Local and regional elections
Subtitle: Tokyo, Japan, 1963
By: principal investigator, Office of the Prime minister, Tokyo, Japan
Series: ICPSR -- 7073; ICPSR (Series) -- 7073
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1970
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] /
Subjects: Elections; Public opinion; Political participation
Description: The study was conducted in Japan in 1963 and the 2,426 respondents came from four geographic districts: the metropolitan Tokyo area, the five largest cities in Japan, other smaller cities in Japan, and Japanese towns and villages. The study investigates Japanese awareness of four different types of recently held elections: gubernatorial, prefectural assembly, mayoral, and city (ward, town, or village) assembly. Variables ascertain the respondents' voting patterns as well as factors which influenced their vote. Further questions probe awareness of the election campaigns through official campaign bulletins, speeches, radio and television broadcasts, and newspaper advertisements. The respondents' knowledge of the candidate for whom they voted is also explored. A final section of the study contains questions about politics in general, including the respondents' awareness of bribery, collusion, or violation of election laws, and their opinion of the trend toward party-affiliated, rather than independent, candidates in local politics.
Notes: ICPSR data class: Class IV.

Data collected: 1963.

The data were received from the International Data Library and Reference Service, Survey Research Center, University of California at Berkeley.

Japan.

The data contain amps and dashes.

2,426 respondents; approximately 175 variables.