Federal Parliament Election 1972 (Panel: 3rd Wave, September - November 1972)

Judgement on parties and politicians as well as political attitude of
respondent.

Topics: political interest and sources of political information; most
important political events of the last year and politicians who had the
most influence on these events; preferred federal chancellor and
assessment of the chances of victory for the two candidates for
chancellor; image of the candidates for chancellor, Brandt and Barzel
(semantic differential); good and bad sides of the parties; knowledge
about the next two Federal Parliament election dates; party preference
(rank order procedure); sympathy scale for the SPD, CDU/CSU, FDP, NPD
and DKP; strength of party identification and change of party
inclination in the last few years; personal change in party voted for;
influence of candidates for chancellor on one´s own voting decision;
expected election result and personal interest in the election victory
of a certain party; judgement on the success of the Federal Government;
judgement on the general economic situation as well as on one´s own
financial situation; judgement on economic development in the next few
years; television habits and discussions with friends, colleagues or
within the family about television broadcasts; most important tasks of
the Federal Republic and issue competence of parties and politicians;
trust in state and government; importance of price stability and
Ostpolitik; date of birth.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; employment; self-assessment of
social class.

Interviewer rating: number of contact attempts and visits; interest of
respondent in survey topic; date of interview.