State Election in North Rhine-Westphalia 1985 (May 1985)

Judgement on parties and politicians.

Topics: intent to participate in state parliament or Federal
Parliament election; change in party voted for; party preference
(Sunday question, ballot procedure and rank order procedure) at state
parliament or Federal Parliament election; certainty of voting decision
and behavior at the polls in the last state parliament or Federal
Parliament election; sympathy scale for parties at state level;
satisfaction with state government or opposition; satisfaction with top
candidates of one´s preferred party; sympathy scale for leading state
politicians; assumed probability and attitude to the FDP or the Greens
taking seats in the state parliament; attitude to an absolute majority
for one party; preferred government coalition and prime minister; issue
relevance and issue ability of the parties and possible coalitions;
judgement on the economic situation in North Rhine-Westphalia in
comparison to the rest of the Federal Republic; ability of the state or
the federal government or the parties to improve the economic situation
of the state; preferred conduct of the SPD or the Greens in view of a
government coalition; judgement on the election campaign activities of
party supporters; assumed election winner of the state parliament
election; personal unemployment or unemployed in household.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; religious denomination;
frequency of church attendance; school education; occupational
position; employment; size of household; composition of household;
respondent is head of household; characteristics of head of household;
party inclination; party identification; social origins; union
membership.

Interviewer rating: city code; place of work; date of interview.