State Election in Schleswig-Holstein 1996

Judgement on parties and politicians in Schleswig-Holstein. Attitude to
current political questions at state level. Topics: eligibility to vote
in the state; city size; most important political problems in
Schleswig-Holstein; intent to participate in the state election;
preference for absentee ballot; point in time and certainty of one´s
voting decision; behavior at the polls in the last state parliament
election; attitude to a one-party government by the SPD after the
election; coalition preference; sympathy scale for selected parties at
federal and state level as well as for the top politicians of the
state; satisfaction with achievements of the SPD state government as
well as CDU, FDP and DVU {deutsche Volksunion} as opposition in the
state parliament; knowledge about the top candidates of the CDU and SPD
for the office of prime minister; party preference in the state;
interest in politics; preference for prime minister; judgement on the
credibility, energy, sympathy, sense of responsibility and expertise of
Heide Simonis in comparison to Ottfried Hennig; judgement on the
economic situation of the state as well as one´s own economic
situation; comparison of the economic situation of the state with the
rest of the western federal territory; most able party in the areas
economy, job creation, environmental protection and coping with the
future; evaluation of the achievements of the prime minister up to now;
expected winner of the state parliament election; expected election
result for SPD, FDP, Greens and DVU {deutsche Volksunion}; living
together with a partner; assessment of personal job security; jeopardy
to job and unemployment in close circle of friends; union membership;
religiousness; party inclination; party identification.