State Election in Bavaria 1966 (Preliminary Investigation)

Political attitudes as well as judgement on state government, parties
and politicians in Bavaria.

Topics: Judgement on one´s own economic situation and the economic
situation of the Federal Republic (Katona questions); judgement on the
achievements of the Bavarian State Government (scale); sympathy scale
for the SPD, CSU and FDP as well as for leading politicians such as
e.g. Erhard, Brandt, Wehner, Goppel, Strauss, Hoecherl, Vogel; issue
ability of the parties; image of the Bavarian Prime Minister Goppel and
the SPD, CSU, FDP and NPD (scales); semantic differential for the FDP;
image of individual local politicians; political interest and political
knowledge; knowledge about the time of the next state parliament
election in Bavaria; intent to participate in the election; certainty
of one´s voting decision; point in time and reason for one´s voting
decision; personal party ties; voting decision in the state parliament
election 1962 and the Federal Parliament election 1965; reason for a
change of party preference; comparison of the importance of state
parliament elections and Federal Parliament elections (scale); expected
influence of Bavaria on federal politics; party preference, relative to
the Federal Parliament election; assumed changes in Bavaria in case of
a change of government; membership in a club and political orientation
of this club; local residency; possession of television set;
religiousness.

Demography: age (classified); sex; marital status; religious
denomination; school education; vocational training; occupation;
employment; income; head of household; refugee status; possession of
durable economic goods.

Interviewer rating: social class and willingness of respondent to
cooperate; number of contact attempts; city size.