State Election in Lower Saxony 1998 (Pre-Election Survey)

Judgement on parties and politicians in Lower Saxony. Topics: most important problems in Lower Saxony; most able party in Lower Saxony; interest in the election campaign; party with the best election campaign; best candidate presentation at place of residence; expected increase in votes or loss of votes for the SPD, CDU as well as the Greens in the coming state parliament election; expectation that the FDP will take seats in the state parliament; preference for prime minister; preference for federal chancellor; preference for federal chancellor in case of Schroeder instead of Lafontaine as candidate for chancellor; preference for Schroeder as candidate for chancellor or prime minister in Lower Saxony; intent to participate in the next state parliament election; certainty of one´s voting decision; voting intent; behavior at the polls among absentee voters; party preference in case of Federal Parliament elections; influence of federal politics on the state parliament election; behavior at the polls in the last state parliament election and at the last Federal Parliament election; able to vote for right-wing radical parties. Demography: sex; year of birth; employment; professional position; school degree. Also encoded was: place of survey; city size; survey week.