State Election in Bremen 1983

Judgement on parties and politicians shortly before the metropolitan
council election in Bremen.

Topics: personal intent to participate in the election or absentee
ballot; personal change in party voted for; voting intent; certainty of
one´s voting decision; other party one can vote for; the significance
of federal political aspects for the regional election; election
procedure at the last election; party preference (rank order
procedure); satisfaction with government and opposition (scale);
satisfaction with top candidates of one´s preferred party; sympathy
scale for leading politicians in state; attitude to the Greens and FDP
in parliament; attitude to an absolute majority for one party;
preferred government coalition; most important state political topics
and their significance for one´s own voting decision; preferred head of
government; most active party in election campaign; assumed election
winner; assumed taking seats in Parliament by smaller parties; personal
intent to participate in a Federal Parliament election and preferred
party there (Sunday question); behavior at the polls in the Federal
Parliament election in March 1983; satisfaction with the CDU/CSU-FDP
coalition in Bonn; religiousness; party inclination; social status of
residential area.

Demography: household size and number of adult persons in household;
sex; age; marital status; school degree; employment; occupation; head
of household; employment and occupation of head of household; union
member; religious denomination; religiousness; party inclination; party
identification; characterization of residential area based on social
status of neighbors.