State Election in North Rhine-Westphalia 1985 (April 1985)

Judgements on parties and politicians.

Topics: intent to participate in the election for state or Federal
Parliament; change in party voted for; party preference (Sunday
question, ballot procedure and rank order procedure) for state or
Federal Parliament election; certainty of voting decision and behavior
at the polls in the last state or Federal Parliament election; sympathy
scale for the parties at the state level; satisfaction with the state
government or opposition; satisfaction with top candidates of one´s
preferred party; sympathy scale for leading state politicians; assumed
probability and attitude to the FDP or the Greens taking seats in the
state parliament; attitude to an absolute majority for one party;
preferred government coalition and prime minister; issue relevance and
issue ability of parties and possible coalitions; judgement on economic
situation in North Rhine-Westphalia in comparison to the rest of the
Federal Republic; ability of state or Federal Government or parties to
improve the economic situation of the state; preferred conduct of the
SPD or the Greens in view of a government coalition; judgement on
election campaign activities of party supporters; assumed election
winner of the state parliament election; personal unemployment or
unemployed in household.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; religious denomination;
frequency of church attendance; school education; occupational
position; employment; size of household; composition of household;
respondent is head of household; characteristics of head of household;
party inclination; party identification; social origins; union
membership.

Interviewer rating: city reference number; place of work; date of
interview.