Aineiston nimi

Follow-up on Municipal Elections 2021

Aineistonumero

FSD3708

Pysyvät tunnisteet

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3708
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3708

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Borg, Sami (Tampere University)
• Nurmela, Sakari (Kantar TNS Finland)
• Pehkonen, Juhani (Kantar TNS Finland)

Muut tekijät

• Mykkänen, Antti (Foundation for Municipal Development)
• Pelkonen, Veli (Foundation for Municipal Development)

Sisällön kuvaus

The survey studied voting behaviour in the 2021 municipal elections in Finland. The data were collected just after the elections.

First, a number of questions charted the respondents' use of and attitude towards candidate selectors / voting advice applications. The respondents were also asked whether they had followed election reporting, campaigning and advertising in different media (including the social media such as Facebook). The role of various factors (e.g. consolidation of municipalities, immigration, employment, taxation) in the respondents' decision to vote or not and their choices in the municipal elections was also examined.

Voting behaviour was investigated by asking whether the respondents had voted in the county elections just held and which party they had voted for. Information sources used for the voting choice were studied. Those who had voted were asked why they voted, which factors and issues had influenced their candidate choice, and at which stage they had made their final choice. Those who had not voted were asked at which stage they had made the decision to not vote and which factors (e.g. 'I had trouble finding a suitable party to vote for”, 'I did not have enough information about topics that are important for me in order to make a decision”) had contributed to that decision.

Next, the respondents' trust in different decision-makers (national decision-makers, decision-makers in the European Union, decision-makers in the respondent's municipality) were surveyed. One question focused on the performance of party leaders during the campaign. The respondents were asked whether they had voted in the 2019 parliamentary elections and which party/group the candidate they had voted for was from. Views on the municipal elections and election campaigns were charted with a series of attitudinal statements (e.g. 'The parties did not raise interesting, emotive political issues”, 'It is good that there are people who dare to speak out during elections, even if it offends many people”). Opinions on the preparation of laws in Finland and having multiple municipalities of residence were investigated. The respondents were also asked how shameful or embarrassing they considered various things (e.g. air travel, regularly maxing out one's credit card, appearing drunk in public). Finally, the respondents were asked whether municipalities should take on new duties to replace the duties that are removed as part of the social welfare and healthcare reform and the regional government reform or whether municipalities should improve the efficiency of their operations to match the remaining number of duties. The desirability of several duties (e.g. supporting civic organisations, promoting employment) that municipalities could take on was examined.

Background variables included the respondent's gender, age, statistical grouping of municipalities, membership in a federation of trade unions, highest education level, household's annual gross income, and economic activity and occupational status.

Asiasanat

electoral campaigns; electoral candidates; local government elections; political attitudes; political behaviour; political interest; political parties; voting; voting advice applications; voting behaviour

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Social sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Elections (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Political behaviour and attitudes (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

Follow-ups on Finnish National and Local Elections (GallupChannel)

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Kerääjät

• Kantar TNS Finland

Tuottajat

• Kantar TNS Finland
• Tampere University
• Foundation for Municipal Development

Ajallinen kattavuus

2021

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2021-06-18 – 2021-06-23

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

People aged 18-79 who were eligible to vote in the 2021 municipal elections (poislukien the Åland Islands)

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Probability: Multistage

The data were collected from eligible respondents on Kantar TNS's GallupKanava internet panel. Kantar TNS's GallupKanava is used to carry out commissioned surveys. The panel is made up of recruited Finnish citizens aged 15 and older. Self-recruitment is not possible. The size of the panel is approximately 30,000 individuals. The comprehensive structure of the panel ensures suitable respondents for all survey needs and that different types of attitudinal and population groups are represented in the surveys. The sampling was carried out as a 3-stage stratified sample. A total of 1,027 respondents completed the survey.

Keruumenetelmä

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Datatiedostojen kieli

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Aineisto sisältää datatiedostoja seuraavilla kielillä: suomi.

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Datan versio

1.0

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

The archived dataset does not include the questionnaire form.

To prevent identification of respondents, original respondent numbers were deleted from the data at FSD.

Painokertoimet

The data include a weight variable which weights the data to be representative of the population (people aged 18-79 in mainland Finland who are eligible to vote) in terms of socio-demographic factors (gender, age, place of residence).

Viittausvaatimus

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Malliviittaus

Borg, Sami (Tampere University) & Nurmela, Sakari (Kantar TNS Finland) & Pehkonen, Juhani (Kantar TNS Finland): Follow-up on Municipal Elections 2021 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2023-12-20). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3708

Julkaisusta tiedottaminen

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Varaumat

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Julkaisut aineistosta

Borg, Sami (2022) Kansanvaltaa koronan varjossa: Tutkimusraportti vuoden 2021 kuntavaaleista. Kunnallisalan kehittämissäätiön Tutkimusjulkaisusarjan julkaisu nro 113. Helsinki: KAKS.