Questionnaire

Questions for Coders

What is the name and URL of the blog?
What is the date of the first blog post?
Is the blogger identified by name? If so, what is the name of the blogger/s?
Is the host male or female?
What is the blogger's occupation?
What is the blogger's stated political party affiliation? Does the state party affiliation appear to be real?
Where on the following scale of political ideology would you place this blogger? ( very conservative << conservative << somewhat conservative << neutral >> somewhat liberal >> liberal >> very liberal)
How many of the posts on this blog are about the politics or the election? ( only a few >> less than half >> about half >> more that half >> nearly all )
On average, how many blog posts were made in the last seven days?
Which of the following does the blogger talk about? [election, economy, education, abortion/reproductive rights, terrorism, taxes, Iran, others (specify)]
Does the blogger post entries about his/her local community?
Does the blog allow comments? If so, how many comments on average have the last five posts received? (None, a few [1-5], average [5-20], above average [21-50], a lot [more than 50]