Political Attitudes (By-Election Investigation, November 1969)

Judgement on the parties, politicians and the new Federal Government as
well as views on current political questions.

Topics: judgement on the SPD/FDP coalition, the opposition, Federal
Chancellor Brandt and some leading politicians; assessment of the
chances of the CDU to win the next Federal Parliament election;
judgement on the CDU party convention; party preference; attitude to
the Oder-Neisse Line, to Ostpolitik and to foreign policy in general;
assessment of the consequences of revaluation of the DM for German
agriculture and of the successes of the Federal Government in
negotiations with the EEC Commission; judgement on price development;
degree of familiarity of a government information pamphlet; personal
opinion leadership or opinion allegiance; general contentment with
life, future expectations and orientation in the future.

Demography: age (classified); sex; marital status; religious
denomination; religiousness; school education; occupation; employment;
income; city size; state; refugee status; occupation of head of
household; head of household; membership in a union; local residency;
size of household.

Interviewer rating: social class and willingness of respondent to
cooperate.