Questions measuring
partisanship in different ways described in Why
Not Parties In Russia?
The same wording for each form of partisanship is used for the 1995-6, 1999-2000, and 2003-04 surveys (although the 1995-6 survey does not ask the “closeness partisanship” questions).
Hard-Core
Partisanship
A. Please tell me, is there any one among the present parties, movements, and associations about which you would say, “This is my party, my movement, my association”?
1. Yes
2. No [GO TO C]
7. HARD TO SAY [GO TO C]
8. REFUSAL [GO TO C]
B. Which party, movement, or association is that? Please name it for me.
[INTERVIEWER: WRITE IT DOWN.]
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97. HARD TO SAY
98. REFUSAL
C. [INTERVIEWER: ASK QUESTIONS C-D ONLY OF THOSE RESPONDENTS WHO ANSWERED “NO,” “HARD TO SAY,” OR “REFUSAL” TO QUESTION A. ASK QUESTION X {new set of questions} OF THE OTHERS.]
Please tell me, does there exist a party, movement, or association which more than the others reflects your interests, views, and concerns?
1. Yes
2. No [GO TO X]
7. HARD TO SAY [GO TO X]
8. REFUSAL [GO TO X]
D. Which party, movement, or association would that be? Please name it for me.
[INTERVIEWER: WRITE IT DOWN.]
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97. HARD TO SAY
98. REFUSAL
è Hard-core partisan = responds “1” to A and names an actual party, unprompted, in B.
Transitional
Partisanship
A. Please tell me, is there any one among the present parties, movements, and associations about which you would say, “This is my party, my movement, my association”?
1. Yes
2. No [GO TO C]
7. HARD TO SAY [GO TO C]
8. REFUSAL [GO TO C]
B. Which party, movement, or association is that? Please name it for me.
[INTERVIEWER: WRITE IT DOWN.]
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97. HARD TO SAY
98. REFUSAL
C. [INTERVIEWER: ASK QUESTIONS C-D ONLY OF THOSE RESPONDENTS WHO ANSWERED “NO,” “HARD TO SAY,” OR “REFUSAL” TO QUESTION A. ASK QUESTION X {new set of questions} OF THE OTHERS.]
Please tell me, does there exist a party, movement, or association which more than the others reflects your interests, views, and concerns?
1. Yes
2. No [GO TO X]
7. HARD TO SAY [GO TO X]
8. REFUSAL [GO TO X]
D. Which party, movement, or association would that be? Please name it for me.
[INTERVIEWER: WRITE IT DOWN.]
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97. HARD TO SAY
98. REFUSAL
è Transitional partisan = responds “1” to either A or C and names an actual party, unprompted, in B or D.
Closeness
Partisanship (CSES measure)
A. Do you usually think of yourself as close to any particular political party, movement, or association? [NOTE: REWORDED FOR INTELLIGIBILITY IN RUSSIAN]
1. Yes
2. No [GO TO D]
7. HARD TO SAY [GO TO D]
8. REFUSAL [GO TO D]
B. Which party, movement, or association is that?
[INTERVIEWER: WRITE DOWN EVERYTHING THE RESPONDENT SAYS.]
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97. HARD TO SAY [GO TO X {question not part of this measure}]
98. REFUSAL [GO TO X]
C. [INTERVIEWER: IF THE RESPONDENT NAMED ONLY ONE PARTY IN QUESTION B, DO NOT GIVE QUESTION C AND MOVE TO QUESTION X.]
And which party, movement, or association of those you have named do you feel closest to?
[INTERVIEWER: WRITE IT DOWN.]
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7. HARD TO SAY [GO TO X]
8. REFUSAL [GO TO X]
D. [INTERVIEWER: GIVE QUESTIONS D-E ONLY TO THOSE RESPONDENTS WHO ANSWERED ‘NO,” “H/S,” OR “REF” TO QUESTION A. GIVE OTHER RESPONDENTS QUESTION X.]
Is there a party to which you feel yourself a little closer than to the others?
1. Yes
2. No [GO TO X]
7. HARD TO SAY [GO TO X]
8. REFUSAL [GO TO X]
E. Which party is that? Name it, please.
[INTERVIEWER: WRITE IT DOWN.]
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7. HARD TO SAY
8. REFUSAL
è “Closeness partisan” = responds “1” to A or D and names an actual party in B, C, or E.
NOTE ON SOURCES
On the development of the transitional partisanship questions (and by implication those for hard-core partisanship), see Timothy J. Colton, Transitional Citizens (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2000).
On closeness partisanship, see the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) Web site: http://www.umich.edu/~cses/ .