Landtagswahl in Schleswig-Holstein 1996

Judgment on parties and politicians in Schleswig-Holstein. Attitude to current political questions at state level. Topics: eligibility to vote in the state; city size; most important political problems in Schleswig-Holstein; intent to participate in the state election; preference for absentee ballot; point in time and certainty of one´s voting decision; behavior at the polls in the last state parliament election; attitude to a one-party government by the SPD after the election; coalition preference; sympathy scale for selected parties at federal and state level as well as for the top politicians of the state; satisfaction with achievements of the SPD state government as well as CDU, FDP and DVU (deutsche Volksunion) as opposition in the state parliament; knowledge about the top candidates of the CDU and SPD for the office of prime minister; party preference in the state; interest in politics; preference for prime minister; judgment on the credibility, energy, sympathy, sense of responsibility and expertise of Heide Simon is in comparison to Ottfried Hennig; judgment on the economic situation of the state as well as one´s own economic situation; comparison of the economic situation of the state with the rest of the western federal territory; most able party in the areas economy, job creation, environmental protection and coping with the future; evaluation of the achievements of the prime minister up to now; expected winner of the state parliament election; expected election result for SPD, FDP, Greens and DVU (deutsche Volksunion); living together with a partner; assessment of personal job security; jeopardy to job and unemployment in close circle of friends; union membership; religiousness; party inclination; party identification.