State Election in Thuringia 1994

Judgement on parties and politicians on the state parliament election
in Thuringia. Topics: Most important political problems in Thuringia;
intent to participate in the election; intent to use absentee ballot;
party preference (first vote and second vote at federal and state
level); certainty of one´s voting decision; importance of federal
politics in the voting decision; behavior at the polls in the last
state parliament election; attitude to a one-party government of the
CDU after the state parliament election; coalition preference; attitude
to a red-green minority government with toleration of the PDS; sympathy
scale for the parties at state as well as federal level and for
selected top politicians; satisfaction scale for the state government,
opposition parties in the state and the Federal Government in Bonn;
knowledge about the top candidates in the state; interest in politics;
satisfaction with the decision to introduce political order according
to western pattern; preference for prime minister; assessment of the
credibility, the closeness with the state ,the ability to achieve and
the populism of Bernhard Vogel; judgement on the economic situation of
the state and expected further development; ability of an SPD-led state
government in comparison with one led by the CDU regarding improvement
in the economic situation, the fight against unemployment and the fight
against crime; comparison of the economic situation of Thuringia with
the other East German states; judgement on one´s own economic situation
and its development; perceived continuity of SED and PDS; expected
winner of the state parliament election; expected chances for a
one-party government of the CDU and chances of the small parties such
as FDP, Alliance 90/Greens; assessment of one´s own job security;
jeopardy to the job of a close person; union member in household;
religiousness; party inclination and party identification.