State Election in Bavaria 1974 (Preliminary Investigation)

Political attitudes as well as judgement on parties, politicians and
government in Bavaria.

Topics: Familiarity of the prime minister and his party affiliation;
attitude to the current Prime Minister Goppel; familiarity and
evaluation of state and federal politicians; satisfaction with the
Bavarian state government and opposition in the state parliament; most
important political problems and most important tasks of the state
government; evaluation of task fulfillment by the government up to now;
issue ability of the government and parties; desired stand of the state
government regarding the Federal Government; attitude to a greater
independence for Bavaria; judgement on the resignation of Barzel as
chairman of the CDU/CSU Federal Parliament faction and the influence of
the CSU or Strauss on the CDU; knowledge about the so-called ´radio
argument´; judgement on school reform; political interest and sources
of political information; political conversations in one´s family and
with friends; assumed openness of colleagues and friends with political
conversations; party preference of family and friends and strength of
one´s own party ties; certainty of one´s voting decision;
self-assessment on a left-right continuum; sympathy scale for
politicians and parties; behavior at the polls in the last state
parliament election and Federal Parliament election; constancy of
voting decisions since 1949; sympathy changes for a party since the
last Federal Parliament election; party one cannot vote for; attitude
to openly standing up for a party in the election campaign and to voter
initiatives; knowledge about the political objective of the Jusos
{Young Socialists} and expected influence of the Jusos on the SPD;
assessment of personal possibilities of political effect and assessment
of the influence of special interest groups on politics; attitude to
communism, nationalism as well as dogmatism (scale); self-assessment of
social class affiliation; judgement on the economic situation and
further development of the FRG; assessment of personal economic
situation; type of city; interest in a change of place of residence and
local residency; commuter.

Demography: self-assessment of social social class; membership in a
union or party; regional origins and ties with associations for Germans
from former eastern areas; religiousness; age; sex; marital status;
religious denomination; school education; occupation; employment;
household income; size of household; composition of household; head of
household; party membership; city size; refugee status.

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