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Q1 Heard about referendum
Q2 Have you heard or seen anything from the groups campaigning on each side of the referendum debate...
Q3 Have you seen any statements from one side or the other in a newspaper, on television, or the int...
Q4 Sex
Q5 Age group
Q6 Which parliamentary constituency do you live in?
Q7 What is the name of your Local Council?
Q8a Unprompted Referendum Question
Q8b Prompted Referendum Question
Q9 Do you have local, assembly, or parliamentary elections on May 5 where you live?
Q10 How likely are you to vote in one of those elections?
Q11 The referendum on AV or First past the post will also be held on May 5. How likely are you to ca...
Q12 Interest in politics
Q13 Satisfied with democracy
Q14 Voting Makes a Difference?
Q15 2010 Election Vote
Q 16 Election today vote
Q17a Second preferred party option
Q17a Third preferred party option
Q17b AV Vote-Conservative
Q17b AV Vote-Labour
Q17b AV Vote-Liberal Democrat
Q17b AV Vote-UK Independence Party
Q17b AV Vote-Green
Q17b AV Vote-Scottish National Party
Q17b AV Vote-Plaid Cymru
Q17b I AV Vote-Other
Q17b AV Vote-Don't know
Q18 Close to any particular political party?
Q19 Which party is that?
Q20 A little closer to one of the political parties
Q21 Very close to this party, somewhat close, or not very close?
Q22 Left-Right - Conservative
Q22 Left-Right - Labour
Q22 Left-Right - Liberal Democrat
Q22 Left-Right - UK Independence
Q22 Left-Right -Green
Q22 Left-Right - Scottish National
Q22 Left-Right - -Plaid Cymru
Q23 Left-Right - yourself?
Q24 David Cameron - Like/Dislike
Q24 Ed Miliband - Like/Dislike
Q24 Nick Clegg - Like/Dislike
Q24 Gordon Brown - Like/Dislike
Q24 Margaret Thatcher - Like/Dislike
Q24 Tony Blair - Like/Dislike
Q25 Conservative - AV Position
Q25 Labour - AV Position
Q25 Liberal Democrat - AV Position
Q25 UK Independence - AV Position
Q25 Green - AV Position
Q25 Scottish National - AV Position
Q25 Plaid Cymru - AV Position
Q26a Performance of the coalition government
Q27a Single-party or coalition government
A28a TOG Providing Stabilty
A28a TOG Making tough decisions
A28a TOG Keeping Promises
A28a TOG Doing what the people want
Q27b Generally speaking, do you prefer
A28b TOG Providing stability
A28b TOG Making tough decisions
A28b TOG Keeping promises
A28b TOG -Doing what the people want
Q26b Performance of the coalition government
Q29 Wich makes coalition governments more likely
Q30 Quiz Chancellor Exchequer
Q31 Quiz Second party seats
Q32 Quiz maximum parliamentary term
Q33 Quiz First president of South Africa after the end of apartheid?
Q34a Would you say you care personally about which system is used to elect MPs? Do you:
Q35a Under AV there will be no more wasted votes
Q35a Do you agree or disagree with these statements, and how strongly?-AV will make it more likely that extremists are elected to Parliament
Q35a Do you agree or disagree with these statements, and how strongly?-The referendum is a big waste of money
Q35a Do you agree or disagree with these statements, and how strongly?-AV makes sure every MP has to win a majority of the votes
Q35a Do you agree or disagree with these statements, and how strongly?-AV makes it possible for everybody to vote for who they want to
Q35a Do you agree or disagree with these statements, and how strongly?-Voting under AV is as easy as ranking your candidates 1, 2, 3.
Q36a Here are some more statements to agree or disagree with.-Voters will not understand AV because it is too confusing
Q36a Here are some more statements to agree or disagree with.-The first past the post system gives us strong government
Q36a Here are some more statements to agree or disagree with.-AV means that some votes get counted more than others
Q36a Here are some more statements to agree or disagree with.-The campaign against AV is dominated by the Conservative Party
Q36a Here are some more statements to agree or disagree with.-AV would only help the Liberal Democrats
Q36a Here are some more statements to agree or disagree with.-AV is not significantly more proportional than first past the post
Q35b Do you agree or disagree with these statements, and how strongly?-Under AV there will be no more wasted votes
Q35b Do you agree or disagree with these statements, and how strongly?-AV will make it more likely that extremists are elected to Parliament
Q35b Do you agree or disagree with these statements, and how strongly?-The referendum is a big waste of money
Q35b Do you agree or disagree with these statements, and how strongly?-AV makes sure every MP has to win a majority of the votes
Q35b Do you agree or disagree with these statements, and how strongly?-AV makes it possible for everybody to vote for who they want to
Q35b Do you agree or disagree with these statements, and how strongly?-Voting under AV is as easy as ranking your candidates 1, 2, 3.
Q36b Here are some more statements to agree or disagree with.-Voters will not understand AV because it is too confusing
Q36b Here are some more statements to agree or disagree with.-The first past the post system gives us strong government
Q36b Here are some more statements to agree or disagree with.-AV means that some votes get counted more than others
Q36b Here are some more statements to agree or disagree with.-The campaign against AV is dominated by the Conservative Party
Q36b Here are some more statements to agree or disagree with.-AV would only help the Liberal Democrats
Q36b Here are some more statements to agree or disagree with.-AV is not significantly more proportional than first past the post
Q34b Would you say you care personally about which system is used to elect MPs? Do you:
Q37 Because this is an internet sample we would like to compare some social and demographic informat...
Q38 So we can get the best possible information about what your job is or was, what task or tasks do...
Q39 total income before tax household
Q40 Adults live in your household?
Q41 Children live in your household?
Q42 Age ended full-time education?
Q43 Highest educational qualification
Q44_1a Do you agree or disagree with these statements, and how strongly?-With David Cameron, who says that AV will mean a political system that is unaccountable?
Q44_2a Do you agree or disagree with these statements, and how strongly?-With Ed Miliband, who says that changing our electoral system to AV is one way in which we can begin to restore trust in politics?
Q44_3a Do you agree or disagree with these statements, and how strongly?-With Nick Clegg, who says that AV would correct the ?deep unfairness? in the way we hold elections in Britain??
Q44_1b Do you agree or disagree with these statements, and how strongly?-AV will mean a political system that is unaccountable
Q44_2b Do you agree or disagree with these statements, and how strongly?-Changing our electoral system to AV is one way in which we can begin to restore trust in politics
Q44_3b Do you agree or disagree with these statements, and how strongly?-AV would correct the ?deep unfairness? in the way we hold elections in Britain?
Q45 Finally, here is the referendum choice question again, in case you have changed your mind. At pr...
Prompted by explanation of AV (1) or not (0)
Merged prompted and unprompted for first referendum question
First Preference mock AV vote
Government Performance Primer
Performance of Government
Preference for Single Party or Coalition
Providing Stability
Making Tough Decisions
Keeping Promises
Doing What People Want
Statements Primed by Leaders
AV Unaccountable (Cameron)
AV Restores Trust (Miliband)
AV Fair (Clegg)
First Quiz right or wrong
Second Quiz Right or Wrong
Third Quiz Right or Wrong
Fourth Quiz Right or Wrong
Political Knowledge Additive Scale
Primed by Caring about the referendum
Cares Personally About the Referendum
No More Wasted Votes Under AV
AV will elect Extremists
The Referendum is a Waste of Money
Every MP has to win a Majority
AV means everyone can vote for who they want
AV as easy as 1, 2 ,3
AV too confusing
FPP generates strong government
Some votes get counted more than others
No campaign dominated by Conservatives
AV will only benefit Liberal Democrats
AV is not proportional
Weight to test household income distribution into quintiles
Political weight for wave 1 respondents
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W2_EndDate
W2_Finished
W2_Gender
W2_Q2 Age group
W2_Q3 How much have you heard about the referendum
W2_Q4 Referendum question
W2_Q5 How likely are you to cast a vote in the referendum?
W2_Q6 Interest in politics?
W2_Q7 Saw EC information booklet
W2_Q7a Did you read the EC booklet very closely, somewhat closely, or not very closely?
W2_Q7b Did reading the booklet make you more or less likely to vote for AV?
W2_Q8 Saw Yes TV ad
W2_Q8a Did the Yes ad make you more or less likely to vote 'Yes', or did it make no difference?
W2_Q9 Saw No TV ad
W2_Q9a Did the No make you more or less likely to vote 'No', or did it make no difference?
W2_Contact by 'Yes' campaign - no
W2_Contact by 'Yes' campaign -Telephone call
W2_Contact by 'Yes' campaign -Leaflets or other material delivered to your home
W2_Contact by 'Yes' campaign -Email or text message
W2_Contact by 'Yes' campaign -Visit to your home
W2_Contact by 'Yes' campaign -Contact on the street
W2_Contact by 'Yes' campaign -Facebook
W2_Contact by 'Yes' campaign -Twitter
W2_Contact by 'No' campaign -No
W2_Contact by 'No' campaign - Telephone call
W2_Contact by 'No' campaign - Leaflets or other material delivered to your home
W2_Contact by 'No' campaign -Email or text message
W2_Contact by 'No' campaign - Visit to your home
W2_Contact by 'No' campaign - Contact on the street
W2_Contact by 'No' campaign - Facebook
W2_Contact by 'No' campaign - Twitter
W2_Q12 Contact by Labour Party -No
W2_Q12 Contact by Labour Party-Telephone call
W2_Q12 Contact by Labour Party -Leaflets or other material delivered to your home
W2_Q12 Contact by Labour Party -Email or text message
W2_Q12 Contact by Labour Party -Visit to your home
W2_Q12 Contact by Labour Party -Contact on the street
W2_Q12 Contact by Labour Party -Facebook
W2_Q12 Contact by Labour Party -Twitter
W2_Q12a How did the person from the Labour Party want you to vote?
W2_Q13 Contact by Conservative Party-No
W2_Q13 Contact by Conservative Party-Telephone call
W2_Q13 Contact by Conservative Party-Leaflets or other material delivered to your home
W2_Q13 Contact by Conservative Party-Email or text message
W2_Q13 Contact by Conservative Party-Visit to your home
W2_Q13 Contact by Conservative Party-Contact on the street
W2_Q13 Contact by Conservative Party-Facebook
W2_Q13 Contact by Conservative Party-Twitter
W2_Q13a How did the person from the Conservative Party want you to vote?
W2_Q14 Contact by Liberal Democrats-No
W2_Q14 Contact by Liberal Democrats-Telephone call
W2_Q14 Contact by Liberal Democrats-Leaflets or other material delivered to your home
W2_Q14 Contact by Liberal Democrats-Email or text message
W2_Q14 Contact by Liberal Democrats-Visit to your home
W2_Q14 Contact by Liberal Democrats-Contact on the street
W2_Q14 Contact by Liberal Democrats-Facebook
W2_Q14 Contact by Liberal Democrats-Twitter
W2_Q15 Contact by any other-No
W2_Q15 Contact by any other-Telephone call
W2_Q15 Contact by any other-Leaflets or other material delivered to your home
W2_Q15 Contact by any other-Email or text message
W2_Q15 Contact by any other-Visit to your home
W2_Q15 Contact by any other-Contact on the street
W2_Q15 Contact by any other-Facebook
W2_Q15 Contact by any other-Twitter
W2_Q15a How did the person or people from any other group(s), organization(s) or party(ies) want you to...
W2_Q16 Do you have local, assembly, or parliamentary elections on May 5 where you live?
W2_Q16a How likely are you to vote in one of those elections?
W2_Q17 Interest would you say you have in the referendum
W2_Q18 Looking for information through the internet
W2_Q18 Looking for information elsewhere
W2_Q18 Not looking for information
W2_Looked for information on the 'No' Campaign Website
W2_Looked for information on the 'Yes' Campaign website
W2_Looked for information on the The Electoral Commission website
W2_Looked for information on any other websites?
W2_Q19a If there was an election held today, for which party’s candidate would you vote?
W2_Q20a Unprompted AV Preference-Conservative
W2_Q20a Unprompted AV Preference--Labour
W2_Q20a Unprompted AV Preference-Liberal Democrat
W2_Q20a Unprompted AV Preference-UK Independence Party
W2_Q20a Unprompted AV Preference-Green
W2_Q20a Unprompted AV Preference-Scottish National Party
W2_Q20a Unprompted AV Preference-Plaid Cymru
W2_Q20a Unprompted AV Preference-Other
W2_Q20a Unprompted Don't know how would vote under AV
W2_Q21a Care personally about which system after AV question
W2_Q19b Care personally about which system before AV question
W2_Q20b If there was an election held today, for which party’s candidate would you vote?
W2_Q21b Prompted AV Preference-Conservative
W2_Q21b I Prompted AV Preference-Labour
W2_Q21b Prompted AV Preference-Liberal Democrat
W2_Q21b Prompted AV Preference-UK Independence Party
W2_Q21b Prompted AV Preference-Green
W2_Q21b Prompted AV Preference-Scottish National Party
W2_Q21b Prompted AV Preference-Plaid Cymru
W2_Q21b Prompted AV Preference-Other
W2_Q21b Prompted AV Preference-Don't know
W2_Q22 Like/Dislike-Conservative
vQ22 Like/Dislike-Labour
W2_Q22 Like/Dislike-Liberal Democrat
W2_Q22 Like/Dislike-UK Independence
W2_Q22 Like/Dislike-Green
W2_Q22 Like/Dislike-Scottish National
W2_Q22 Like/Dislike-Plaid Cymru
W2_Q23 Like/Dislike-David Cameron
W2_Q23 Like/Dislike-Ed Miliband
W2_Q23 Like/Dislike-Nick Clegg
W2_Q24 Like/Dislike-Politicians in general
W2_Q25 Trust the Conservative Party
W2_Q25 Trust the Labour Party
W2_Q25 Trust the Liberal Democrat Party
W2_Q26 For AV, or for first past the post, or divided -Conservative
W2_Q26 For AV, or for first past the post, or divided -Labour
W2_Q26 For AV, or for first past the post, or divided -Liberal Democrat
W2_Q26 For AV, or for first past the post, or divided UK Independence
W2_Q26 For AV, or for first past the post, or divided -Green
W2_Q26 For AV, or for first past the post, or divided -Scottish National
W2_Q26 For AV, or for first past the post, or divided -Plaid Cymru
W2_Q27 Regularly read a daily newspaper or newpapers.
W2_Q28 Never read a newspaper
W2_Q28 Reads Daily Mail/Scottish Daily Mail
W2_Q28 Reads Daily Star/Daily Star of Scotland
W2_Q28 Reads Daily Telegraph
W2_Q28 Reads Express
W2_Q28 Reads Financial Times
W2_Q28 Reads Guardian
W2_Q28 Reads Independent
W2_Q28 Reads Mirror/Scottish Mirror/Daily Record
W2_Q28 Reads The Scotsman
W2_Q28 Reads The Sun
W2_Q28 Reads The times
W2_Q28 Reads Western Mail
W2_Q28 Reads Metro
W2_Q28 Reads The Evening Standard
W2_Q28 Reads Your city's local newspaper
W2_Q28 Reads Another
W2_Q28a Which daily newspaper do you read most often?
W2_Q28b Read anything in a newspaper or newpapers about the referendum
W2_Q29 News or Politics on TV on an average weekday
W2_Q29a Saw anything on television about the referendum
W2_Q29b Watches BBC news
W2_Q29b Watches ITV news
W2_Q29b Watches Channel 4 News
W2_Q29b Watches Sky News
W2_Q29b Watches Newsnight
W2_Q29b Watches Despatches
W2_Q29b Watches Panorama
W2_Q30 Which system makes coalition governments more likely
W2_Q31 Under AV there will be no more wasted votes
W2_Q31 AV will make it more likely that extremists are elected to Parliament
W2_Q31 The referendum is a big waste of money
W2_Q31 AV makes sure every MP has to win a majority of the votes
W2_Q31 AV makes it possible for everybody to vote for who they want to
W2_Q31 Voting under AV is as easy as ranking your candidates 1, 2, 3.
W2_Q32 Voters will not understand AV because it is too confusing
W2_Q32 The first past the post system gives us strong government
W2_Q32 AV means that some votes get counted more than others
W2_Q32 The campaign against AV is dominated by the Conservative Party
W2_Q32 AV would only help the Liberal Democrats
W2_Q32 AV is not significantly more proportional than first past the post
W2_Q33 Imagine that a party wins the most votes in an election with about 40 per cent of the votes cas...
W2_Q34 Imagine that a party receives 15 per cent of the votes in an election, across the whole country....
W2_Q35 coalition versus single-party government
W2_Q36 PR versus single-party government
W2_Q37 Most people would try to take advantage of others if they got the chance
W2_Q37 A few strong leaders could make this country better than all the laws and talk
W2_Q37 What young people need most of all is strict discipline by their parents
W2_Q37 Sometimes politics seems so complicated people like me can't understand what goes on
W2_Q37 I feel that I could do as good a job in public office as most people
W2_Q37 I feel I have a pretty good understanding of the issues facing the UK
W2_Q38 Most Members of Parliament are out of touch with the rest of the country
W2_Q38 People like me don't have any say about what the government does
W2_Q38 You can trust the government to do what is right most of the time
W2_Q38 I don’t think politicians and civil servants care much about what people like me think
W2_Q38 The government is largely run by a few big interests
W2_Q39a With David Cameron, who says that AV will mean a political system that is unfair, unclear, and unaccountable?
W2_Q39a With Ed Miliband, who says that AV will restore the balance of power in favour of voters
W2_Q39a With Nick Clegg, who says that AV would mean no one's vote is wasted and MPs would be forced to work harder to win and keep your support
W2_Q39b AV will mean a political system that is unfair, unclear, and unaccountable
W2_Q39b AV will restore the balance of power in favour of voters
W2_Q39b AV would mean no one's vote is wasted and MPs would be forced to work harder to win and keep your support
W2_Q40a With the Sunday paper, the Observer, that says 'AV would elect a parliament that more accurately describes the political complexion of the nation'
W2_Q40a With the Daily Mail, that says 'a victory for AV would ride roughshod over Britain’s democratic traditions, while placing the country at the mercy of shabby backroom stitch-ups'
W2_Q40a With the Daily Telegraph, that says the referendum is 'an unnecessary distraction from more pressing matters'
W2_Q40b AV would elect a parliament that more accurately describes the political complexion of the nation
W2_Q40b A victory for AV would ride roughshod over Britain’s democratic traditions, while placing the country at the mercy of shabby backroom stitch-ups
W2_Q40b The referendum is an unnecessary distraction from more pressing matters
W2_Q41 Referendum Choice End of questions
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W3_Q2 Age group
W3_Q3 Did you have local, assembly, or parliamentary elections on May 5 where you live?
W3_Q3a What were those elections for?
W3_Q3bs Did you vote in the Scottish Parliamentary election?
W3_Q3cs For what party did you vote in your constituency?
W3_Q3ds For what party did you vote for your regional list?
W3_Q3bw Did you vote in the Welsh Assembly election?
W3_Q3cw For what party did you vote in your constituency?
W3_Q3dw For what party did you vote for your regional list?
W3_Q3bl Did you vote in your local Council or Unitary Authority election?
W3_Q3cl Did your Council or Authority have a Direct Mayoral Election?
W3_Q3dl For which party or candidate did you vote for for Mayor?
W3_Q3el Vote for for your Council or Unitary Authority-Conservative
W3_Q3el Vote for for your Council or Unitary Authority-Labour
W3_Q3el Vote for for your Council or Unitary Authority-Liberal Democrat
W3_Q3el Vote for for your Council or Unitary Authority-Green
W3_Q3el FVote for for your Council or Unitary Authority-Scottish National Party
W3_Q3el Vote for for your Council or Unitary Authority-Plaid Cymru
W3_Q3el Vote for for your Council or Unitary Authority--UK Independence Party
W3_Q3el Vote for for your Council or Unitary Authority-British National Party
W3_Q3el Vote for for your Council or Unitary Authority-Other party
W3_Q3el Vote for for your Council or Unitary Authority-Independent candidate
W3_Q4 Vote ot Not in Referendum
W3_Q4a Vote Choice in Referendum
W3_Q4b Which vote more important to you
W3_Q4c If there had been no referendum, would you have voted in the election?
W3_Q4d If there had been no election, would you have voted in the referendum?
W3_Q5 Understands the differences between systems.
W3_Q6 Would you say you care personally about which system is used to elect MPs?
W3_Q6a Perception of Referendum Result
W3_Q7a Prompted Satisfied with Democracy
W3_Q8a Prompted Voting Makes a difference
W3_Q6a Unprompted Saisfaction with Democracy
W3_Q6b Unprompted Voting Makes a difference
W3_Q6c Perception of Result after System questions
W3_Q7 Saw the Yes TV advertisement May 3?
W3_Q7a Did the Yes ad make you more or less likely to vote 'Yes'
W3_Q8 Saw the No TV advertisement May 2?
W3_Q8a Did the No ad make you more or less likely to vote 'No'
W3_Q9 Pamphlets, flyers, or leaflets 'Yes'?
W3_Q10 Pamphlets, flyers, or leaflets 'No'?
W3_£250 million to operate
W3_AV would have greatly reduced the number of safe seas
W3_AV would have required electronic voting machines to count the votes
W3_AV would have helped to restore public trust in politicians
W3 Under AV there will be no more wasted votes
W3 AV will make it more likely that extremists are elected to Parliament
W3 The referendum is a big waste of money
W4 AV makes sure every MP has to win a majority of the votes
W3 AV makes it possible for everybody to vote for who they want to
W3 Voting under AV is as easy as ranking your candidates 1, 2, 3.
W3 Voters will not understand AV because it is too confusing
W3The first past the post system gives us strong government
W3 AV means that some votes get counted more than others
W3 The campaign against AV is dominated by the Conservative Party
W3 AV would only help the Liberal Democrats
W3 AV is not significantly more proportional than first past the post
W3 Q13 Some kind of electoral reform.
W3 Making parliamentary constituencies of more equal size
W3 Adopting the Single Transferable Vote (STV)
W3 Adopting a Mixed Member Proportional system
W3 Adopting a Proportional representation system based on regional lists
W3 An elected House of Lords or elected second chamber replacing the House of Lords
W3 Q14 General election vote preference
W3 Q15 Economy over past 12 months
W3 Referendums are too complicated for the average voter
W3 Parliament, not voters, should make final decisions on law and policy
W3 There should be a law allowing citizens to initiate a referendum by a petition signed by at least 10 percent of the electorate
W3 Q17 Better standard of living over next ten years.
W3_Q18 Likely Lose Job in next year
W3_Q19 Perceptions of Ease of Finding Another Job/Income
W3_Q20 Own a residence - for example, a home or a flat?
W3_Q21 Own a business, a piece of property, a farm, or livest...
W3_Q22 Own shares, stocks or bonds?
W3_Q23 Have a cheque or savings account?
W3_Q24 Duty to vote In a UK parliamentary election
W3_Q24 Duty to vote In a devolved parliament or Assembly election
W3_Q24 Duty to vote In a local election
W3_Q24 Duty to vote in a European election
W3_Q24 Duty to vote In a referendum on the electoral system
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Gender challenged respondents across waves
W3 Referendum Vote with nonvote
W2 Prompt for Caring About Referendum for Vote Intention Questions
W2 Leader Prompt or Not
W2 AV unfair, unclear, unaccountable Cameron
W2 Restore Balance to Voters Miliband
W2 No Votes Wasted MPs work harder Clegg
W2 Newspaper prompt or not
W2 Better descriptive representation Observer
W2 AV rides roughshod in backroom Mail
W2 AV Unnecessary Distraction Telegraph
W2 Cares about system to elect MPs
W2 Vote intention in late April
AV Preference-Conservative
AV Preference-Labour
AV Preference-Liberal Democrat
AV Preference-UKIP
AV Preference-Green
AV Preference-SNP
AV Preference-Plaid Cymru
AV Preference- Other
AV Preference-Would not vote
W3 Prompt for Happiness about Result
W3 Happiness about the Result
W3 Satisfaction with democracy after result
W3 Voting Makes a Difference After Result
March Democratic Satisfaction Linear
May Democratic Satisfaction Linear
Voted Yes
Voted No
May Vote Makes Difference Linear
March Vote Makes Difference Linear
wave3=1 (FILTER)
2010 Vote weight wave 2 basis
2010 Vote weight wave 3 basis