3
- f o r t h e uncmploycd7 1 2 3
QF7 Somc p e o p l e s o y w e n e e d t o c u t t a x e s a n d c u t servlccs l l k e h e a l t h , education a n d v c l f a z O f h e r G a ) r u c n e e d t o l n c r c a s e t a x e s a n d s c r v l c c s Would you c u t b o t h o r I n c r c a s c W' A l o t o r a l r t t l c ? CUT CUT (SAME 1 INCREASE INCREASE Dh/ A m T A LITrLE (AS NOW ) A LITTLE h WT
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G T u r n l n g now t o t h e p s o g r c s s o f t h e c l e c t l o n carnpalqn in y o u r own constituency --- QG3 A t t h l r p o l n t 1; the campaign, h a v e you h e a r d a n y t h l n g a b o u t t h e p e r s o n a l l t l e s o f t h e c a n d i d a t e s in c o n s t r t u e n c y ' F i r s t , t h e C o n s e r v a t i v e c a n d l d a t e g I F YES Does h i s / h e r v l e v s a n d personality make you more o r lcss l i k e l y t o v o t e f o r t h e l r p a r t y ?
IIEARD, BUT HAKES LESS LIKELY - NDT HEARD LIKELY X E U T TO VOTE TO VOTE CANDIDATE FOR FTY TO VOTE FOR PTY
Your CONS c a n d ? 1 2 3 9 6 y o u r LAD c a n d ' 1 2 3 9 6 y o u r ALI caod ' 1 2 3 9
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T h e G u a r d r a n 8 No/Nane 9 0 T h e T l n e s 9 OK 99
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QH12 Dld YOU w a t c h t h e W on---- YES NO DK -- BBC-TV t o d a y " 1 2 9
-- BBC-TV y e s t e r d a y ' 1 2 9 -- ITV o r Channe l -4 t o d a y 7 l 2 9 -- ITV or Channe l -4 y e s t e r d a y ' 1 2 9 ..........................................................
H5 Would you s a y t h a t W news seemed b l a s e d 1" f a v o u r o f t h e C o n s e r v a t i v e p a r t y , b l a s e d a q a l n s t lt, o r n c l t h c r
BIASED B I A S E ~ ~ H E ~ - - - -. - - . I N FAVOUR AGAINST /DOTH DK
BBC-TV t o w a r d s CONS PTY? 1 2 8 9 6 t o w a r d s t h e LAD F T Y 7 1 2 8 9 L t o w a r d s t h e A l l l n n c c 7 1 2 D 9
(SCOTSWALES ONLY 6 t h e NATS7- 1 I F "NOT S E E N ' m : m 9 - )
And how a b o u t t h c news o n ITV a n d / o r C h a n n e l 4 ' - BIASED BIASED NEITllER
I N FAVOUR AGAINST /UOTH OK ITV/chsnnel -4 t o w a r d s CONS l 2 0 9
6 t o w a r d s t h e LAB P T Y 7 l 2 B 9 b t o w a r d s t h e A l l l a n c e 7 1 , 2 8 9
(SCOTLWALES ONLY L t h e IIATS7- 1 2 8 9 - ) I F "NOT SEFN" CODE AS DK"
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And l o o k l n q a t z s p $ p x r z you r c l d t o d a y 7 ~ I A S E D BIASED NCITllER
I N FAVOUR AGAINST /BOTH OK Newspapers t o w a r d s CONS mY7 1 2 B 9
6 t o w a r d s t h e LAB PTY' 1 2 8 9 h t o w a r d s t h e A l l l a n c e " I 2 8 9
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I EVENTS Q 1 1 I n t h c 1 a t Eec d a y s h a v e you n o t l c e d a n y t h l n q p a r t r c u l n r t h a t Hrs T h a t c h e r h a s s a l d o r d o n e 7 I F YES what '
N0,DK YES - WIIAT7 UHITE ANSWER I N CAPITALS H r s T h a t c h e r 1 2 - > UllAT'
M r K lnnock 1 2-, U1lAT7
Mr s t c e 1 1 2-> WllhT~
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Q12 I n t h c l a s t f e u d a y s h a v e y o u n o t l c e d , p a r t l c u l a r l , 9 c o n a c ~ v ~ v e a p a r t f r o m Mrs T h a t c h e r 7 I F YES Hh27
NO/DK YES - WHO' WRITE NAHE I N CAPITALS 0 t h CON' (No t TIIATCHER) 1 2-> WHO?
0 t h LAD7 ( N o t KINNOCK) 1 2-> WHO7
0 t h A l l ' (N0 t STEEL/OWEN) 1 2-> W1107
( I N SKW ONLY NAT 1 2-> W110? ) .............................................................
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I ' l l r o a d o u t a word o r p h r a s e a n d a s k you t o q r v e a o u t a c c o r d l n q t o how w e l l t h e word describes e a c h pa r ty -
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l l k e l y t o kccp its promises' -> ->
Q14 l l n n l l y I n t h e l a s t q?ys have you n o t l c c d a n y p o r L l r u l a r o p l n l o n p o l l a b o u t t h c s t a e f or t h e p a r t l e s 2, IlcLL?IJ as_ .l !!:oh7 Do you rcmcmbcr which p o l l '
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Top' 1 2 3 4 7 8 9 Second ' 1 2 3 A 7 8 9
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"Thank-you v e r y much for h e l p i n g u s w l t h t h e s u r v e y I t ' s v e r y important t h a t we get y o u r vlevs I hope you e n 3 o y e d it, a n d t h a t wc c a n t a l k t o y o u a g a r n , n e a r e r t h e e l e c t l o n T h a n k s agaln a n d g o o d - n l g h t
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QA1 Durlng the last week, how often have you discussed polztxs wlth family, workmates or other people - g 5 G, very llttle, occaslonall~, often?
not at all 1 very llttle 2 occasionally 3
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QA2 At thls point, how lnterestlng do you flnd the electlor campalgn - very mterestlng, falrly mterestlng, not very rnterestlnq, not at all lnterestlnq7
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NOW I'd llke to ask you about some polltlcal in the campawn and how well the partles are handllnq them us nor -----------------------------------------------------.----- QB20 Flrst, what do E ourself thmk 1s the marn lssue that the partres should b z talulng about7 DO N ~ F F R ~ ~ M ~ T - W I T ISSUE-NAMES And what seems the maln Issue being stressed t each of the partles at the moment7 Cons' Lab? Allnce' DC NOT PROMPT WITH ISSUE-NAMES -
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QB1 From what you have seen of the arguments m the last fek C-2, I want you to glve each party a mark out of for its approach 011 unemployment You can glve each party any mark from 0 Out of 10 up to 10 out of 10 Zero. of Course is a very bad mark and 10 is a very good marr
Let's start wlth the Conservatrves, what mark vould you give them & E , for thelr handllnq of unemploy&' And what about Labour' The Alllances f0llLY Ill I
(SCOT & WALES~ COIJS7 LAB' ALL' ( L the NATS71
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N B ASK THESE QUESTIONS LINE BY LINE ' ' " -.-----------------------------------------------------
6 on Inflatlon7 -> -> (S6W-> l ....................................................... 6 on Defence7 -> -> (SLW-> )
6 on Health, Education and Socral Services' -> -> (SLW-> )
IF INSERT "DK" INSTEAD Of MARK
Q And g the moment, how Important is each of these lssues to In maklng up your mlnd how to vote --- extremely lmportant. k r l y Important, not v e r y important' flrst, unemplmnt7 & inflatn7 6 defence7 L health,educssocServs'
ASK ABOUT EACll LsSUE L M) NOT ACCEPT "THEY'RE ALL IMP" ETC
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QC1 Now p l e a s e t h r n k f o r a moment a b o u t a the rmometer s c a l e t h a t r u n s from z e r o t o 100 d e g r e e s 50 is t h e n e u t r a l PO&&
I f y o u r f e e l l n g s a r e warm and r y m p a t h e t l c towards something g l v e i t a s c o r e h l g h e r t h a n 50 . t h e warmer y o u r f e e l l n q s t h e h l g h e r t h e s c o r e On t h e o t h e r hand. l f y o u r f e e l l n g s a r e c o l d and -- u n s y m p a t h e t r c g l v e it a s c o r e less t h a n 5 0 , t h e c o l d e r y o u r f e e l i n g s t h e l o w e r t h e s c o r e S o 100 means v e r y
and sympathetic, z e r o means v e r y c o l d and u n s y m p a t h e t r c . w h l l e 50 means y o u r f e e l l n g s a r e warm n o r c o l d
F l r s t l e t me a s k you t o g i v e r a t i n g s t h a t l n d l c a t e how you f e e l a b o u t each o f t h e p a r t y l e a d e r s , t h l s week Where would YOU p l a c e Hrs T h a t c h e r on o u r the rmometer according t o y o u r f e e l l n g s o f warmth t o w a r d s h e r t n l s week7
I F INSERT "DK" INSTEAD OF RATING ........................................ THERMOMETER FIATING ............................
Hrs Thatcher ' -. n r Klnnock?
H r S t e e l 7 D r 0wen7 ............................
And t h i s week, how warm o r c o l d d o you f e e l a b o u t t h e C o n s e r v a t r v e Party '
t h e Labour P a r t y ? t h e A l l l a n c e 7
(SCOT 6 WALES ONLY' t h e Nationalist P a r t y 7 ) ...........................................................
QC100 G e n e r a l l y s p e a k l n g , d o you t h l n k o f y o u r s e l f a s a s u e p o r t e r o f any one p o l l t l c a l p a r t y 7
YES NO DK/DEPENDS 1 2 9
WON'T I F YES Which' CON LAB LIB SDP ALL NAT OTH SAY - -
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And how s t r o n q l y d o you s u p p o r t t h a t p a r t y - - VERY" FAIRLY? NOT VERY' ( D K / N A )
1 2 3 9
I F NO/DK DO you t h l n k o f y o u r s e l f as a l i t t l e c l o s e r t o o n e p o l l t l c a l p a r t y t h a n t o t h e o t h e r s ' CON LAB LIB SDP ALL NAT OTli NO/tIONE (DK/tIA)
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Q01 Ilow I ' d l l k e t o a s k you how you f e e l t h l s week a b o u t -g f o r e a c h o f t h e p a r t l e s W e ' l l use marks o u t 2: fez a g a l n Imaqrne t h a t you a re g o l n q t o g l v e e a c h p a r t ) a mar> o u t o f t e n a c c o r d r n g t o how r n c l r n e d you a r e t o v o t e f o r i t
0 o u t o f 10 means t h a t you a r e a b s o l u t e l y you c o u l d never v o t e f o r t h a t p a r t y . 1 0 o u t o f 10 means t h a t you a r e a b s o l u t e l y c e r t a i n t h a t you would alvays v o t e f o r t h a t p a r t y nut you c a n q l v e e a c h p a r t y any mark between 0 and 10
u s l n g o u r s c a l e from 0 t o 1 0 , l n c l l n e d d o F f e e l a t t h e moment t o v o t e - - MARK- -
Conservative' and Labour'
QD2 A t t h l s p o r n t i n the campaign, how d o e a c h o f t h e p a r t l c s seem t o be d o l n g i n B r l t a l n as a whole7 Do t h e y l o o > l l k e havrng a v e r y good c h a n c e o f g e t t l n g an o v e r a l l m a 3 o r l t ) l n p a r l i a m e n t , o r c h a n c e , o r v e r y l l t t l e c h a n c e , o r no c h a n c e a t a l l ' F l r s t t h e Cons' L Labs 6 t h e A l l l a n c e '
VERY GOOD SOME VERY LITTLE NO CHANCE 01
C o n s e r v a t l v e s 7 1 2 3 4 ! and Labour7 1 2 3 4 !
t h e A l l l a n c e 7 1 2 3 4 I
QD3 A t t h e moment, d o e s i t l o o k l l k e l y t h a t t h e A l l r a n c e v111 ; i n n o u s h a t s t o h o l d t h e b a l a n c e o f pover~ in parliament' YES 110 DK
t h e A l l l a n c e ? 1 2 9 and t h e S c o t s and Welsh t l a t l o n a l r s t s ' 1 2 9
and t h e I r l s h U n r o n r s t s ' 1 2 9 ON THIS QUESTION, ASK ABOUT IlATS b UIIIOIIISTS EVE11 I N EIlGLAIlD
QD13 G e n e r a l l y s p e a k l n g , how would you r a t e t h e B r l t l s h s y s t e m o f elections What mark o u t g would you g l v e o u r s y s t e m o f e l e c t l o n s '
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G T u r n l n q now t o t h e p r o g r e s s oC t h e e l e c t l o n c a m p a l g n i n y o u r own c o n s t l t u e n c y --- QG3 At t h l s p o l n t m t h e c a m p a l q n , h a v e you h e a r d a n y t h l n g a b o u t t h e p e r s o n a l l t i e s o f t h e candidates in c o n s t l t u e n c y ' F l r s t , t h e Conservative c a n d ~ d a t e 7 I F YES Does h l s / h e r v l e w s a n d o e r s o n a l l t v make vau more o r l e e s l l k e l y t b v o t e f o r t h e = ; p a r t y g '
m LESS NOT IIEARD - LIKELY BUT MAKES LIKELY ABOUT TO VOTE TO VOTE CANOIDAlC FOR PTY TO VOTE FOR FTY
Your CONS =and? 1 2 3 9 6 l o u r LAB cand ' 1 2 3 9 b y o u r ALL cand ' 1 2 3 9
( I N SbW NAT cand7-l 2 3 g _ ] ...........................................................
QG4 A t t h 1 5 p o l n t m the c a m p a l q n , how d o t h e p a r t l e s s eem t o b e d o m g m your c o n s t ~ t u e n c y 7 F l r s t t h e C o n s e r v a t ~ v e s Would y o u s a y t h a t a t t h e moment, t h e y l o o k like h a v l n g a v e r x g o o d c h a n c e o f w l n n m g E your constituency, o r some c h a n c e , v e r y l l t t l e c h a n c e . o r n o n e a t a l l 7
6 Labour ' I 1 2 3 6 t h e A l l l a n c e s 1 1 2 3
4 1 9
(ShW ONLY t h e NATS7-1 2 3 4 1 9 4 1 9 %
T u r n l n g now t o t e l e v l s l o n a n d t h e Press-- QHlO Have you r e a d a n y dally m o r n l n q n e w s p a p e r today7 I F MORE THAN ONE CODE THE HENTIONED W"'
CODE ONE ONLY " ' --p
(Scottish) D a l l y E x p r e s s 1 D a l l y M a l l 2
D a r l y M l r r o r / R e c o r d 3 D a l l y S t a r 4
T h e I n d e p e n d e n t 1 0 Today 11
Morning s t a r 1 2 G l a s g o w H e r a l d 1 3
The Sun 5 S c o t s m a n 14 D a l l y T e l e g r a p h 6 O t h e r R e q l o n a l D a l l y 15 Financial T l m e s 7 O t h e r (SPECIFY) 1 6
T h e G u a r d l a n 8 NnlFInna 9 R . -, - - - T h e T l m e s 9 nK 99
QH12 Dld y o u w a t c h t h e nevs on---- YES NO OK -- BBC-TV t o d a y 7 1 2 9
-- BBC-TV y e s t e r d a y ? 1 2 9 -- ITV o r C h a n n e l - 4 t o d a y ? 1 2 9
-- ITV or Channe l -4 y e s t e r d a y ? 1 2 9 ..........................................................
115 Would you s a y t h a t U B C T news seemed b l a s e c i n favour c Lhc Consc rv .3 t l vc p a r t y . b-1ilil5e_d ag
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J IIIAGFS We f ~ n d t h a t e a c h o f t h e p a r t y l e a d e r s h a s t h e l r good
d a y s a n d t h e l r b a d d a y s I ' d l i k e t o a s k y o u a b o u t how t h c p a r t y l e a d e r s a r e l o o k l n g
1 ' 1 1 r e a d o u t a word o r D h r a s e a n d a s k You t o o r v e a msrr o u t 2E according t o how b e l l t h e word describe; e a c h -- p a r t y l e a d e r t h l s week
F 1 ~ t e n e r q e t l c w h a t mark o u t o f t e n wou ld you q l v e -- M r s T h a t c h e r t h l s week o n s e e m l n g e n e r g e t l c 7 ~ i n o " t o f t e n means s h e seems t o t a l l y e n e r q e t l c t h l s week. 0 o u t o f 10 m e a n s s h e seems C O - t a l l y u n e n e r g e t l c t h l s week Bu t y o u can q l v e h e r a n y t h l n g b e t w e e n n o t h r n g a n d t e n
I F DK/NA INSERT "DK" I N HARK BOX
QJ9 s t a n d s S t o t h e -- Russians p- ..........................................................
Q J l O s t a n d s 9 to the Americans -> -> ->
Q J l l Now f o r t h e partles, a n d how they l o o k t h l s week what m a r k o u t o f t e n wou ld y o u g l v e t h e C o n s e r v a t i v e Pacty o n s e e m l n g t h l s week CONS PTY7 6 LAB ' 6 ALLIANCE:
QKI 110 you ever t h l n k o f y o u r s c l f as belonging t o a " n r t l c u l a r s o c l a l c l a s s ' Whlch class is t h a t ?
U N L I ~ ~ SAYS MIDDLE O I I ~ W O R K I I I G Most p e o p l e s a y t h e y b e l o n g c l t h c r t o t h e m r d d l e c l a s s o r t h e w o r k m g c l a s s I f y o u had t o made a c h o l c e w o u l d y o u c a l l y o u r s e l f m l d d l e c l a s s o r w o r k l n g c l a s s 7 EVER TIIItIKS I F HA0 TO CllOOSE
H l d d l e 1 1 Workrng 2 2
O thc r (SPEC1FY) 3 ( n o t a c c e p t a b l e ) - N o / n o t i n a c l a s s 4 ( L E s r l l l s a y s n o ) 4
D K 9 ( r f s t l l l s a y s Dh) 3 ............................................................ QK2 Would y o u s a y t h a t most p e o p l e l l v l n g i n y o u r n ~ l g h b o u r h o o d a r e c l a s s o r vorklng class7 H l d d l e 1
QK3 I n p o l l t l c s , w o u l d y o u say t h a t y o u a re g e n e r a l l ) o n t h m. In t h e W, o r o n t h e &c' I F CENTRE Do you l e a a l i t t l e more t o w a r d s t h e l e f t o r t h e r q h t '
LEFT LEAN LEFT CENTRE LEAN RIGHT RIGHT (Dh) l 2 3 4 5 9 ............................................................
QX5 T h l n k l n g b a c k t o t h e l a s t G e n e r a l Election, m E, when t h e p a r t y l e a d e r s w e r e H r s T h a t c h e r , H r F o o t , Mr S t e e l a n d H r J e n k l n s Do you remember w h e t h e r you v o t e d t h e n 7
Y E S NO TOO YDUNG D K 1 7 7 0 - - -
ASK hLL And v h l c h p a r t y d i d y o u v o t e f o r / p r e f e r m E? CON LAB ALL NAT OTH(SPECIFY1 tJO PREF Dh
1 2 3 4 5 8 9 ............................................................ QK6 T h l n k l n g b a c k t o t h e 1979 e l e c t i o n , when t h e p a r t y l e a d e r s were H r s T h a t c h e r , H r C a l l a q h a n a n d M r S t e e l Do y o u remember w h e t h e r you v o t e d t h e n 7
YES NO TOO YOUIIG D K
ASK ALL And w h l c h p a r t y d l d you v o t e f o r / p r e f e r in 19797 CON LAB LIB NAT OTH(SPEC1FY) NO PR= -K
1 2 3 4 5 8 9
QK2l F l n a l l y , c a n y o u tell me y o u r a g e 7 AGE=- ........................................................... * * T h a n k - ~ ~ ~ v e r y much f o r h e l p l n g us w l t h t h e s u r v e y I t ' s v e r y I m p o r t a n t t h a t we g e t y o u r v l e w s I h o p e y o u e n l o y e d it a n d t h a t we c a n t a l k t o you a g a l n , nearer t h e e l e c t l o n T h a n k s a g a r " a n d g o o d - n l q h t ............................................................ QK22 DO NOT ASK' ' (BUT CODE) Male 1
Fema le 2 ............................................................ NOW GO BACK TO THE PAGE A . AND INSERT THE RESP NAME 6 tIUMBFR
YOUR OWtl llAME 6 NUMBER, AND THE DATE ETC THAIIKS'
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DATE OF INTERVIEW ----- COMPLETE INTERVIEW? Ye6 NO 1 2 elm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
INTERVIEWER'S NAUE ---- and three digit INTERVIEWER NUMBER
' * ** Start interview here' -____--------------________________________________________-----------------________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________--------------------- QA1 During the last week, how often have you discussed
politics witha-, workmates or other peopla - at all, very little, occasionally, -7 not at all 1
very little 2 occasionally 3
Often 4 (DK/NA) 9
QA2 At this oint, how interesting do you find the election ei campazn7very nteresting. iairly interesting, not very interesting, at interestlng7
very interesting 1 fairly interesting 2
not very interesting 3 not at all interesting 4
(DK/NA) 9
OK7 Now I'll read out several dlrfmrpn+ >n:plc-l. -a . . -
IMP V I DK To remind you of your party's strong points? 1 2 9
To help You make up your mind how to vote7 1 2 9 To see what each party wld do if it got into power7 1 2 9 To enjoy the excitement of the election campaign7 1 2 9 _______------------------------------________________________________________----------------------.
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Now I'd llke to ask you about some polltlcal Issues in the campalqn and how well the partles a r e handllngrhcm z t ........................................................... QB20 First, what do E o u r s e l f thlnk 1s the maln Issue that the partles should bz talking about7 DO N ~ R ~ W I T I I ISSUE-NAUES And what seems the maln lssue be= stressed by each of the parties at the moment" Cons' Lab' Allnce7 W NOT PROHPT WITH ISSUE-NAUES -
UNEH INFL DEF EDUC NHS SOC L4WL OTHER (SPECIFY) DK NCE SER ORDR .............................................................
Y O U 1 2 5 6 7 8 9
CONS1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 L A B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A L L 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
IF RESP GIVES MORE THAN ONE ISSUE (for self or a party i c more than one issue per line) ASK FOR HAIN ISSUE IF RESP STILL QUOTES MORE THAN ONE. RING =%UE HE/SRE GAVE
.................................................................................................... QBl From what you have seen of the arguments In the last feu , I want you to give each party a mark out,f-~~ E approach on unemployment You can give each pa?Ey any mark from 0 out of 10 up to 10 out of 10 Zero, of course is a very bad mark and 10 1s a very good mark
LBt'6 start with the Conservatives, what mark would you glve them just now, for their handling ofunemxyment' And what about Labour7 The Alliance7 [ONLY IN
L on Defence7 -> -> (S6W-> )
6 on Health, Education and Social Services7 -> -> (SLW-> ) .................................................................................................... L on Privatisation and Nationalisation7 -> -> (SLW-> ) .................................................................................................................................................................................. L on reducing Crime7 -> -> (SbU-> ) .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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Q E 1 Now I ' d l i k e t o ask you about p a r t y p o l i c i e s n a t i o n a l l y F i r s t , t h e vay th- p a r t i e s arm p resen t ing t h e i r daienso p o l i c i - s t h e moment Does it seem t h a t t h e Conservativ-S want t o BPend mar. o r 1.6. than nov on defence? A l o t c r a l l t t l . 7 ~ ~~ -
IOT LITTLE (SAME) LITTLE IOT I ( D K ) HOPS UORE (M NOW) LESS LESS I
Conservat ives? 1 2 3 4 5 1 9 and Labour" 1 2 3 4
and t h e Al l iance7 1 2 3 4 5 i S
( I N SCOTLWALES NATS?-1- 2 5 1 9
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h what vould E do7 1 2 3 4 5 1 9
QE4 And from what t h e p a r t i e s have been saying r e c e n t l y , do t h e Conservat ives now seem t o be ro-American, about
I n t h e i r approach t o Amerrca, 0: a n t i - h e m . ABOUT
TOO PRO RIGHT TOO ANTI (DK) .............................. Conservatives? 1 2 3 9
and Labour? 1 2 3 9 and thm All iance? 1 2 3 9
(SCOTLWALES 0NLY.and t h e HATS7 l 2 3 g ) ----------------------------------------------------------=-- F Turning t o economic mat ters , l i k e unemploy.ent, i n f l a t i o n , - and t h e s t andard of l iv ing-- QF1 From what thay havm been saying r e c e n t l y , which p a r t y nov seems t o bm t h e b e s t on e c o n a c matters- -- CON Id0 ALL NAT-IDK) . ~ ........................
- for you and your family? l 2 3 4 g
-and t o r t h e a rea i n vhich you l i v e ? 1 2 3 4 9 - t o r B r i t a i n a s a vhole? 1 2 3 4 9
- f o r t h e unemployed? 1 2 3 4 9 - - --..
QF4 Lookinq over t h e l a s t yea r , would you say B r i t a i n ' s economy has b e t t e r o r worse' A l o t o r a l i t t l e ? -And your ovn ta. i ly ' . ~ c o n o m i ~ c u ~ s t a n c c s b e t t e r o r pot v o r r e over t h e l a s t year? A l o t o r have a ? 1 t t l e 7
BRITAIN OUN FAUILY l o t b e t t e r 1 1
l i t t l e b e t t e r 2 2 (much t h e same) 3 3 l i t t l e worse I 4
l o t vorse 5 5 (DV 9 9
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QF5 Now lookin ahead t o t h e next year Do you th lnk t h e economy v d m r o r vorse? A l o t o r a l l t t l e 7 -And our own f a m ~ e c o n o m l c ~ u m s t s n c a s do you expect they h b e t t e y o r g e t worse7 A l o t o r a l i t t l e 7
BRITAIN OWN FAHILY l o t b e t t e r 1
l i t t l e b e t t e r 2 (much t h e same) 3
l l t t l c worse 4 l o t worse 5
QFl some people say we need t o c u t t axes and c u t s e r v l c e s l i k e h e a l t h , educat ion and v e l f a r O t h e r G a F y v e need t o inc rease both t a x e s and s e r v ~ c e s would you c u t both o r I n c r e a s e both7 A l o t o r a l i t t l e 7 CUT CUT (SANE ) INCREASE INCREASE DK/ A LOT A LITTLE (AS NOW ) A LITTLE A LOT DEPENDS
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PE21 Nov I ' m going t o read ou t t h r e e t h i n g s t h a t a r e sometimes s a i d about B r l t a l n today For each one, I want you t o t e l l mm vhe ths r , on balance, you agree o r d i s a q r e c
1 Ordina vorkinq people do t h e i r f a i r sha re cf fhe?a t ron ' s v e a l t h Agreo o r d ~ a ~ s ~ l y o r not very s t r o n p l v )
AGREE k k Z ~ NEITHER DISAGR DISAGR STR NOT V /DEPENDS NOT V STR DK
STR STR NOT GET FAIR SHARE 1 2 3 4 5 9
2 The l a v should always be obe ed even 5 a r t i c u l a r l a v i s w - Agree o r d+e7 Strongl: o r not G y s t ronq lv7
~ G ~ E E AGREE NEITHER DISAGR O I S A G R STR NOT V /DEPENDS NOT V STR DK
STR STR LAW SHLD BE OBEYED 1 2 3 4 5 9
3 The w e l f a r e s t a t e makes people nowada s l e s s t o look a f t e r themselves A g r e h a ~ 7 --p
St rong ly o r n o t very s t rong ly? AGREE AGREE NEITHER OISAGR DISAGR
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G Turnlnq now to the progress of the election carnpargn r n your own constituencv --- 0G3 At this uolnt in the can ai n, have you heard anything about the p e r s o n a l i ~ e s of*didates in your constltuency7 ~ l m h e Conservative candidate7 IF YES Does hls/her vlews and personality make you more or less likely to vote for there party?
HEARD. LESS NOT HEARD LIKELY BUT HAKES LIKELY E u T TO VOTE NO DIFF T O VOTE CANDIDATE FOR FTY E FOR PTY
Your CONS cand? 1 2 3 9 L your LAB cand? 1 2 3 9 L your ALL cand? 1 2 3 9 [IN SLW NAT cand7-l 2 3 9-1
PG4 this point In 5 carnpai n, how do the parties seem to be d o i n g i n m Constituenc First the Conservatives Would YOU c a r t h a t at the momen?, they look like having a very wood chance of winning your constituenc chance, verv little chance, or
+' Or IVERY GOOD SOME VERY LITTLE NONE I DK
IN YOUR CONSTIT l-------------------------------------I---- -- Conservatives' I l 2 3
L Idbour? 1 1 2 3 I 4 1 9 L the Alliance? I 1 . 1 9
Turning nov to television and the Press-- Q H ~ O nave you read any morning newspaper today? IF MORE THAN ONE CODE THE KENTIONED 0 x1 l l
CODE ONE 1'1 - (~cotfTSh) Daily Express 1 The Independent 10
Daily Mail 2 Today 11 Daily Mirror/Record 3 Morning Star 12
Daily Star 4 Glasgow Herald 13 The Sun 5 Scotsman 14
Daily Telegraph 6 Other Regional Daily 15 Financial TlmeS 7 Other (SPECIFY) 16
The Guardian 8 No/None 98 The Times 9 DK 99
QH12 Did you watch the nevs on---- YES NO DK -- BBC-TV today7 1 2 9 -- BBC-TV yesterday? 1 2 9
-- ITV Or Channel-4 today? 1 2 9 -- ITV Or Channel-4 yesterday? 1 2 9
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115 Would YOU say that BBC-TV news seemed blased m favour o f the Conservative party,biased agalnst 1t,ornelther?
BIASED BIASED NEITHER IN FAVOUR AGAINST /BOTH DK
BBC-TV towards CONS 1 2 > 8 FI 9 Q L towards the LAB PTY' 1
~ - ~ - . . 6 tovards the Alliance? 1 7 n 0 -
(SCOTLWALES ONLY L the NATS~-- 1 2 8 9 - ) IF "NOT SEEN" CODE AS DK1l
And how about the nevs on ITV and/or Channel 4 7 - BIASED BIASED NEITHER
IN FAVOUR AGAINST /BOTH Dh ITV/Channel-4 towards CONS FTY? 1 2 8 9
L towards the U B Fry' l 2 8 9 L tovards the Alliance> 1 2 8 9
(SCOTSWALES ONLY L the NATS7- 1 2 8 9 - ) IF "NOT SEEN" CODE AS DK"
And looklng at E you read today?
wsuauers BIASED BIASED NEITHER IN FAVOUR AGAINST /BOTH DK
Newsuauers tovards C^"- -"' L towards the
QI1. In the last few days have you notrced anything ln particular that Mrs Thatcher has said or done' IF YE What'
NO/DK YES - WHAT7 WRITE ANSWER IN CAPITALS Hrs Thatcher 1 2-> WHAT7
Hr Klnnock 1 2-> WHAT?
Hr Steel 1 2-> WHAT?
PI2 In the last few days have you noticed, articular1 , 9 other c o n s e ~ ~ ~ v v e apart from Mrs Thatcher7 'IF YES Whz7 - NO/DK YES - WHO' WRITE NAHE IN CAPITALS
0th CON' ( ~ o t THATCHER) 1 2-> WHO>
0th LAB' (Not KINNOCK) 1 2-> WHO'
0th All'(N0t STEEL/OWEN) 1 2-, WHO7
(IN S6W ONLY NAT 1 2-> WHO> 1 -----------------------------________________________________________--------________________________________________________________________________________---------------------
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J IMAGES W C f l n d t h a t each of t h e pa r ty l e a d e r s has t h e i r good days and t h e l r bad days I ' d l i k e t o ask you about hov t h e p a r t y l e a d e r s a r e looking t h i s week
1 - 1 1 read o u t a word o r phrase and ask you t o g l v e a mark o u t of t e n according t o how wel l t h e word desc r ibes each p a r t y - - l e a d e r t h l s week
First t rus twor thy what mark o u t of t e n vould you g l v e Mrs Thatcher t h i s vaek on seemrng t rus tworthy7 Ten o u t of t e n means s h e seems t o t a l l y t rus twor th t h i s week, 0 o u t of 10 means s h e seems t o t a l l y u n t r u s t w o r ~ h y t h i s week B u t you can g l v c h e r anythlng between nothrng and t e n
IF INSERT "DK" I N HARK BOX
THATCHER KINNOCK STEEL OWEN
QJ2 t r u s t v o r t h y -> -> -> ..........................................................
Q J l l Now f o r t h e a r t l e s , and how they look t h l s week What mark ou t o f t e n v o h g i v e t h e Conservative on seeming un i t ed t h i s week Remember t h a t 10 o u t of 10 means complete^^, v h i l e 0 o u t of 10 means not uni ted
I F D K ~ A INSERTT~KTINRK BOX
CONS F T Y L4B F T Y ALLIANCE
Q 1 4 F i n a l l y I n t h e l a s t f e v days have you no t l ced any p a r t i c u l a r op ln ion poll about t h e s t a t e of t h e p a r t l e s m B r i t a i n a s 5 W? Do you remember vhich po l l ' --
Gallup l NOP 2
MORI 3 Har r l s 4
ASL/ Audlence S e l e c t i o n 5
I F HAVE SEEN POLL($) -Which pa r ty was top? -Which second? -Was it f a r behind7
POLIS NOT . CON I d B ALL NAT DIFFERED DK SEEN
Top7 1 2 3 1 7 8 9 Second7 1 2 3 4 7 8 9
POLLS NOT YES NO DIFFERED OK SEEN
Has Second f a r behind- 1 2 7 8 9
**Thank-you very much f o r helping us with t h e survey I t ' s very important t h a t ve g e t your v l e v s I hope you enjoyed i t
Thanks again and good-night
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N B Come back and e n t e r t h e s e d e t a l l s a t t h e end o f t h e l n t e r v l e w l RESPONDENT'S FULL NAME --- and seven d l q i t RESP NUMBER
---- DATE OF INTERVIEW ----- COMPLETE INTERVIEW?
INTERVIEWER'S NAUE ---- and t h r e e d l g r t R
' * * h S t a r t interview h e r e '
Q D l O T a l k l n g t o p e o p l e a b o u t t h e Genera l E l e c t i o n l as t week w e h a v e found t h a t some p e o p l e d i d n ' t v o t e llow a b o u t you' Dld you v o t e 7 I F YES And f o r which p a r t y 7
DID NOT VOTE C Conservatives 1
Labour 2 L i b e r a l 3
S o c i a l Democrat 4 A l l i a n c e 5
N a t i o n a l i s t 6 O t h e r (SPECIFY) 7
R e f u s a l a DON'T KNOW WHETHER VOTED P
Q011 Hhlch d o you t h i n k is b e t t e r f o r B r i t a i n - t o h a v e a government formed by one p o l i t i c a l p a r t y - o r f o r two o r more p a r t i e s t o g e t t o g e t h e r t o form a government' I F TWO OR MORE Which o r t h e s e p a r t y
g r o u p i n g s d o you t h i n k would p r o v i d e t h e best government f o r B r l t a i n - -
ONE PARTY GOVERNHENT 1 - C o n s e r v a t ~ v e and A l l i a n c e ? 2
-Labour and A l l i a n c e ? 3 -Conserva t ive and Labour? 4
-or some o t h e r grouping? (SPECIFY) 5 -(DK) 9
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L2 C o n s l d e r l n g t h c numbcr o f v o t e s cach p a r t , qoc 12s; week, d o you t h l n k t h a t t h e v o t l n g s y s c c n produced a t a l r r e s u l t in t e rms of s e a t s f o r oach p a r t y in - -- p a r l i a m e n t '
FAIR I'OT FAIR DLI/DEPE' C5 1 2 9
IP " N 0 1 " OR DKctc DOCS t h e v o t r n g sys tem sccn t o jou C O oc b l n s e d unfillrly towards o r a a l n s t t h e C o n s e r v a t l v c s ' Labour' l h o h l l l a n c c ' l h a k e n d Wclsh I r a c l o n a l l s c s ~ The Irish U n l a n l n t s 7
Towards h g a l n s t l l c r t h c r c
c o n s ~ r v d t l v e s 1 2 3 i Labour 1 2 l
The A l l l a n c e 1 2 3 ! Scots/Welsh Nationalists 1 2 3
I r ~ s h U n l o n ~ s t s 1 2 3
QD13 G e n e r a l l y s p e a k l n g , how would you r a t e t h e B r l c l s h o f e l e c t l o n s What mark o u t of .ouid y a ~
q l v e o u F s y s t e m of e l e c t l o n r - r,,m
QC100 G e n e r a l l y s p e a k l n g , d o you t h l n k of y o u r s e l f as e S u P P o r t e r o f any one p o l l t l c a l p a r t y '
YES NO DK/DEPENDS 1 2 9
And how s t r o n q l y d o you s u p p o r t t h a t p a r t y - -
VERY' FAIRLY> llOT VERY7 (Dh/llm) 1 2 3 9
I F - Do you t h l n k o € y o u r s e l f a s a l l t t l e c l o s e r t o - one p o l l t l c a l p a r t y t h a n t o r h e h =
CON IAD LID SDP ALL HAT OTH 110/N011E (Dk/l 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ...........................................................
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QLl Here are some thlngs that electlons mean to different people As I read each one, please tell me whether it has a lot, somethrnq, or nothing much to do with what elections - mean to you
NOTHING Elections are 5 - LOT SOHETHING UUCH DK -choose among partrcular policres 1 2 3 9
-hold governments accountable for their past actrons 1 2 3 9
-advance the interests of a socral class
-gal" partrcular thrngs for you and your Family l 2 3 9
-comment on the state of the country 1 2 3 9
-keep polrticrans honest 1 2 3 9
QL2 Iaoklng back over the vhole campaign, I'd like to ask how useful you have found radlo, TV and other sources for makrng your political ludgements We'll use marks out of 10
what mark would you give televlsion enerall for helping you decide what party leaders @ person-ere really llke7 And for keeplng y o u i n e d about the issues' And for helplng you decide ho-vG'-
LEADERS HOW TO h PERS' ISSUES7 VOTE'
- - -
ASK LINE BY LINE 0 0 1 '
BBC-TV News7 -> -> ........................ ITv/or Channel-4 News? -> ->
Party Elctn Brdcasts on TV/Radio? -> -> ........................ BBC Radio News7 -> ->
Commerclll Radio News7 -> ->
new spa pars^ -> -> ........................ Party Leaflets7 -> ->
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Conversations uith famrly, frrcnds and acquaintances" -> ->
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i QL3 Overall, would you say you are m or dlsoleasee ulth tllc outcorno of thls elcctlon' A lot or a l ~ r r l e ~
PLEASED PLEASED NEITHER DISPLEASED DISPLEASED LDT LITTLE /BOTH LITTLE LOT D ' 1 2 3 4 5 9
QL4 Consldcrlnq the electlon result, do you th~n, crat cbr partlcs should change clthcr thcir lcadcrs or thcir jm!:c.e- ~n the ncut Ccw months F u s t the Conservatlve Party' Should lt changc clcher 1:s W, or rts pollclcs' IF Y E ~ C F
SljOULD Clf,R,)lGE ........................ LEADERIS1 POLICIES (BOTH) (I.ZITiE2) ( D ,
Conscrvatlve Party7 1 2 3 i S 322 Labour Party' 1 2 3 i 5 3
Alllance' 1 2 3 4 324
( S ~ W ONLY Nats7 1 2 3 4 I 132;
And do you thrnk that the Alllance should have a slngle leader, rnstead of separate Llberal and SDP leaders as at prcscnt7 I
O:.E lca?cr . 3?L TWO lcadors (as no- ) 2
D C 1 QL5 How that you )now the result of thls electlon, hc- .m!=
you be inclined to vote in another General E1ecc:c~~ Would you vote ' For wh~ch party7
Llbcral i Socla1 Dcnacrat 5
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QMHl Looking back at the campaign, what was the most memorable thlng that happened'
USE CAPITALS BE BRIEF 8Ur %F S?ECIF,C IF POSSIBLF~'
QPl Although the Conservatives had a big vlctory, did you notrce any areas in Brrtain where they did badly7
W NOT PROMPT WITH THESE AREA NAHES" 1
RECORD THE AREAS THE RESP MENTIONS"
MENTIONED NOT SCOTLAND 1 9
WALES 1 9
THE NORTH 1 9 THE NORTH WEST 1 9 THE NORTH EAST 1 9
THE HI D W I D S 1 9
THE CITIES 1 9 THE INNER CITIES 1 9
EDINBURGH 1 9 BRADFORD 1 9 GLASGOW l 9
LEICESTER 1 9 LIVERPOOL 1 9
MANCHESTER 1 9 NEWCASTLE 1 9
ANY OTHER ANSWER(SPEC1FY)
............................................................ @P2 Taklng into account the results of thls election in drfferent parts of Britain, do you think that there should be a scottlsh Assembly to control matters like health. education and houslng in Scotland7 IF DK . If- L a - I F C-''
YES 1 YES, IF THE SCOTS WANT I T 2
NO 3
DON'T CARE WHAT HAPPENS IN SCOTLAND 8
DON'T KNOW 9
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QJlOO Uurlng the campalqn, we asred you CO rate each of tqc party lcndcrs according to how trustworthy, c a r l n q , d c c ! s > i e etc they secrned at the tlme I won't ask you to do that aoaln nut I'd llkc to ask m characterlstlcs arc -osc lGportant to you whcn dccldlnq hav to vote
Let's use marks out of ten agaln Ten out of cen means that. for you, this characterlstlc is the only thlnq that natters when decrdrng how to vote, zero means rt does not ratter G, and 5 out of ten means that it 1s onlyfalrlyirpor~an;
HOW IFPORTMlT7 (MARK OUT OF 10)
And how importonL 1s lt to you t h ~ ~ t e Party sccms to--
be M'
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QKl Do you ever think of yourself as belongrng to a particular soclal class7 Whrch class 1s that7
UNLESS SAYS MIDDLE OR WORKING Host people say they belong either to the middle class or the workrn class If you had to made a c h o l ~ l ~ call y o d m m class or worklng class'
EVER THINKS IF HAD TO CHOOSE Middle 1 1 Working 2 2
Other(SPEC1FY) 3 (not acceptable) - NO/Not in a class 4 (lf still says no) 4
DK 9 (lE still says DK) 9 ............................................................. QK2 Would you say that most people llving in your nelqhbourhood are class or class?
Hlddle 1
QK3 In polltlcs, would you say that you are generally on the left, in the centre, or on the -7 IF CENTRE Do you lean a lrttle more tovards the left or the right7
LEFT LEAN LEFT CENTRE LEAN RIGHT RIGHT (DK) 1 2 3 4 5 9
QK21 Flnally, can you tell me your age? AG E-- ........................................................... "Thank-you very much for helplng us wlth the survey It's very important that we get your vlews I hope you enloyed it ~ h 1 s rs the end of our election survey Thanks agarn and good-night ............................................................ Qh22 W HOT ASK!' (BUT CODE) Hale 1
Female 2
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