Post-Election Survey, January - February 2021

Major investigated questions: the research aims to systematically look at the trends and factors of the electoral behavior in Lithuania. The survey included the international CSES Module V questionnaire, which consists of three main parts: 1) standard internationally widely used electoral behavior variables, such as party identification, left - right scale questions, like - dislike of parties and party leaders, etc .; 2) specific topics of the CSES Module V: populist attitudes and out-group attitudes; 3) standard socio-demographic characteristics of respondents.

In addition, the survey questionnaire included variables relevant to Lithuania, compatible with 2012 and 2016 post-election survey variables (election campaign, media consumption variables, etc.), as well as items on public policy issues aligned with the 2020 manobalsas.lt questionnaire. In addition, the questionnaire took into account the situation of the COVID-19 pandemic and included specific questions on the origins and threats of COVID-19 and pandemic management.