Federal Parliament Election 1972 (Panel: 4th Wave, November 1972 - January 1973)

Judgement on parties, election campaign, candidates for chancellor and
other politicians in the Federal Parliament election.

Topics: political interest; good and bad sides of the election
campaign; judgement on the conduct of parties and politicians in the
election campaign; image of Brandt and Barzel (semantic differential);
personal election participation and reasons for not voting; behavior at
the polls (first vote and second vote with ballot procedure); party
preference (rank order procedure); sympathy scale for the SPD, CDU/CSU,
FDP, NPD and DKP; time of personal voting decision; most important
tasks of the Federal Republic; issue competence of the parties; trust
in government and state (scale); strength of one´s own party
identification; personal change in party voted for; judgement on the
economic situation and economic development in the next few years;
importance of price stability and Ostpolitik as well as issue
competence of the politicians and parties in this area; judgement on
the performance of the top politicians in the televsion debate
(semantic differential and rank order procedure); knowledge about the
significance of first and second votes; date of birth.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; size of household.

Interviewer rating: interest of respondent in interview; date of interview.