Election Study 1976 (Panel: Initial Investigation, May - June 1976, August - September 1976; Follow-Up Survey, October - November 1976)

Three-wave panel study on judgement on parties and politicians.
Satisfaction with government as well as the existing party system and
evaluation of the election campaign.

It was attempted to operationalize the individual constructs
repeatedly.

In the individual waves in large part identical questions were posed.

Topics: 1. First pre-election investigation: political interest of
respondent; behavior at the polls in the Federal Parliament election
1972 and voting intent in the Federal Parliament election 1976; good
and bad sides of the parties; expected influence of the election result
on the financial situation of respondent; party preference and sympathy
scale for the parties, government, opposition and leading politicians;
coalition preferences and preferred federal chancellor; political
satisfaction and strength of effect; understanding of the terms ´left´
and ´right´; placing the parties and self-assessment on a left-right
continuum; evaluation of political terms such as ´right´, ´left´ and
´liberal´; evaluation of the representation of one´s own interests;
attitude to direct election of the European Parliament; judgement on
the economic situation; most important problems of the Federal
Republic; issue competence of the parties; assessment of the
standpoints of the parties regarding economic decisions by the state or
entrepreneurs, public order vs. personal freedom, social security
through personal initiative vs. government supports and the political
influence of the churches; personal change in party voted for; expected
winner of the Federal Parliament election 1976; attitude to a ´fourth
party´; general contentment with life; membership in a trade union;
party preference.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; religious denomination;
religiousness; school education; occupation; employment; professional
career; household income; size of household; head of household; housing
situation; interest in politics; party inclination; party
identification.

2. Second pre-election investigation: economic situation of the
Federal Republic; political interest and political participation;
behavior at the polls in the Federal Parliament election 1972 and
voting intent 1976; use of the terms ´right´ and ´left´; expected
influence of the election result on one´s own financial situation;
party preference (list procedure and rank order procedure); sympathy
scale for the parties, the government, the opposition and selected
politicians; coalition preference; attitude to the candidates for
chancellor; parties one cannot vote for; necessity for a new party and
attitude to a ´fourth party´; characterization of an ideal party;
judgement on appropriately filling leading positions; placing the
parties on left-right semi-scales; classification of parties and self
on a left-right continuum; most important problems of the FRG; issue
competence of the parties; evaluation of the election campaign;
personal change in party voted for; expected winner of the Federal
Parliament election 1976; evaluation of the influence of Strauss;
attitude to nuclear power plants; general contentment with life;
description of residential area and neighborhood.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; religious denomination;
religiousness; school education; occupation; employment; household
income; size of household; head of household; housing situation;
interest in politics; party inclination; party identification;
membership.

3. By-election investigation: behavior at the polls in the Federal
Parliament elections 1972 and 1976; evaluation of the election and the
parties; satisfaction with the election; party preference (rank order
procedure); party identification of the neighborhood; sympathy scale
for the parties and most important politicians; party one cannot vote
for; necessity of a new party; judgement on appropriately filling
leading political positions; evaluation of the stability of current
party connections; assessment of parties and self on a right-left
continuum as well as placing the parties on left-right semi-scales;
evaluation of the election campaign and election campaign broadcasts on
television; personal election campaign activities; coalition preference
in the Saarland and in Lower Saxony; judgement on the claim to
government by the CDU/CSU; preferred federal chancellor; attitude to
abortion and divorce regulations; judgement on the economic situation
of the Federal Republic and economic recovery; elements of a fear of
the future; political interest.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; religious denomination;
religiousness; head of household; party inclination; party
identification; membership.

Interviewer rating: with each of the three waves the following were
estimated: willingness of respondent to cooperate; presence of other
persons; number of contact attempts; length of interview; time of day
of interview; weekday of interview and date of interview (only in the
first and second wave).

Also encoded were: identification of interviewer and city code.

关于政党与政治人物评价的三轮面板研究
针对政府、现有政党制度的满意度及竞选活动评价展开调研。研究尝试对各项个体构念进行反复操作化定义，各轮调查中设置了大量同源调研问题。

1. 第一波次选举前调研
## 调研主题
受访者政治兴趣；1972年联邦议会选举投票行为与1976年联邦议会选举投票意向；政党优缺点；选举结果对受访者个人财务状况的预期影响；政党、政府、反对党及核心政治人物的偏好与好感度量表；联盟执政偏好与联邦总理人选偏好；政治满意度与影响强度；对“左翼”“右翼”术语的理解；将政党与自我置于左右翼连续谱上的定位；诸如“右翼”“左翼”与“自由派”等政治术语的评价；对自身利益代表情况的评价；对欧洲议会直选的态度；对经济形势的判断；德意志联邦共和国（Federal Republic of Germany, FRG）当前最突出的社会问题；政党议题胜任力；对政党在国家或企业家经济决策、公共秩序与个人自由、个人主动保障社会保障与政府扶持、教会政治影响力等议题上的立场评估；个人投票政党的变更情况；1976年联邦议会选举预期获胜方；对“第四政党”的态度；总体生活满意度；工会会员身份；政党偏好。
## 社会人口学特征
年龄、性别、婚姻状况、宗教教派、宗教虔诚度、学校教育程度、职业、就业状态、职业履历、家庭收入、家庭规模、户主情况、住房状况、政治兴趣、政党倾向、政党认同。

2. 第二波次选举前调研
## 调研主题
德意志联邦共和国（Federal Republic of Germany, FRG）经济形势；政治兴趣与政治参与；1972年联邦议会选举投票行为与1976年投票意向；“右翼”“左翼”术语的使用；选举结果对个人财务状况的预期影响；政党偏好（名单表决制与排序表决制）；政党、政府、反对党及选定政治人物的好感度量表；联盟执政偏好；对总理候选人的态度；不可投票支持的政党；组建新政党的必要性与对“第四政党”的态度；理想政党的特征描述；对核心职位任命合理性的评价；将政党置于左右翼半连续谱上的定位；政党与自我在左右翼连续谱上的分类；FRG当前最突出的社会问题；政党议题胜任力；竞选活动评价；个人投票政党的变更情况；1976年联邦议会选举预期获胜方；对施特劳斯影响力的评价；对核电站的态度；总体生活满意度；居住区与邻里情况描述。
## 社会人口学特征
年龄、性别、婚姻状况、宗教教派、宗教虔诚度、学校教育程度、职业、就业状态、家庭收入、家庭规模、户主情况、住房状况、政治兴趣、政党倾向、政党认同、会员身份。

3. 第三波次补选调研
## 调研主题
1972年与1976年联邦议会选举投票行为；选举与政党评价；对选举的满意度；政党偏好（排序表决制）；邻里政党认同；政党与核心政治人物的好感度量表；不可投票支持的政党；组建新政党的必要性；对核心政治职位任命合理性的评价；对当前政党联盟稳定性的评估；政党与自我在左右翼连续谱上的定位，以及政党在左右翼半连续谱上的放置；对竞选活动及电视竞选广播的评价；个人竞选活动参与行为；萨尔州与下萨克森州的联盟执政偏好；对基督教民主联盟/基督教社会联盟（CDU/CSU）执政诉求的评价；偏好的联邦总理人选；对堕胎与离婚法规的态度；对德意志联邦共和国经济形势与经济复苏的判断；未来焦虑因素；政治兴趣。
## 社会人口学特征
年龄、性别、婚姻状况、宗教教派、宗教虔诚度、户主情况、政党倾向、政党认同、会员身份。

访员评分项：三轮调查每一轮均对以下内容进行评估：受访者合作意愿、在场他人情况、联系尝试次数、访谈时长、访谈时段、访谈星期几与访谈日期（仅第一、第二波次采集该数据）。
同时编码的内容包括：访员编号与城市代码。