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The figures presented below are based on registered voters only, details are available at "Contact Information". All election surveys are sponsored by Civic Exchange.

Territory-wide rolling survey result

Question : If you vote, would your main consideration be the quality of individual candidates, the combination of candidates within a list, or your support for a specific political party?

Date of survey	Individual candidates	Combination within a list	Support for a political party	Don't know / Hard to say	Won't vote	Total
7-9/8/04	55.5%	5.3%	20.3%	17.5%	1.5%	100.0%
6-8/8/04	55.1%	5.5%	19.7%	18.5%	1.3%	100.0%
5-7/8/04	54.0%	5.5%	19.7%	19.2%	1.6%	100.0%
4-6/8/04	53.4%	6.0%	19.2%	19.9%	1.5%	100.0%

Question : If you vote, will your propensity to vote decrease because the candidate you support ranks low on the list?

Date of survey	Yes	No	Don't know / Hard to say	Total
7-9/8/04	9.8%	80.4%	9.8%	100.0%
6-8/8/04	9.2%	80.6%	10.2%	100.0%
5-7/8/04	9.1%	80.6%	10.3%	100.0%
4-6/8/04	8.8%	80.0%	11.2%	100.0%

Question : If you vote, will your propensity to vote increase because the candidate you support ranks high on the list?

Date of survey	Yes	No	Don't know / Hard to say	Total
7-9/8/04	18.9%	72.7%	8.5%	100.0%
6-8/8/04	17.7%	73.5%	8.8%	100.0%
5-7/8/04	16.0%	73.9%	10.1%	100.0%
4-6/8/04	16.1%	72.7%	11.2%	100.0%

Question : The Legislative Council election will be held on 12 September. Could you name the lists in your geographical constituency? (Interviewers first require the respondents to name all the lists they know. The answers need not be totally accurate, only the party name or one of the candidates' names will be acceptable. If one party takes part in the election in several separate lists, the interviewers need to probe. If the respondents cannot identify them separately, the interviewers need to record this accordingly. Interviewers not to read out the lists and multiple answers are allowed.)

Date of survey	No correct answers	One or more correct answers	More than half correct answers	All correct answers
7-9/8/04	52.1%	47.9%	16.4%	0.8%
6-8/8/04	55.0%	45.0%	14.2%	0.5%
5-7/8/04	55.1%	44.9%	13.3%	0.7%
4-6/8/04	58.8%	41.2%	10.6%	0.7%

Question : Will you vote in the coming Legislative Council Election in September? (Interviewers to inquire propensity)

Date of survey	Definitely will	Most likely will	Will	Most likely won't	Definitely won't	Won't	Not yet decide	Total
7-9/8/04	57.8%	26.9%	84.7%	3.4%	3.4%	6.8%	8.4%	100.0%
6-8/8/04	56.9%	28.6%	85.5%	3.2%	3.7%	6.9%	8.2%	100.0%
5-7/8/04	56.4%	26.1%	82.5%	3.7%	4.3%	8.0%	9.4%	100.0%
4-6/8/04	54.6%	25.1%	79.7%	4.3%	4.2%	8.5%	11.8%	100.0%
26-29/7/04	55.0%	22.4%	77.4%	4.5%	4.1%	8.6%	14.0%	100.0%
19-21/7/04	51.9%	23.6%	75.5%	3.9%	4.4%	8.3%	16.2%	100.0%
2-5/7/04	60.0%	21.3%	81.3%	2.7%	2.3%	5.0%	13.8%	100.0%
21-24/6/04	56.6%	22.7%	79.3%	1.9%	3.4%	5.3%	15.4%	100.0%
7-11/6/04	53.0%	22.8%	75.8%	3.2%	4.7%	7.9%	16.3%	100.0%
1-3/6/04	54.9%	24.2%	79.1%	2.2%	3.4%	5.6%	15.2%	100.0%
18-20/5/04	53.5%	24.2%	77.7%	3.6%	4.8%	8.4%	13.9%	100.0%
10-13/5/04	52.3%	25.3%	77.6%	2.9%	5.3%	8.2%	14.3%	100.0%

Question 1 : Will you vote in the coming Legislative Council Election in September? (Interviewers to inquire propensity)
Question 2 :In the forthcoming Legislative Council direct election, in fact there are several lists as follows. Which list you tend to support? (Interviewers to read out the lists)

Date of survey	Firm voters	Stray voters	Voters who won't vote	Total
7-9/8/04	53.2%	26.7%	20.1%	100.0%
6-8/8/04	53.3%	27.9%	18.8%	100.0%
5-7/8/04	51.9%	26.4%	21.6%	100.0%
4-6/8/04	51.5%	24.5%	24.0%	100.0%

Cross-tab Analysis 1

Date of survey	4-9/8
	新選民	舊選民
次樣本基數	439	1,708
投票的主要考慮因素：個別候選人的素質	49.7%	55.8%
投票的主要考慮因素：對不同政治派別的支持	23.5%	19.1%
投票的主要考慮因素：整份名單的組合	8.4%	5.0%

Cross-tab Analysis 1

Date of survey	4-9/8
	Primary or below	Secondary	Postgraduate or above
次樣本基數	508-510	1,039-1,042	565
投票意欲：會因支持的候選人位列名單後排而減低	4.9%	9.2%	13.6%
投票意欲：不會因支持的候選人位列名單後排而減低	69.3%	84.7%	83.9%
投票意欲：會因支持的候選人位列名單前排而增加	12.0%	16.8%	24.1%
投票意欲：不會因支持的候選人位列名單前排而增加	61.4%	78.2%	74.2%

Hong Kong Islands

Date of survey	No correct answers	One or more correct answers	More than half correct answers	All correct answers
5-9/8/04	55.1%	44.9%	18.6%	0.4%
4-8/8/04	59.4%	40.6%	16.8%	0.3%

Question : Will you vote in the coming Legislative Council Election in September? (Interviewers to inquire propensity)

Date of survey	Definitely will	Most likely will	Will	Most likely won't	Definitely won't	Won't	Not yet decide	Total
5-9/8/04	61.9%	21.5%	83.4%	3.8%	3.2%	7.0%	9.5%	100.0%
4-8/8/04	60.2%	22.5%	82.7%	3.6%	3.6%	7.2%	10.0%	100.0%
26-29/7/04	56.0%	21.6%	77.6%	3.0%	3.7%	6.7%	15.7%	100.0%
19-21/7/04	51.0%	24.5%	75.5%	3.5%	1.4%	4.9%	19.6%	100.0%
2-5/7/04	62.1%	19.2%	81.3%	2.8%	1.1%	3.9%	14.7%	100.0%
21-24/6/04	56.8%	24.3%	81.1%	2.0%	2.7%	4.7%	14.2%	100.0%
7-11/6/04	50.8%	17.8%	68.6%	2.5%	9.3%	11.8%	19.5%	100.0%
1-3/6/04	50.7%	25.0%	75.7%	3.7%	3.7%	7.4%	16.9%	100.0%
24/5/04	58.6%	23.4%	82.0%	1.4%	3.7%	5.1%	12.8%	100.0%
18-20/5/04	59.7%	19.4%	79.1%	3.6%	5.8%	9.4%	11.5%	100.0%
10-13/5/04	55.0%	28.6%	83.6%	1.4%	4.3%	5.7%	10.7%	100.0%

Date of survey	Firm voters	Stray voters	Voters who won't vote	Total
5-9/8/04	54.4%	24.9%	20.7%	100.0%
4-8/8/04	52.9%	26.4%	20.7%	100.0%

Question : In the forthcoming Legislative Council direct election, in fact there are several lists as follows. Which list you tend to support? (Interviewers to read out the lists)

« Date of survey	4-8/8/04			5-9/8/04 »
	Support rating	Candidates surpassing threshold	Excluding respondents who have not decided or won't vote	Support rating	Candidates surpassing threshold	Excluding respondents who have not decided or won't vote
Ma Lik, Choy So Yuk, Chung Shu Kun Christopher, Yeung Wai Foon, Lee Yuen Kwong, Cheung Kwok Kwan of DAB	4.4%	-	6.9%	5.6%	-	8.4%
Independent Hsu Lai Tai Rita	19.3%	Hsu Lai Tai Rita	30.3%	19.3%	Hsu Lai Tai Rita	29.0%
Independent Tsang Kin Shing, Chung Chung Fai, Tang Chui Chung	0.0%	-	0.0%	0.0%	-	0.0%
Eu Yuet Mee Audrey, Ho Sau Lan Cyd of pro-democracy camp	25.3%	Eu Yuet Mee Audrey	39.8%	25.3%	Eu Yuet Mee Audrey	37.9%
Yeung Sum, Lee Chu Ming Martin, Lai Chi Keong of DP	14.7%	-	23.0%	16.4%	-	24.7%
Independent Wong Kam Fai	0.0%	-	0.0%	0.0%	-	0.0%
Won't vote	1.7%	-	-	1.7%	-	-
Won't support any political parties or candidates	1.0%	-	-	1.2%	-	-
Not yet decide / Don't know / Hard to say	33.6%	-	-	30.5%	-	-
Total	100.0%	-	100.0%	100.0%	-	100.0%

Kowloon East

Date of survey	No correct answers	One or more correct answers	More than half correct answers	All correct answers
5-9/8/04	59.0%	41.4%	17.6%	1.8%
4-8/8/04	59.2%	40.8%	17.1%	2.2%

Question : Will you vote in the coming Legislative Council Election in September? (Interviewers to inquire propensity)

Date of survey	Definitely will	Most likely will	Will	Most likely won't	Definitely won't	Won't	Not yet decide	Total
5-9/8/04	53.2%	31.4%	84.6%	2.7%	3.3%	6.0%	9.3%	100.0%
4-8/8/04	52.3%	31.0%	83.3%	3.3%	3.6%	6.9%	9.8%	100.0%
26-29/7/04	56.1%	21.5%	77.6%	3.7%	4.7%	8.4%	14.0%	100.0%
19-21/7/04	51.0%	27.9%	78.9%	4.8%	2.9%	7.7%	13.5%	100.0%
2-5/7/04	74.0%	13.0%	87.0%	1.0%	2.0%	3.0%	10.0%	100.0%
24-27/6/04	51.9%	25.3%	77.2%	2.1%	1.8%	3.9%	18.9%	100.0%
21-24/6/04	55.7%	20.6%	76.3%	2.1%	4.1%	6.2%	17.5%	100.0%
7-11/6/04	49.5%	30.3%	79.8%	2.8%	4.6%	7.4%	12.8%	100.0%
1-3/6/04	60.7%	23.2%	83.9%	2.7%	4.5%	7.2%	8.9%	100.0%
18-20/5/04	57.1%	26.7%	83.8%	2.9%	1.9%	4.8%	11.4%	100.0%
10-13/5/04	54.4%	28.9%	83.3%	1.1%	3.3%	4.4%	12.2%	100.0%

Date of survey	Firm voters	Stray voters	Voters who won't vote	Total
5-9/8/04	48.5%	31.8%	19.7%	100.0%
4-8/8/04	49.0%	30.4%	20.6%	100.0%

Question : In the forthcoming Legislative Council direct election, in fact there are several lists as follows. Which list you tend to support? (Interviewers to read out the lists)

« Date of survey	4-8/8/04			5-9/8/04 »
	Support rating	Candidates surpassing threshold	Excluding respondents who have not decided or won't vote	Support rating	Candidates surpassing threshold	Excluding respondents who have not decided or won't vote
Li Wah Ming, Wu Chi Wai, Ho Wai To of DP	16.3%	-	27.4%	15.1%	-	26.3%
Independent Leong Kah Kit Alan	6.9%	-	11.5%	6.6%	-	11.6%
Chan Yuen Han, Lam Man Fai, Tang Ka Piu of FTU and DAB	25.5%	Chan Yuen Han	42.7%	22.9%	Chan Yuen Han	40.0%
Chan Kam Lam, Choi Chun Wa, Chan Tak Ming of DAB and FTU	4.1%	-	6.9%	4.6%	-	8.0%
Independent Cheng Albert Jing Han and To Kwan Hang Andrew of Frontier	6.9%	-	11.6%	8.1%	-	14.1%
Won't vote	2.1%	-	-	2.1%	-	-
Won't support any political parties or candidates	1.0%	-	-	1.0%	-	-
Not yet decide / Don't know / Hard to say	37.2%	-	-	39.5%	-	-
Total	100.0%	-	100.0%	100.0%	-	100.0%

Kowloon West

Date of survey	No correct answers	One or more correct answers	More than half correct answers	All correct answers
5-9/8/04	56.4%	43.6%	17.7%	0.6%
4-8/8/04	61.4%	38.6%	13.4%	0.3%

Question : Will you vote in the coming Legislative Council Election in September? (Interviewers to inquire propensity)

Date of survey	Definitely will	Most likely will	Will	Most likely won't	Definitely won't	Won't	Not yet decide	Total
5-9/8/04	59.2%	25.3%	84.5%	4.3%	5.4%	9.7%	5.8%	100.0%
4-8/8/04	59.0%	23.7%	82.7%	4.0%	5.0%	9.0%	8.3%	100.0%
26-29/7/04	56.6%	21.2%	77.8%	4.0%	5.1%	9.1%	13.1%	100.0%
19-21/7/04	49.1%	23.3%	72.4%	1.7%	7.8%	9.5%	18.1%	100.0%
9-11/7/04	53.5%	23.9%	77.4%	2.5%	4.5%	7.0%	15.6%	100.0%
2-5/7/04	61.8%	26.4%	88.2%	0.0%	1.8%	1.8%	10.0%	100.0%
21-24/6/04	46.3%	27.3%	73.6%	2.5%	4.1%	6.6%	19.8%	100.0%
7-11/6/04	61.0%	21.2%	82.2%	1.7%	2.5%	4.2%	13.6%	100.0%
1-3/6/04	58.6%	23.3%	81.9%	0.0%	4.3%	4.3%	13.8%	100.0%
18-20/5/04	46.7%	27.5%	74.2%	5.0%	5.8%	10.8%	15.0%	100.0%
10-13/5/04	58.7%	19.8%	78.5%	2.5%	3.3%	5.8%	15.7%	100.0%

Date of survey	Firm voters	Stray voters	Voters who won't vote	Total
5-9/8/04	50.4%	28.1%	21.6%	100.0%
4-8/8/04	48.9%	27.7%	23.4%	100.0%

Question : In the forthcoming Legislative Council direct election, in fact there are several lists as follows. Which list you tend to support? (Interviewers to read out the lists)

« Date of survey	4-8/8/04			5-9/8/04 »
	Support rating	Candidates surpassing threshold	Excluding respondents who have not decided or won't vote	Support rating	Candidates surpassing threshold	Excluding respondents who have not decided or won't vote
Tsang Yok Sing Jasper, Chung Kong Mo, Lee Wai King Starry of DAB	15.3%	-	25.1%	16.9%	-	27.8%
Fung Kin Kee Frederick of ADPL	13.6%	-	22.3%	10.9%	-	18.1%
Liu Sing Lee of ADPL	1.6%	-	2.5%	2.1%	-	3.5%
Independent Lau Chin Shek	11.7%	-	19.2%	11.0%	-	18.2%
To Kun Sun James, Chan Ka Wai, Lam Ho Yeung, Ma Kee of DP	18.6%	-	30.5%	19.6%	-	32.4%
Independent Lau Yuk Shing, Leung Suet Fong, Lau Po Kwan	0.2%	-	0.4%	0.0%	-	0.0%
Won't vote	2.7%	-	-	2.0%	-	-
Won't support any political parties or candidates	1.4%	-	-	2.4%	-	-
Not yet decide / Don't know / Hard to say	34.8%	-	-	35.0%	-	-
Total	100.0%	-	100.0%	100.0%	-	100.0%

New Territories East

Date of survey	No correct answers	One or more correct answers	More than half correct answers	All correct answers
5-9/8/04	47.5%	52.5%	20.5%	1.1%
4-8/8/04	50.3%	49.7%	18.1%	1.0%

Question : Will you vote in the coming Legislative Council Election in September? (Interviewers to inquire propensity)

Date of survey	Definitely will	Most likely will	Will	Most likely won't	Definitely won't	Won't	Not yet decide	Total
5-9/8/04	55.6%	27.7%	83.3%	3.8%	3.6%	7.4%	9.4%	100.0%
4-8/8/04	53.5%	28.6%	82.1%	4.2%	3.3%	7.5%	10.3%	100.0%
26-29/7/04	52.6%	28.4%	81.0%	5.2%	4.6%	9.8%	9.3%	100.0%
19-21/7/04	59.5%	21.4%	80.9%	3.3%	2.8%	6.1%	13.0%	100.0%
2-5/7/04	51.1%	24.4%	75.5%	2.2%	3.6%	5.8%	18.7%	100.0%
24-27/6/04	49.4%	28.3%	77.7%	3.5%	2.7%	6.2%	16.0%	100.0%
21-24/6/04	57.6%	23.7%	81.3%	1.5%	4.0%	5.5%	13.1%	100.0%
7-11/6/04	50.9%	24.1%	75.0%	3.8%	2.8%	6.6%	18.4%	100.0%
1-3/6/04	52.7%	28.2%	80.9%	0.5%	2.3%	2.8%	16.4%	100.0%
18-20/5/04	52.9%	24.2%	77.1%	3.6%	6.3%	9.9%	13.0%	100.0%
10-13/5/04	53.5%	22.3%	75.8%	2.8%	7.4%	10.2%	14.0%	100.0%

Date of survey	Firm voters	Stray voters	Voters who won't vote	Total
5-9/8/04	57.3%	22.6%	20.1%	100.0%
4-8/8/04	56.4%	22.0%	21.6%	100.0%

Question : In the forthcoming Legislative Council direct election, in fact there are several lists as follows. Which list you tend to support? (Interviewers to read out the lists)

« Date of survey	4-8/8/04			5-9/8/04 »
	Support rating	Candidates surpassing threshold	Excluding respondents who have not decided or won't vote	Support rating	Candidates surpassing threshold	Excluding respondents who have not decided or won't vote
Independent Wong Wang Fat Andrew	5.8%	-	8.7%	5.7%	-	8.5%
Cheng Kar Foo Andrew, Lau Wai Hing Emily, Tong Ka Wah, Wong Sing Chi, Tsoi Yiu Cheong Richard, etc. of pro-democracy camp	32.8%	Cheng Kar Foo Andrew, Lau Wai Hing Emily	49.0%	34.2%	Cheng Kar Foo Andrew, Lau Wai Hing Emily	51.1%
Lau Kong Wah, Li Kwok Ying, Mok Kam Kwai, Chan Kwok Kai, So Sai Chi, etc. of DAB	12.1%	-	18.0%	10.9%	-	16.2%
Tien Pei Chun James of LP	12.0%	-	18.0%	11.9%	-	17.7%
Tso Wung Wai of HKPA	2.7%	-	4.1%	2.6%	-	3.9%
Leung Kwok Hung of AFA	1.5%	-	2.2%	1.7%	-	2.5%
Won't vote	1.4%	-	-	1.5%	-	-
Won't support any political parties or candidates	2.6%	-	-	2.4%	-	-
Not yet decide / Don't know / Hard to say	29.0%	-	-	29.1%	-	-
Total	100.0%	-	100.0%	100.0%	-	100.0%

New Territories West

Date of survey	No correct answers	One or more correct answers	More than half correct answers	All correct answers
5-9/8/04	53.6%	46.4%	1.8%	0.0%
4-8/8/04	56.8%	43.2%	1.5%	0.0%

Question : Will you vote in the coming Legislative Council Election in September? (Interviewers to inquire propensity)

Date of survey	Definitely will	Most likely will	Will	Most likely won't	Definitely won't	Won't	Not yet decide	Total
5-9/8/04	55.7%	25.8%	81.5%	4.5%	3.6%	8.1%	10.3%	100.0%
4-8/8/04	56.0%	26.0%	82.0%	4.0%	4.2%	8.2%	9.7%	100.0%
26-29/7/04	56.3%	17.3%	73.6%	5.1%	2.5%	7.6%	18.8%	100.0%
19-21/7/04	47.5%	22.3%	69.8%	5.9%	6.9%	12.8%	17.3%	100.0%
9-11/7/04	54.4%	23.3%	77.7%	2.5%	3.7%	6.2%	16.1%	100.0%
2,4-5/7/04	60.3%	21.1%	81.4%	5.0%	2.5%	7.5%	11.1%	100.0%
21-24/6/04	62.7%	17.9%	80.6%	2.0%	2.0%	4.0%	15.4%	100.0%
7-11/6/04	53.0%	21.6%	74.6%	3.8%	5.9%	9.7%	15.7%	100.0%
1-3/6/04	55.7%	20.5%	76.2%	3.2%	3.7%	6.9%	16.9%	100.0%
18-20/5/04	52.9%	24.8%	77.7%	3.8%	2.9%	6.7%	15.7%	100.0%
10-13/5/04	46.2%	26.7%	72.9%	4.5%	5.9%	10.4%	16.7%	100.0%

Date of survey	Firm voters	Stray voters	Voters who won't vote	Total
5-9/8/04	49.2%	27.3%	23.5%	100.0%
4-8/8/04	51.0%	26.8%	22.2%	100.0%

Question : In the forthcoming Legislative Council direct election, in fact there are several lists as follows. Which list you tend to support? (Interviewers to read out the lists)

« Date of survey	4-8/8/04			5-9/8/04 »
	Support rating	Candidates surpassing threshold	Excluding respondents who have not decided or won't vote	Support rating	Candidates surpassing threshold	Excluding respondents who have not decided or won't vote
Lee Wing Tat, Chan Yuen Sum of DP	6.9%	-	10.9%	5.8%	-	9.3%
Ho Chun Yan, Cheung Yin Tung of DP	10.8%	-	17.2%	10.0%	-	16.0%
Independent Chan Wai Yip Albert	5.6%	-	8.9%	5.8%	-	9.2%
Yim Tin Sang, Kong Fung Yi, Tai Yin Chiu, etc. of ADPL	2.9%	-	4.6%	2.8%	-	4.4%
Tam Yiu Chung, Cheung Hok Ming, Leung Che Cheung, etc. of DAB	11.6%	-	18.4%	13.3%	Tam Yiu Chung	21.2%
Chow Liang Shuk Yee Selina, Ting Woo Shou Kenneth of LP	8.5%	-	13.6%	8.7%	-	13.9%
Independent Ng Tak Leung	0.0%	-	0.0%	0.0%	-	0.0%
Independent Char Shik Ngor Stephen	0.0%	-	0.0%	0.2%	-	0.3%
Lee Cheuk Yan, Ip Ngok Fung of HKCTU	5.9%	-	9.4%	5.7%	-	9.1%
Lui Hau Tuen, Siu Shing Choi, Chan Choi Hi of NCF	0.0%	-	0.0%	0.0%	-	0.0%
Leung Yiu Chung, Wan Siu Kin Andrew of NWS	10.2%	-	16.2%	9.6%	-	15.4%
Independent Chow Ping Tim	0.5%	-	0.8%	0.7%	-	1.1%
Won't vote	1.9%	-	-	1.0%	-	-
Won't support any political parties or candidates	3.2%	-	-	2.9%	-	-
Not yet decide / Don't know / Hard to say	32.2%	-	-	33.6%	-	-
Total	100.0%	-	100.0%	100.0%	-	100.0%