Political Attitudes (Pre-Election Investigation, March 1969)

Political attitudes and judgement on the job of the Federal Government
as well as of the parties.

Topics: most important problems of the Federal Republic and most
important tasks for the next Federal Government; issue competence of
the parties; evaluation of the federal chancellor and of the Kiesinger
government; preferred federal chancellor (pairwise comparison and list
procedure); attitude to the grand coalition; party preference (Sunday
question and rank order procedure); judgement on the election of
Federal President Heinemann; political interest and sources of
political information; personal opinion leadership or opinion
allegiance; self-assessment of vertical mobility; general contentment
with life and orientation in the future; local residency.

Demography: age (classified); sex; marital status; religious
denomination; religiousness; school education; occupation; employment;
income; city size; state; refugee status; occupation of head of
household; head of household; membership in a union; local residency;
size of household.

Interviewer rating: social class and willingness of respondent to
cooperate.