DOI: 10.5279/dk-sa-dda-1546
title: Kommunalpolitikere ved kommunalvalget 1989
title: Local Politicians at Local Elections, 1989

description: Undersøgelsens tager udgangspunkt i at skabe viden om kommunalvalg blandt samfundsfagselever på gymnasier og HF.
        
        Undersøgelsen tager således eleverne ud af skolen og i direkte kontakt med de lokale politikere (undersøgelsen har været tilrettelagt således, at 5000 interviewere (eleverne) skulle ud og møde de mere end 20.000 opstillede kandidater).
        
        Formålet med den store, landsdækkende spørgeskemaundersøgelse var at undersøge kandidaterne og de valgte. Man har fokuseret følgende:
      
            
        - Hvem stilles op, hvad karakteriseres de ved?
        
        - Hvem bliver valgt?
        
        - Hvilken proces sørger for opstilling og sortering af
        
        kandidaterne?
        
        - Er der forskel på den almindelige danske vælger, de opstillede
        
        kandidater og de valgte politikere?
      
            
        Over 130 gymnasier/HF-kurser deltog i arbejdet med undersøgelsen. Og alle amter og (næsten) alle kommuner er repræsenteret i materialet. Så primærundersøgerne kan sige, at der klart er tale om en landsdækkende undersøgelse. Det skal forstås på den måde, at alle typer af kommuner er repræsenteret med så stort et materiale, at resultaterne kan bruges både lokalt og landsdækkende i mange sammenhænge.
        
        De få kommuner, som ikke er med i undersøgelsen, er typisk landkommuner, som ligger langt fra et gymnasium/HF-kursus, og hvor den lokale skole ikke har haft kontakt i området (fx Samsø Kommune). Det drejer sig om i alt 12 kommuner (ud af 275).
        
        Frafaldet er således meget lille, og det er da også lykkedes at samle oplysninger ind om ca. 20.800 kandidater og om ca. 4700 valgte. De indsamlede oplysninger omfatter kandidatens køn, alder, boligforhold, uddannelse, familiesituation, indkomst, socialgruppe, kommunalpolitiske erfaringer og opstillingsmåde
description: In recent years one of the issues of the political debate has been people''s - especially young people''s - lack of interest in local politics. As the primary investigators are teachers of social studies they take a lively interest in making the pupils in the ''gymnasium'' (Upper Secondary School) and pupils following an HF (Higher Preparatory Examination) course understand and be informed about the local system. And a survey where the pupils actually leave the classroom and get into direct contact with the local politicians (the survey was organized in such a way that 5000 interviewers (the pupils) were to meet the more than 20,000 nominated candidates) is a strong motivation for participation in lessons in local politics.
        
        However, the survey is not just a pedagogical trick for the sake of the school; it is also the result of many people''s attempts at obtaining information and knowledge which may be used in other connections by people who are interested in local affairs and local politics.
        
        The purpose of this large-scale national questionnaire survey was to examine the candidates and those who were elected. The emphasis has been put on the politicians:
      
            
        - Who are nominated, how are they characterized?
        
        - Who are elected?
        
        - What process lies behind the nomination and sorting of
        
        the candidates?
        
        - Are there any differences between the ordinary Danish voter,
        
        the nominated candidates, and the politicians who are elected?
      
            
        A very large number of ''gymnasiums'' and HF courses (more than 130) took part in the survey. All the Danish counties and (almost) all the municipalities are represented in the data material, which means that it is clearly a nationwide survey, i.e. all types of municipalities are represented with such a large material that the results may be used locally as well as nationally in many connections.
        
        The few municipalities which do not take part in the survey are typically rural municipalities which are situated far from a ''gymnasium''/an HF course (e.g. the municipality of Samsø). A total of 12 municipalities (out of 275) did not take part.
        
        This means that the loss is very small, and the primary investigators have succeeded in collecting information about the approx. 20,800 candidates and about the approx. 4700 politicians who were elected. The information obtained deals with the candidate''s sex, age, housing conditions, education, family relations, income, social group, experiences as regards local politics, and type of nomination
description: Undersøgelsens formål er at skabe og undersøge gymnasieelevers kendskab til kommunale forhold.
description: The study''s objective is to create and explore high school students'' knowledge regarding local conditions.