General Questionnaire

General Questionnaire

When you vote in the next general election, how important are the following issues to you?:

Extremely Important Very Important Fairly Important Not important
Economy
Education
Employment
Health
Foreign Policy
Pensions
Policing (Crime)
Taxation

Which one of these issues is most likely to influence the way you vote?

Economy
Education
Employment
Health
Foreign Policy
Pensions
Policing (Crime)
Taxation

When thinking about the economy, do you tend to agree or disagree with the following propositions?

Agree Disagree
The gap between rich and poor in Britain is too great
Government should try to bring about a more even distribution of wealth
The Government should increase the higher rates of income tax for the wealthy
Higher rates of income tax tend to depress the wealth creation process
If tax needs to go up, government should increase the basic rate of income tax
The best way to raise tax is through indirect taxation
We should define poverty in absolute rather than in relative terms
All Governments spend tax-payers money inefficiently
The less Government interferes in the economy, the more successful the Government and the economy are likely to be

When thinking about education, do you tend to agree or disagree with the following propositions?

Agree Disagree
The comprehensive school system is the best way to educate children
There should be more emphasis on vocational training in secondary schools
Academically gifted children need selective schools which concentrate on academic excellence
Parents who send their children to private schools are subsidising the state system
Private schooling is socially divisive
Private schools should be abolished
Education should be free, upto and including university
We should aim to put 50% of children through university
We are sending too many young people to university
The more young people we send to university, the better our society will be
Sending more young people to university inevitably forces down academic standards

When thinking about health, do you tend to agree or disagree with the following propositions?

Agree Disagree
The National Health Service is a wonderful institution
The National Health Service is failing to meet today's needs
All healthcare should be free at the point of need
The better-off who can afford it should pay for private healthcare
People who pay for private healthcare are being unfair to everyone else
People who pay for private healthcare are helping the NHS by paying for their own treatment

When thinking about employment, do you tend to agree or disagree with the following propositions?

Agree Disagree
Full employment should be the aim of every government
Government should create jobs to reduce unemployment
The Government should limit itself to creating the conditions in which businesses can prosper
Full employment tends to lead to inflationary wage and salary demands
Everyone who is able to work should work

When thinking about foreign policy, do you tend to agree or disagree with the following propositions?

Agree Disagree
Britain should go to war only if its national security is directly threatened
Britain has the right to take pre-emptive action against its enemies if it thinks it is necessary
The United States foreign policy is generally well-intentioned
U.S. foreign policy is imperialism in a modern form
It is in Britain's interest to support American foreign policy
The best hope for peace and justice in the world is through the United Nations
The United Nations will always be ineffective

In presenting the case for war in Iraq, do you think Tony Blair:

told the truth
was ill-informed
exaggerated the evidence
lied

When thinking about pensions, do you tend to agree or disagree with the following propositions?

Agree Disagree
People should be able to rely on the State pension
People need to invest more for their pensions
Many people can't afford to invest more for their pensions
There's no point for many people in investing for a pension because they won't be any better off than if they rely on the State
The Government does not give people sufficent incentives to save for their pensions
The Government's pensions policy is in chaos
The Government is doing its best to sort out pensions
The Government should compel everyone to make much larger contributions to their pensions

When thinking about crime, do you tend to agree or disagree with the following propositions?

Agree Disagree
To reduce crime, we need better detection rates and stiffer sentences
To reduce crime, we need to reduce poverty and deprivation
The criminal justice system is biased in favour of the criminal
Community policing is the key to successful policing
The job of the police is to bring criminals to trial, not to engage in social work
The Government should come down hard on drug pushers and users
The Government should consider legalising soft drugs
The Government should consider legalising all drugs
The Government should re-introduce capital punishment for some categories of murder
Capital punishment is barbaric, inhumane and therefore unacceptable
Capital punishment is unacceptable because of the risk of executing an innocent person

In our criminal justice system is:

Very Important Fairly Important Not important
Deterrence
Protection of society
Punishment
Rehabilitation

Which do you think should be the single most important aim of the criminal justice system?

Deterrence
Protection of Society
Punishment
Rehabilitation

On religion, do you tend to agree or disagree with the following statements?

Agree Disagree
People need religious faith in their lives
Religion has caused more crimes against humanity than anything else
Religion is being squeezed out of existence by advances in science
Without religion, society loses all moral sense
Yes No Don't Know
Do you believe in a God
Do you believe in life after death?
Do you believe in a Day of Judgement?

When thinking about human relationships, do you tend to agree or disagree with the following propositions?

Agree Disagree
Heterosexual relationships are most likely to bring each partner happiness
Heterosexual and homosexual relationships are equal in all respects
Homosexual relationships are a form of sexual deviation
Marriage should be limited to heterosexual couples
Homosexual partners should have the same rights under the law as heterosexual married couples
Homosexual partners should be allowed to marry
Everyone should be able to nominate a 'partner' for legal and tax purposes
Heterosexual marriage is the bedrock of society
The traditional marriage in no longer relevant in today's more liberal world

Which of the following newspapers, if any, do you read:

Every Day Sometimes Rarely
Daily Mail
Daily Telegraph
Express
Financial Times
Guardian
Independent
Mirror
Star
Sun
The Times

In the next General Election in the UK, will you vote:

Labour
Conservative
Liberal Democrat
Other

Classification Data

Male Female
Sex
Age
15-24
25-34
35-44
45-54
55-64
65 & over
Occupation
Higher Management
Intermediate Management
Supervisory or Clerical, Junior Management
Self-employed Professional
Skilled Manual Workers
House-wife/House-husband
State Pensioners or Widows (no other earner)
Semi and Unskilled Manual Workers
Students
Unemployed
Where Do You Live?
North East
North West
Yorks/Humber
East Midlands
West Midlands
East
South West
London
South East
Married Single Divorced
Personal Situation (optional question)
No Children
One Child
Two Children
More than Two Children
Household Annual Income (optional question)
Less than £20,000
£20,000 - 40,000
£40,001 - 60,000
£60,001 - 80,000
More than £80,000

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Copyright: Panarc International - November, 2004

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