Politics in the Saarland (February 1975)

Evaluation of parties and politicians before the state parliament
election in the Saarland.

Topics: Knowledge about the date of the state parliament election;
satisfaction with the current state government; evaluation of
unemployment in the state as well as the role of the state government
in the bankruptcy of a large construction company; attitude to election
events in companies and to tax reform; expected effects of tax reform
on one´s own situation; classification of the importance of political
problems; issue ability of the state government as well as the parties;
desire for change of government; party preference (rank order procedure
and list procedure); sympathy scale for the SPD, CDU/CSU and the FDP;
certainty of one´s voting decision and influence of state or federal
political factors on one´s own voting intent; influence of factual
programs or politicians on one´s own voting; behavior at the polls in
the last state parliament election (ballot procedure); assessment of
personal job security; times of presence at home in the last week.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; religious denomination;
religiousness; school education; occupation; employment; household
income; size of household; composition of household; head of household.

Interviewer rating: willingness of respondent to cooperate; number of
contact attempts; length of interview; weekday of interview; type of
city.