Comparative Election Study 1990 (Spouses, 2nd Wave)

Recording the communication processes between the political
system and the voter. Political attitudes;
judgement on parties and politicians.
Topics:
Judgement on the current economic situation in the Federal Republic and
expectation for the next year;
judgement on the economic situation in the new states and
expectation for the next year;
most able governing party for positive economic development in the FRG;
interest in politics;
most important political problems in Germany (rank order);
intent to participate in the election;
party preference (first vote and second vote);
expected winner of the coming Federal Parliament election;
sympathy scale for Federal Chancellor Kohl and
candidate for chancellor Lafontaine;
preference for federal chancellor;
preference for governmental or market economy solution of the
economic problems in the new states;
assumed position of the individual parties on this question;
attitude to restriction of the right to asylum,
the question of abortion as well as
assumed position of the parties on these questions;
preference of financing unity through increased indebtedness or
tax increases (scale) and assumed position of the parties on this;
membership in organizations, trade union, associations and initiatives and
stating personally most important organization;
membership in a party;
frequency of discussions with partner through life about political topics;
stating the political topics;
frequency of diverging opinions;
religious affiliation;
year of birth;
month of birth.
In the East the following additional question was posed:
behavior at the polls (second vote) at the last state parliament election.
Interviewer rating: sex of respondent.