21.12137/TFS8UYKavaliauskaitė, JūratėJūratėKavaliauskaitė0009-0003-8194-2330Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University, Lithuania [Project Leader]Ramonaitė, AinėAinėRamonaitė0000-0002-1867-1852Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University, Lithuania [Project Member]Žiliukaitė, RūtaRūtaŽiliukaitė0000-0003-4542-3288Faculty of Philosophy, Vilnius University, Lithuania [Project Member]Lithuanian Data Archive for SSH (LiDA)2023Social Sciencesparliamentary electionselection campaignselectoral issueselectoral candidatesvoting behaviourpolitical partiesparty politicslegislatureElectionsPolitical behaviour and attitudesCenter for Data Analysis and Archiving (DAtA)Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, LithuaniaŽvaliauskas, Giedrius (Center for Data Analysis and Archiving (DAtA), Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [ORCID: 0000-0001-8970-0756])Burbienė, Diana (Center for Data Analysis and Archiving (DAtA), Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [ORCID: 0000-0002-8435-090X])Lithuanian Data Archive for Social Sciences and HumanitiesCenter for Data Analysis and Archiving (DAtA), Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania2011-09-302008-11-152011-09-182025-03-102008-11-07/2008-11-15Survey dataLiDA_SurveyData_0366212235197128138474129886application/x-gziptext/tab-separated-valuesapplication/x-gzipapplication/pdf1.2<b><i>The purpose of the study</i></b>: to estimate Lithuanian residents assumptions of participation in 2008 Seimas elections, citizens political provisions and tendencies of electoral behaviour. <br> <b><i>Major investigated questions</i></b>: it was analysed if respondents were interested in politics. It was analysed if the President of the Republic of Lithuania can indicate to judges based on Constitution of Lithuania what decisions they should accept in some cases. Respondents were asked to reveal if they usually vote in elections. It was asked for which party's list respondents voted in 2008 Seimas elections. It was analysed how important listed reasons are in deciding for who to vote in the Seimas elections. Respondents were asked when they decided for which party to vote. Respondents trust in Lithuanian politicians was assessed. Respondents who did not participated in the elections were asked what was the reason. It was questioned for which party respondents voted in 2004 elections. When provided with the list of Lithuanian political parties, respondents had an opportunity to indicate how much they (do not) like a specific party. Purpose was to find out how work of G. Kirkilas Government was assessed. Questions block about features of election campaign was presented. Respondents evaluated their views in left-right scale. Possible respondents involvement in various political participation forms was assessed. Questions block about possible changes in different areas of Lithuanian socio-political life was presented. At the end, respondents were asked if it was better to live in Soviet times than in Lithuania now. <br> <b><i>Socio-demographic characteristics</i></b>: gender, age, education, occupation, nationality, marital status, income per family member per month, place of residence, region.SPSS, 25<p>Dataverse collection "Elections Studies" contains surveys studying electoral behaviour and socio-political attitudes of Lithuanian voters at the time of the local and national elections.</p><p> The main language of the study is Lithuanian (lit). </p> <p> Standardized questionnaire was provided for the respondents in Lithuanian (lit). </p> <p> Dataset (data and metadata) “Post-Election Survey, November 2008” from 2011-09-30 to 2021-10-01 was available on the portal of Lithuanian Data Archive for Social Sciences and Humanities (LiDA) www.lidata.eu; object PID: www.lidata.eu/data/quant/LiDA_RS_0266; produced by Žvaliauskas Giedrius 2011-09-30. </p>Vilnius, LithuaniaGovernment of the Republic of Lithuania (05/16/2008 Resolution no. 474 "On the approval of the program for the improvement of the science and study system"