Missing Voices? You & Politics

Tell us what politics means to you

Thank you for taking part in this survey on non-voters. The purpose is to inform the work of the Electoral Reform Society with your views and opinions. It should take no more than 5 minutes to complete and all your responses will be anonymous. The Electoral Reform Society reserves the right to use and publish the anonymous data and will keep it for five years in accordance with the Data Protection Act, after which it will be destroyed. Your participation in this survey is voluntary and you are free to withdraw at any time.

We will NOT share these details with a third party, and the information will be used for research purposes only.

What is your Age?:

What is your Gender?:

● Male

● Female

● Other

● prefer not to say

Where do you live?

Blaenau Gwent
Bridgend
Caerphilly
Cardiff
Carmarthenshire
Ceredigion
Conwy
Denbighshire
Flintshire
Gwynedd
Merthyr Tydfil
Monmouthshire
Neath Port Talbot
Newport
Pembrokeshire
Powys
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Swansea
Torfaen
Vale of Glamorgan
Wrexham
Ynys Môn
Outside of Wales

Do you consider yourself disabled?

● Yes/No/Don’t know

Are you / have you been in receipt of benefits within the last 12 months?

● Yes/No/Don’t know

Are you registered on the UK electoral register?

● Yes/No/Don’t know

As far as you can remember which of the following elections did you vote in, if any?

● Local elections May 2017

● EU ‘Brexit’ Referendum June 2016

● National Assembly for Wales election, May 2016

● UK General Election, May 2015

● UK General Election May 2017

What is your Email address:

Using a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 means very little confidence and 10 means a very large amount of confidence, how confident would you feel to go to your local polling station to vote in an election?

To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? (1= strongly disagree and 10=strongly agree)

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10
When people like me get involved [in politics], they really can change the way things are run.
I am interested in politics.
Politics is relevant to people like me.
I find it easy to understand political issues being talked about in the news.
I find out what is happening in the UK and the world by following social media.
I regularly watch news programmes and/or read newspapers.

In ten words or less what does politics mean to you?