Politics in Baden-Wuerttemberg (March 1979)

Attitude of the population to current political topics. Judgement on
parties and politicians at state as well as federal level.

Topics: judgement on the economic situation in the FRG and assumed
economic development; comparison of the economic situation in
Baden-Wuerttemberg with the FRG; expected development of personal
prosperity; currently most important task of the FRG and
Baden-Wuerttemberg; self-assessment of political interest; attitude to
the ´Free Voter Unions´ campaigning in the municipal elections;
sympathy scale for state and federal politicians as well as for the
parties and judgement on their ability; expected election result; image
of the candidates for prime minister Spaeth and Eppler and semantic
differential for Spaeth, Eppler and Filbinger; certainty of one´s own
voting intent; party inclination and party preference (rank order
procedure and ballot procedure); satisfaction with state government and
opposition in the state parliament; opinion agreement with various top
politicians and parties; preferred federal chancellor; party preference
at federal level; degree of familiarity of selected politicians;
attitude to Filbinger as state chairman of the CDU; satisfaction with
the political system in the FRG; personal opinion leadership and
opinion allegiance; membership in a trade union.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; religious denomination;
frequency of church attendance; school education; occupational
position; employment; number of recipients of income; household size;
respondent is head of household; characteristics of head of household.

Interviewer rating: degree of urbanization; length of interview;
district code.