Election Survey (everything is radio buttons unless noted otherwise, i.e. question 2 under political background, and questions 3, 5, 6 and 8 under demographics).

Basic Demographics

  1. Are you a graduate or undergraduate student?
  2. Graduate
  3. Undergraduate
  1. If you are an undergraduate, what is your class year?
  2. Freshman
  3. Sophomore
  4. Junior
  5. Senior
  6. Fifth-year or older
  1. What is your age?
  2. Drop down menu: 17 or younger, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 or older
  1. What is your gender?
  2. Male
  3. Female
  4. Transgender/Intersex
  1. If you are an undergraduate, what is your primary major? If you are a graduate student, what is your department? (drop-down list)
  2. See list from courselist.txt
  1. What is your residence? Please indicate specific MIT undergraduate/graduate dorm, FSILG, or Off-Campus. (drop-down list)
  2. See list from MITresidences.txt
  1. Are you a U.S. Citizen?
  2. Yes
  3. No
  1. If you are a citizen, what is your home state? (Drop-down list)
  2. See USstatesterritories.txt

Political Background

  1. Are you a registered voter?
  2. Yes
  3. No
  1. If you are a registered voter, in which state are you registered? (Drop-down list)
  2. See USstatesterritories.txt
  1. What do you consider to be your political party affiliation?
  2. Democrat
  3. Republican
  4. Independent
  5. Other
  1. On social issues, would you describe your views as very conservative, conservative, moderate, liberal or very liberal?
  2. Very conservative
  3. Conservative
  4. Moderate
  5. Liberal
  6. Very Liberal

4b. On fiscal and economic issues?

  • Very conservative
  • Conservative
  • Moderate
  • Liberal
  • Very Liberal
  1. In general, would you describe your political views as very conservative, conservative, moderate, liberal, or very liberal?
  2. Very conservative
  3. Conservative
  4. Moderate
  5. Liberal
  6. Very Liberal
  1. Do you plan on voting (or have you already voted) in the 2010 Midterm Elections?
  2. Yes
  3. No

The Issues

  1. How would you rate the way Congress is doing its job?
  2. Excellent
  3. Good
  4. Fair
  5. Poor
  1. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as President?
  2. Approve
  3. Disapprove
  1. Do you feel that the country is headed in the right direction?
  2. Yes
  3. No
  4. Unsure
  1. How important do you consider the following issues to be?
  2. The Economy
  3. Extremely Important
  4. Very Important
  5. Moderately Important
  6. Not that Important
  7. Unsure
  8. Health care
  9. Extremely Important
  10. Very Important
  11. Moderately Important
  12. Not that important
  13. Unsure
  14. Immigration
  15. Extremely Important
  16. Very Important
  17. Moderately Important
  18. Not that important
  19. Unsure
  20. Terrorism
  21. Extremely Important
  22. Very Important
  23. Moderately Important
  24. Not that important
  25. Unsure
  26. Jobs
  27. Extremely Important
  28. Very Important
  29. Moderately Important
  30. Not that important
  31. Unsure
  32. Federal spending
  33. Extremely Important
  34. Very Important
  35. Moderately Important
  36. Not that important
  37. Unsure
  38. Corruption in government
  39. Extremely Important
  40. Very Important
  41. Moderately Important
  42. Not that important
  43. Unsure
  44. The situation in Afghanistan
  45. Extremely Important
  46. Very Important
  47. Moderately Important
  48. Not that important
  49. Unsure
  50. The environment
  51. Extremely Important
  52. Very Important
  53. Moderately Important
  54. Not that important
  55. Unsure
  56. Gay rights
  57. Extremely Important
  58. Very Important
  59. Moderately Important
  60. Not that important
  61. Unsure
  1. In your judgment, what is the most likely outcome of the Congressional elections this year?
  2. Democrats will retain control of the House of Representatives and Senate
  3. Democrats will retain control of the Senate, Republicans will gain control of the House
  4. Democrats will retain control of the House, Republicans will gain control of the Senate
  5. Republicans will gain control of the House and Senate.
  1. Do you think that the Republican Party or the Democratic Party could do a better job in dealing with the economy?
  2. Republican Party
  3. Democratic Party
  4. Neither
  5. Unsure
  6. Since taking office as President, have Barack Obama’s economic policies made economic conditions better, worse, or not had an effect so far?
  7. Better
  8. Worse
  9. No effect so far
  1. If you had to choose, would you rather have a smaller government providing fewer services, or a bigger government providing more services?
  2. Smaller government providing fewer services
  3. Bigger government providing more services
  1. If your vote were the determining factor in the upcoming election, would you vote to…
  2. Turn control of the House and Senate to Republicans
  3. Turn control of the House to Republicans, leave the Democrats in control of the Senate
  4. Turn control of the Senate to Republicans, leave the Democrats in control of the House
  5. Leave the Democrats in control of the House and Senate
  6. Unsure
  7. Other
  1. Do you approve or disapprove of the health care legislation passed by Barack Obama and Congress in March 2010?
  2. Approve
  3. Disapprove
  4. Unsure
  1. For President Barack Obama and Congress, should improving the educational system be a top priority, important but lower priority, not too important, or should it not be done?
  2. Top priority
  3. Important but lower priority
  4. Not too important
  5. Should not be done
  6. Unsure
  1. Would you say the Tea Party movement is…
  2. Very conservative
  3. Conservative
  4. Moderate
  5. Liberal
  6. Very Liberal
  7. No opinion
  1. Compared with the past, would you say the U.S. is…
  2. More respected by other countries these days
  3. Less respected by other countries these days
  4. As respected as it has been in the past
  5. Unsure