Protest Surveys: Fridays for Future - Global Climate Strike on March 3rd, 2023. Survey at the Demonstrations in Berlin and Bremen

Since 2003, researchers associated with the Institute for the Study of Protest and Social Movements (Institut für Protest- und Bewegungsforschung, ipb, http://protestinstitut.eu) have conducted surveys at demonstrations. This study is part of this ongoing series. The aim of the study is to gain insights into the composition and attitudes of participants at the “Fridays for Future” demonstrations for climate protection. The focus is particularly on socio-demographic characteristics, political attitudes of the respondents encountered at the demonstrations and on the development of the climate protests since 2019 (Wahlström et al. 2019; de Moor et al. 2020; Haunss and Sommer 2020). Particular attention has been paid to the demonstrators’ evaluation of other climate protest groups. The demonstrations took place on March 3rd in Berlin and in Bremen. According to the organizers, 18,000 people participated in the demonstration in Berlin and 3,000 in Bremen. The police count was 2,200 for Bremen, in Berlin, no police count was available, the research team estimated the attendance to be 1,200 in Bremen. The questionnaire consisted of 61 questions. It was available in two languages: German and English. In order to allow for comparison with earlier protest surveys, the questionnaire relied on questions used in earlier questionnaires at Fridays for Future demonstrations and the ipb base questionnaire. The questionnaire consists of the following groups of questions: • Motivation: open question about the motivation to take part in the demonstration • Protest mobilization: knowledge about the demonstration, mobilization network • Political activity: Membership in civil society organizations, past protest activity, forms of action • Political attitudes: evaluation of democracy, trust in institutions, self-placement on the political spectrum, party affiliation, voting tendency • Sociodemographic questions: gender, year of birth, education, occupation