Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- 1 ELECTIONS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF DEMOCRATIC CAPACITY
- 2 ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK: RUSSIA'S FAILED CONSOLIDATION IN COMPARATIVE CONTEXT
- 3 THE MICROFOUNDATIONS OF DEMOCRATIC RESPONSIVENESS: CANDIDATE STRATEGIES AND ELECTORAL INFRASTRUCTURE
- 4 MANY CANDIDATES, FEW CHOICES
- 5 TO JOIN OR NOT TO JOIN: CANDIDATE AFFILIATION IN TRANSITIONAL RUSSIA
- 6 FINDING FIT: CANDIDATES AND THEIR DISTRICTS
- 7 CAMPAIGNING FOR THE DUMA: MIXED MARKETS, MIXED MESSAGES
- 8 DEMOCRATS, DEMOCRATIC TRANSITIONS, AND RUSSIAN DEMOCRACY
- Appendix A The Sample
- Appendix B The Candidate Survey
- Appendix C Variables Constructed from Survey Data
- Appendix D Sample and Variable Construction for Analysis in Chapter 2
- Works Cited
- Index
- Cambridge Cultural Social Studies
Appendix B The Candidate Survey
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 July 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- 1 ELECTIONS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF DEMOCRATIC CAPACITY
- 2 ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK: RUSSIA'S FAILED CONSOLIDATION IN COMPARATIVE CONTEXT
- 3 THE MICROFOUNDATIONS OF DEMOCRATIC RESPONSIVENESS: CANDIDATE STRATEGIES AND ELECTORAL INFRASTRUCTURE
- 4 MANY CANDIDATES, FEW CHOICES
- 5 TO JOIN OR NOT TO JOIN: CANDIDATE AFFILIATION IN TRANSITIONAL RUSSIA
- 6 FINDING FIT: CANDIDATES AND THEIR DISTRICTS
- 7 CAMPAIGNING FOR THE DUMA: MIXED MARKETS, MIXED MESSAGES
- 8 DEMOCRATS, DEMOCRATIC TRANSITIONS, AND RUSSIAN DEMOCRACY
- Appendix A The Sample
- Appendix B The Candidate Survey
- Appendix C Variables Constructed from Survey Data
- Appendix D Sample and Variable Construction for Analysis in Chapter 2
- Works Cited
- Index
- Cambridge Cultural Social Studies
Summary
This appendix details the survey questions used to construct the variables used in the analysis of candidate behavior, with particular attention to questions asked in the 1999 round (the 1995 survey is similar, but omits some questions as discussed in the text). Questions that were not used in the analysis, as well as those capturing basic demographic information (interview number, region), are omitted for space considerations.
Block 1: Demographic Information
1.01. Do you consider yourself a professional politician?
Yes
No
Hard to answer
1.02. Do you own your own business or part of a business?
Yes
No
Hard to answer
1.03. How much of your time during each week would you say you spend doing political work?
100 percent of my time
75 percent of my time
50 percent of my time
25 percent of my time
Less than 25 percent of my time
Hard to answer
Block 2: Activity in Parties, Blocks, or Societal Organizations
2.01. Why did you want to join a party organization (asked only of partisans)?
Party leaders invited you to become a candidate with the support of their party.
You wanted to join the party in order to run on the party list.
You wanted the party to support you in your single-member district race.
The party was popular in your district.
The party was able to give you financial and material support for your campaign.
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- Candidate Strategies and Electoral Competition in the Russian FederationDemocracy without Foundation, pp. 215 - 222Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2006