NI Life and Times Survey

Year: 2003
Module: Political Attitudes
Variable: NIA03A

If elections have not been held …

And which party would you vote for as your first preference in the next Northern Ireland Assembly elections?

	%
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)	16
Social Democratic & Labour Party (SDLP)	21
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)	10
Alliance Party	4
Sinn Féin	9
Progressive Unionist Party (PUP)	0
Women's Coalition	2
Other party	1
(Would not vote)	13
(Not eligible/too young to vote)	1
Refused	10
(Don't know)	13

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)	18	15
Social Democratic & Labour Party (SDLP)	23	20
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)	12	9
Alliance Party	3	5
Sinn Féin	10	8
Progressive Unionist Party (PUP)	0	0
Women's Coalition	1	4
Other party	1	1
(Would not vote)	11	14
(Not eligible/too young to vote)	1	1
Refused	12	8
(Don't know)	9	16

Results for people of different ages

%

18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+

Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) 4 8 12 14 21 28
Social Democratic & Labour Party (SDLP) 16 15 19 34 15 23
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) 7 12 13 8 10 11
Alliance Party 0 1 2 6 9 4
Sinn Féin 9 18 14 4 7 6
Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) 0 0 0 0 1 0
Women's Coalition 3 1 3 2 3 1
Other party 1 1 1 1 2 0
(Would not vote) 27 15 16 11 10 5
(Not eligible/too young to vote) 2 3 0 1 0 0
Refused 11 10 6 9 16 9
(Don't know) 20 18 15 10 7 11

Results for people of different religions

* indicates that the number of respondents is too small to calculate percentages

* indicates that the number of people in this category is
too small to allow percentages to be calculated.

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) 0 36 *
Social Democratic & Labour Party (SDLP) 40 1 *
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) 1 22 *
Alliance Party 1 6 *
Sinn Féin 17 1 *
Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) 0 0 *
Women's Coalition 2 1 *
Other party 1 1 *
(Would not vote) 14 10 *
(Not eligible/too young to vote) 1 0 *
Refused 12 8 *
(Don't know) 11 13 *

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