农村选民的性格类型特征与其选举行为的关系

A Study on Countryside Electorate’s Personality Types and the Relations to Voting Behavior

以云南省两个县8个自然村262名选民为被试,采用自编“农村选举行为问卷”和“性格形容词评定量表”探讨了选民性格类型特征及其与选举行为的关系。结果表明(1)农村选民的性格特征可分为积极性格、消极性格和中间性格三种类型;(2)积极性格类型的选民对农村选举制度意义的认识端正,并在投票时首先考虑候选人的品德和才能,而消极性格类型的选民对选举意义的认识存在偏差,其投票行为受候选人身份特征和选民自身物质利益的影响。

This study probed into how electorate’s personality types affected their voting behavior in rural regions with a sample of 262 participants from two counties and eight villages of Yunnan Province by Rural Voting Behavioral Questionnaire and Personality Adjectives Assessment Scale developed by researchers themselves.The results indicated that (1) rural electorate’s personalities could be classified into three types:positive,negative and moderate personality;(2) electorate with positive personality had a better understanding of the significance of rural voting system,and their voting behavior was much more influenced by candidates’ virtue and ability while those with negative personality had a biased understanding,and their voting behavior was more influenced by candidates’ status and electorate’s own benefits.