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1 PartiRep Exit-Poll 2012 Variable List Leuven, December

2 1. ID_number: Unique ID-number identifying respondent 2. Municipality_code: Municipality where interview was administered 1 Kortenberg 23 Jette 2 Anzegem 24 Saint-Josse-ten- 3 Aarschot Noode/Sint-Joost-ten- 4 Sint-Niklaas Node 5 Mechelen 25 Molenbeek-Saint- 6 Nevele Jean/Sint-Jans- 7 Koekelare Molenbeek 8 Lochristi 26 Bruxelles/Brussel 9 Berlare 27 Tubize 10 Eeklo 28 Musson 11 Torhout 29 Rebecq 12 Tielt 30 Vaux-sur-Sûre 13 Blankenberge 31 Dour 14 Schilde 32 La Louvière 15 Arendonk 33 Dinant 16 Willebroek 34 Nivelles 17 Antwerpen 35 Charleroi 18 Dilbeek 36 Herstal 19 Neerpelt 37 Saint-Nicolas 20 Tessenderlo 38 Liège 21 Beringen 39 Verviers 22 Tongeren 40 Zaventem 3. Language: Language in which survey was administered 1 Dutch 2 French 4. Gender: Gender of respondent 1 Female 2 Male 5. Birth_year: Year of birth of respondent 6. Age: Age of respondent [2012-Birth_year of respondent] 7. Age_group: Age group of respondent Occupation_code: Occupation of respondent 1 Labour 2 Employee 3 Self-employed/staff 4 Retired 5 Housewife/-man 2

3 6 Unemployed/sick 7 Student 8 Other 9. Degree: Highest degree obtained by respondent 1 No degree/primary education 2 Lower secondary education 3 Higher secondary education 4 Higher non-university education 5 University education 10. Nationality_mother: Nationality of mother respondent when born 11. Nationality_father: Nationality of father respondent when born 12. House_code: Housing situation of respondent 1 Owner 2 Tenant 3 Other 13. Years_municipality: Number of years that respondent lives in municipality 14. List_voted_open_code: List respondent indicates to have voted for [open ended question, codes in accordance to parties on lists] 1 CD&V 2 Groen 3 LDD 4 N-VA 5 Open VLD 6 SP.a 7 Vlaams Belang 8 PVDA+ 9 cdh 10 ECOLO 11 FDF 12 MR 13 PS 14 PTB+ 15 Vega 16 SP.a-Groen 17 CD&V-N-VA 18 Blank/invalid 19 Other Local 20 SP.a-Groen-Leef! 21 Pirates 22 Rood 3 23 SP.a-CD&V 24 UF 25 ECOLO-Groen 26 PS-SP.a 27 MR-Open VLD 28 cdh-cd&v 29 PP 30 PTB-PVDA 31 Open VLD-Groen-m+ 32 Front de Gauche 33 FN 34 RWF 35 N-VA-Open VLD 36 CD&V-Groen-OK 37 Voor U 38 Eendracht 39 Sameneen 40 Visie PVD 42 SNAB 43 SOS S²NB Transparant 45 Bewonerspartij

4 46 OK/Groen Koekelare 47 SMS Eeklo 48 Dwars Groen 49 Arendonk Positief 50 EOS 51 Vrij Vlug Vooruit 52 Hart 53 LvBurgemeester VLD 54 CD&V-DNA 55 SP.a-SPIL 56 VBLD 57 Tongeren.nu 58 Les Libereaux 59 LBJ 60 LB Liste Bourgmestre 61 Bleus de Saint Josse 62 Egalité 63 Islam 64 Belg Unie 65 RC 66 DS 67 DPS 68 CLEF 69 MC Re Nouveau 71 AC 72 Bourgmestre 73 Re Nous Vaux 74 DR Plus 75 FNW 76 Parti Wallon 77 DLC 78 OSONS 79 LDB 80 D+CDH 81 MLD 82 Ensemble 83 NWA 84 EPH 85 WALL.d abord 86 P. PENSIONNES 87 New 88 RW 89 Nieuw Nevele 90 Matthieu&Guillaume 91 Vernieuwing 92 Gauche communes 93 TA 15. Voting_motive: [respondent s answer on open-ended question why voted for list? ] 16. Voting_motive_code1: 1 Endorsements 2 Voting Advice Application 3 Government & Opposition (local) 4 Government & Opposition (national) 5 Groups 6 Habit 7 Magnitude 8 Ideology 9 Issues (local) 10 Issues (national) 11 Party 12 Politician (general) 13 Politician (national and specific) 14 Politician (local and specific) 15 Local constituency service

5 16 Anti 17. Voting_motive_code2: [cfr Voting_motive_code1] 18. Voting_motive_code3: [cfr Voting_motive_code1] 19. Vote_second_code: List that was second choice for voters [codes in accordance to parties on lists cfr List_voted_open_code] 20. Negative_motive_second: Answer respondent on open-ended question why not second preference 21. Vote_previous_code: [Party respondent indicates to have voted for in 2006] 1 CD&V 2 Groen 3 LDD 4 N-VA 5 Open VLD 6 SP.a 7 Vlaams Belang 8 PVDA 9 cdh 10 ECOLO 11 FDF 12 MR 13 PS 22. Trust_college: Trust in college of mayor and executives 0 No trust at all 10 Complete trust 23. Trust_mayor: Trust in mayor 0 No trust at all 10 Complete trust 24. Trust_council: Trust in local council 0 No trust at all 10 Complete trust 25. Trust_administration: Trust in local administration 0 No trust at all 10 Complete trust 26. Trust_police: Trust in local police 0 No trust at all 10 Complete trust 27. Trust_fed_gov: Trust in federal government 0 No trust at all 10 Complete trust 14 PTB SP.a-Groen 17 CD&V-N-VA 18 Blank/invalid 19 Not eligible 20 Don t know 21 Local list 22 PP 23 UF 24 ECOLO-Groen 25 FN 5

6 28. Campaign_online: Degree of following online campaign information last month 0 Never 1 Seldom 2 Sometimes 3 Often 29. Campaign_flyers: Degree of following campaign information in flyers last month 0 Never 1 Seldom 2 Sometimes 3 Often 30. Campaign_media: Degree of following campaign in media last month 0 Never 1 Seldom 2 Sometimes 3 Often 31. Campaign_personal: Degree of personal contact with candidates last month 0 Never 1 Seldom 2 Sometimes 3 Often 32. Interest_local: Degree of interest in local politics in municipality 0 No interest at all 10 A lot of interest 33. Interest_national: Degree of interest in national politics 0 No interest at all 10 A lot of interest 34. Unjust_local: Agreement of respondent that he/she could change unjust decision taken at local level 0 Do not agree at all 10 Fully agree 35. Unjust_national: Agreement of respondent that he/she could change unjust decision taken at national level 0 Do not agree at all 10 Fully agree 36. Left_right: Respondent s ideological position on left-right axis 0 Left 6

7 5 Centre 10 Right 37. Satisfaction_traffic: Satisfaction with traffic and mobility in municipality 38. Satisfaction_maintenance: Satisfaction with mainentance of roads and squares in municipality 39. Satisfaction_safety: Satisfaction with safety in municipality 40. Satisfaction_participation: Satisfaction with involvement and participation in municipality 41. Satisfaction_taxes: Satisfaction with taxes in municipality 42. Satisfaction_housing: Satisfaction with social housing in municipality 43. Satisfaction_migration: Satisfaction with migration and integration in municipality 44. Satisfaction_environment: Satisfaction with environment in municipality 45. Satisfaction_youth: Satisfaction with youth policy in municipality 7

8 46. Importance_council: Degree of importance decisions taken in council for personal life 47. Importance_regional: Degree of importance decisions taken in regional parliament for personal life 48. Importance_federal: Degree of importance decisions taken in federal parliament for personal life 49. Importance_European: Degree of importance decisions taken in European parliament for personal life 50. Vote_federal_code: Vote intention for federal elections 1 CD&V 14 PTB+ 2 Groen 15 Blank/invalid 3 LDD 16 Pirates 4 N-VA 17 Rossem 5 Open VLD 18 BUB 6 SP.a 19 FN 7 Vlaams Belang 20 RWF 8 PVDA+ 21 Front de Gauche 9 cdh 22 FNW 10 ECOLO 23 NWA 11 FDF 24 Mouvement de Gauche 12 MR 25 PP 13 PS 26 UF 51. Identity_municipality: Degree of identification with municipality 0 Not at all 10 Very strongly 8

9 52. Identity_province: Degree of identification with province 0 Not at all 10 Very strongly 53. Identity_region: Degree of identification with region 0 Not at all 10 Very strongly 54. Identity_country: Degree of identification with Belgium 0 Not at all 10 Very strongly 55. Identity_Europe: Degree of identification with Europe 0 Not at all 10 Very strongly 56. Other_list: Would respondent vote for same candidate if on different list? 1 Yes 2 No 57. Lower_list: Would respondent vote for same candidate if lower on list? 1 Yes 2 No 58. Candidate_knowledge: To vote for knowledgeable candidate 59. Candidate_impact: To have impact on who is elected 60. Candidate_female: To vote for female candidates 61. Candidate_personal: To vote for candidates I know in person 62. Candidate_migrant: To vote for migrant candidates 9

10 63. Candidate_national: To vote for nationally known candidates 64. Candidate_help: To vote for candidates who have personally helped me 65. Referendum_participation: Participation in referendum [only for voters in Antwerp] 1 Yes 2 No 3 Don t remember 66. Referendum_vote: Voting behavior in referendum [only for voters in Antwerp] 1 Yes 2 No 3 Blank/invalid 4 Don t remember 67. Mock_ballot_list_code: List voted for on mock-ballot 1 CD&V 2 Groen 3 LDD 4 N-VA 5 Open VLD 6 SP.a 7 Vlaams Belang 8 PVDA+ 9 cdh 10 ECOLO 11 FDF 12 MR 13 PS 14 PTB CD&V-N-VA 18 Blank/Invalid 19 Voor U Eendracht 21 Sameneen 22 CD&V-Groen-OK 23 Visie PVD 25 SNAB 26 SP.a-Groen 27 SOS S²NB Transparant 29 VLD-Groen-m+ 30 Bewonerspartij 31 OK/Groen Koekelare 32 SMS Eeklo 33 N-VA-Open VLD 34 Pirates 35 Dwars Groen 36 Arendonk Positief 37 EOS 38 SP.a-CD&V

11 39 Rood 40 Vrij Vlug Vooruit 41 CD&V-DNA 42 LvBurgemeester-VLD 43 UF 44 Vernieuwing 45 SP.a-SPIL 46 VBLD 47 Tongeren.nu 48 ECOLO-Groen 49 Les Libereaux 50 PS-SP.a 51 LBJ 52 Gauches communes 53 LB Liste Bourgemestre 54 Bleus de St-Josse 55 Egalité 56 PTB-PVDA+ 57 cdh-cd&v 58 PP 59 Islam 60 MR-VLD 61 Belg-Unie 62 RC 63 DS 64 DPS 68. List_candidate: List or candidates indicated on mock-ballot 1 List 2 Candidates (preference votes) 3 Both list and candidates 69. Number_candidates: Number of preference votes on mock-ballot 70. First_list: Voted for first on list on mock-ballot 1 Yes 2 No 71. Last_list: Voted for last on list on mock-ballot 1 Yes 2 No 72. Women: Voting for women candidates on mock-ballot 1 Only women 2 Only men 3 Both women and men TA 66 CLEF 67 MC² 68 Re Nouveau 69 AC 70 Bourgemestre 71 Re-Nous-Vaux 72 DR Plus 73 Front de Gauche 74 FNW 75 Parti Wallon 76 DLC 77 OSONS 78 LDB 79 D+cdH 80 MLD 81 Ensemble 82 FN 83 RW 84 NWA 85 EPH 86 WALL.d Abord 87 P.Pensionnes 88 VEGA 89 NEW 90 SP.a-Groen-Leef!

12 73. Ethnic: Voting for candidates with ethnic name on mock-ballot 1 Only ethnic names 2 No ethnic names 3 Both ethnic and non-ethnic name 74. Oversample: 0 Not oversampled 1 Oversampled 75. Region: 1 Flanders 2 Brussels 3 Wallonia 76. Weight1: Coefficient for weighing on gender 77. Weight2: Coefficient for weighing on gender + region 78. Weight3: Coefficient for weighing on gender + region + age group 12

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