Politbarometer 2023 (Cumulated Data Set)

The cumulative data set contains data on the topics listed below. While a core set of questions was asked in each survey, many other questions were only asked in a limited number of surveys or only once.

Elections:
Willingness to vote and voting intention in the next federal election (Sunday question, party vote); conceivable to vote for the following parties: SPD, CDU/CSU, Bündnis 90Die Grünen, FDP, AfD and Die Linke; recollection of party vote in the 2021 federal election; current coalition preference; assessment of a coalition of SPD and Bündnis 90Die Grünen led by the SPD, a coalition of SPD, Bündnis 90Die Grünen and FDP led by the SPD, a coalition of SPD and CDU/CSU led by the SPD, a coalition of CDU/CSU and SPD led by the CDU/CSU, a coalition of CDU/CSU and Bündnis 90Die Grünen led by the CDU/CSU, a coalition of CDU/CSU, Bündnis 90Die Grünen and FDP led by the CDU/CSU and a coalition of CDU/CSU and AfD led by the CDU/CSU; expected impact of the state election in Berlin on the governing coalition.

Political Parties and Politicians:
Likability scalometer for the parties SPD, CDU, CSU, Bündnis 90Die Grünen, FDP, AfD and Die Linke; most important politicians in Germany; likability scalometer for selected top politicians (Annalena Baerbock, Nancy Faeser, Robert Habeck, Karl Lauterbach, Christian Lindner, Friedrich Merz, Boris Pistorius, Olaf Scholz, Markus Söder, Sarah Wagenknecht, Alice Weidel and Frank-Walter Steinmeier); Ranking of the parties according to sympathy; left-right ranking of the parties SPD, CDU, CSU, Bündnis 90Die Grünen, FDP, AfD and Die Linke; will Die Linke split; is the emphasis on traditional conservative values good for the CDU; would you vote for the Wagenknecht party (BSW); BSW closer to Afd or to Die Linke; questions about the AfD: Genuine support or protest vote; will poll ratings remain high; how far-right is the party and does the party endanger democracy; assessment of CDU´s policy of distancing from the AfD; assessment of AfD´s isolation by other parties in general and by the CDU in particular; most competent party in the areas of economy, jobs, social justice, securing pensions; preferred party in the areas of social policy, energy policy, climate protection, refugees.

Federal government and government members:
Satisfaction scalometer for the governing coalition as a whole and for the individual parties in that coalition; assessment of Olaf Scholz´s work as Federal Chancellor; assessment of Olaf Scholz´s work in the Ukraine crisis and in uncertain times in uncertain times; does Chancellor Olaf Scholz show leadership; is Olaf Scholz asserting himself as Federal Chancellor; is Scholz too hesitant; is Christian Lindner successfully leading the FDP into the future; should Christina Lambrecht resign as Minister of Defense; assessment of Boris Pistorius as Minister of Defense; assessment of Robert Habeck as Minister for Economic Affairs; suitability of Friedrich Merz as Federal Chancellor; which CDU/CSU politician would be the best candidate for Federal Chancellor; suitability of Boris Pistorius as Federal Chancellor; assessment of the work of the Federal Government consisting of SPD, Bündnis 90Die Grünen and FDP; which party is hindering the government´s work; assessment of the respective assertiveness of the SPD, Bündnis 90Die Grünen and FDP in governing coalition; will the FDP prevail in cutting social benefits; will the FDP remain at a polling low; will Bündnis 90Die Grünen make too many concessions on climate protection, can they prevent cuts; how good is the relationship between the governing parties and which party is responsible for this; likelihood of the continuation of the governing coalition until the next Bundestag election in 2025; assessment of a possible break-up of the coalition; assessment of early Bundestag elections; expectation of a better government with the participation of the CDU/CSU.

Current political issues:
Most important political problems in Germany; assessment of the current economic situation (personal and general); expected development of the economic situation (personal and general); budgetary policy preference for debt, tax increases or cuts in spending; assessment of the “Schuldenbremse” (a limit on the ability to incur debt anchored in the constitution);
education: is spending on education adequate, should the federal government have more influence;
social justice: how fair is own standard of living, assessment of social justice in general, assessment of minimum wage increase; assessment of the collective wage negotiations in the public sector and at Deutsche Bahn; assessment of social conflicts: rich and poor, employers and employees, young and old, foreigners and Germans, East Germans and West Germans, men and women; assessment of early retirement;
energy policy: attitudes towards the extended use of coal and lignite mining, attitudes towards the nuclear phase-out; climate policy: assessment of measures taken by the German government, assessment of general prospects of success in the fight against climate change, attitudes towards protest actions and assessment of the effectiveness of protest actions, attitudes towards the ban on combustion engines, attitudes towards individual climate policy measures (requirements for heating systems, highway construction, 49-Euro ticket for public transport), personal assessment of climate change; agricultural policy: VAT on plant-based foods, regulation of animal husbandry;
war on Ukraine: support for Western military aid to Ukraine, fear of escalation through military aid, assessment of Ukraine´s chances of success, questions on the diplomatic situation (in particular on the assessment of the role of the USA, China, Putin and acceptable peace conditions), support for Ukraine´s becoming a member of NATO and the EU; assessment of the Bundeswehr´s defense capability and attitude to defense spending;
refugees: can integration succeed, should refugees receive work permits more quickly, more protection for EU external borders, asylum checks at external borders, will there be more deportations due to tougher measures, will benefit cuts deter refugees;
Israeli-Palestinian conflict: is ground offensive in Gaza justified, can Israel defeat Hamas permanently, will conflict spread to other countries, will there be attacks in Germany, is support for Israel by German government enough, peace through two-state solution, two-state solution in the near future; how much anti-Semitism is there in Germany;
assessment of danger from Corona; assessment of the current political situation compared to the GDR; perception of East Germans as second-class citizens; attitude towards the legalization of cannabis; who will be the dominant power in the world in the future; threat to Western democracies from China, from economic dependence on China, from Chinese mobile phone technology; assessment of Erdogan´s re-election as president of Turkey.

Basic political attitudes:
Interest in politics; satisfaction with democracy; self-placement on left-right continuum.

Demography
Sex, age (grouped), type of school finished or currently attended, university degree, vocational qualification, employment status, assessment of personal job security, occupational group, number of people in household, number of adults (18+) in household, union members in household, religious affiliation, frequency of church attendance, party affiliation and party identification.

Geographical data:
Region of interview (East / West Germany), federal state, size of municipality (estimated number of residents).

Paradata and weights:
Respondent-ID, data set version, digital object identifier, month of interview, week of interview, sample frame (landline or mobile phone sample), representative weight, total weight.