Issue Dimensions and Voting Decision (October 1968)

Attitude to political controversies and voting intent.

Topics: voting behavior in the Federal Parliament election 1965; party
preference and sympathy scale for CDU/CSU, SPD, FDP and NPD; preferred
chancellor candidate; issue competence of the parties on questions of
economic policy, social policy and foreign policy; attitude to
recognition of the GDR, to the grand coalition and to reduction in
social expenditures; perceived influence of organizations and pressure
groups on German politics; party with a presumably large proportion of
politicians without religious denomination; fundamental philosophy in
religious matters; knowledge of FDP politicians; membership in clubs
and organizations; religiousness; social class (Scheuch index).

Demography: age (classified); sex; marital status; religious
denomination; school education; vocational training; occupation;
employment; income; household income; size of household; composition of
household; head of household; social origins; state; possession of
durable economic goods.

Interviewer rating: social class of respondent; type of building; size
of city.