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The data cover public opinion on Finnish parliamentary elections held in 2011, collected in seven separate collection rounds from the same respondents. The respondents' views on politics and changes in these views were charted both before and after the elections. In the first round, the respondents were asked about their interest in politics, self-placement on the left-right axis, satisfaction with life and trust in other people. Party preference and opinions on party leaders were investigated. In the second round of data collection, trust in different institutions and political parties was charted. Moreover, the respondents were asked to rate how good or bad several suggestions about the Finland of the future were (e.g. "Finland with smaller income disparity", "Finland in which law and order have more significance"). Views were probed on the preferred government coalition and prime minister after the 2011 parliamentary elections. Further questions charted whether the respondents were going to vote in the parliamentary elections and which party or parties they considered voting for. The third collection round included several statements charting the respondents' personal characteristics and preferences (e.g. "Abstract ideas are of no interest to me", "I often worry over things", "I'm interested in other people"). The respondents were asked whether they considered themselves to be a supporter of a certain party and to what extent they thought the Government formed after the 2007 elections had listened to the people, tried to clarify its policy decisions to them and attempted to fulfil their wishes. The final questions in this round probed how different the policies of different parties had seemed and how much the respondents liked each party. The questions in the fourth collection round charted how much the respondents had followed the approaching parliamentary elections in different media and what forms of civic participation the respondents had or would be...