State Election in Hesse 1995

Judgement on parties and politicians in Hesse. Attitude to current
political questions at state level. Topics: Eligibility to vote in the
state; city size; most important political problems in Hesse; intent to
participate in the state election; preference for absentee ballot;
party preference (first and second vote); point in time and certainty
of one´s voting decision; behavior at the polls in the last state
parliament election; coalition preference; sympathy scale for selected
parties at federal and state level as well as for the top politicians
of the state; satisfaction scale for the Federal Government;
satisfaction with achievements of the SPD-Greens state government as
well as the CDU and the FDP as opposition in the state parliament;
knowledge about the top candidates of the CDU and SPD for the office of
prime minister; party preference in the state; interest in politics;
preference for prime minister; judgement on the credibility, the
energy, the sympathy, the sense of responsibility and the expertise of
Hans Eichel in comparison to Manfred Kanther; judgement on economic
situation and business prediction for the state as well as personal
economic situation; comparison of the economic situation of the state
with the rest of the western federal territory; most able party (CDU
versus SPD) in the areas economy, job creation, environmental
protection, crime, education policies and housing problems; expected
winner of the state parliament election; chances of the FDP to take
seats in the state parliament; knowledge of opinion polls on the state
parliament election; perceived influence of one´s own voting decision
through opinion polls; assessment of personal job security; jeopardy to
job and unemployment in the close circle of friends; union membership;
religiousness; party inclination; party identification.