Landtagswahl in Nordrhein-Westfalen 1985 (April 1985)

Judgments on parties and politicians. Topics: intent to participate in the election for state or Federal Parliament; change in party voted for; party preference (Sunday question, ballot procedure and rank order procedure) for state or Federal Parliament election; certainty of voting decision and behavior at the polls in the last state or Federal Parliament election; sympathy scale for the parties at the state level; satisfaction with the state government or opposition; satisfaction with top candidates of one´s preferred party; sympathy scale for leading state politicians; assumed probability and attitude to the FDP or the Greens taking seats in the state parliament; attitude to an absolute majority for one party; preferred government coalition and prime minister; issue relevance and issue ability of parties and possible coalitions; judgment on economic situation in North Rhine-Westphalia in comparison to the rest of the Federal Republic; ability of state or Federal Government or parties to improve the economic situation of the state; preferred conduct of the SPD or the Greens in view of a government coalition; judgment on election campaign activities of party supporters; assumed election winner of the state parliament election; personal unemployment or unemployed in household. Demography: age; sex; marital status; religious denomination; frequency of church attendance; school education; occupational position; employment; size of household; composition of household; respondent is head of household; characteristics of head of household; party inclination; party identification; social origins; union membership. Interviewer rating: city reference number; place of work; date of interview.