State Election in Lower Saxony 1998

Judgement on parties and politicians in the state parliament election.
Political questions. Topics: Most important political problems in Lower
Saxony; intent to participate in the state election; preference for
absentee ballot; party preference (first vote and second vote); point
in time and certainty of one´s voting decision; importance of federal
politics for one´s own voting decision at state level; behavior at the
polls in the last state parliament election; attitude to a one-party
government of the SPD in Lower Saxony; coalition preference; sympathy
scale for selected parties at federal and state level; satisfaction
with achievements of the state government, CDU opposition and Greens
opposition as well as Federal Government (scale); knowledge about the
top candidates of the CDU and SPD for the office of prime minister;
sympathy scale for selected top politicians in Lower Saxony; interest
in politics; preference for Schroeder or Wulff as prime minister;
comparison of the credibility, energy, sympathy, the sense of
responsibility, the populism, the winner type and the expertise of the
two top politicians; judgement on the personal economic situation and
the economic situation of the state; expected development of the
economic situation in the state and comparison of the economic
situation of the state with the rest of the western federal territory;
party in the state most able to improve the economic situation in the
area of job creation, environment, finances and the fight against
crime; personal fear of crime; judgement on the achievements of Prime
Minister Schroeder; attitude to a candidacy for chancellor by Schroeder
and preferred successor as prime minister; expected election winner in
the state parliament election; expectation of a one-party government of
the SPD; chances of the FDP and the Republicans in the state parliament
election. Demography: age (classified); sex; marital status; living
together with a partner; religious denomination; religiousness; school
education; vocational training; occupational position; extent of
employment; size of household; composition of household; head of
household; party inclination; party identification; union membership;
personal job security; jeopardy to job in one´s circle of friends; city
size.