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.