Politics in the Saarland (February 1978)

Attitude of the population to current political topics. Judgement on
parties, state politicians and state government.

Topics: judgement on the economic situation of the FRG and one´s own
economic situation; most important tasks in the Saarland; judgement on
the relevance of political issues; issue ability of the parties; most
preferred Saarland politician; degree of familiarity of Saarland
politicians as well as their offices; satisfaction with the coalition
government and the opposition (scale); assignment of responsibility for
successes or failures of the coalition government; currently most
active political party; degree of opinion agreement with politicians
and change of this agreement; judgement on the Saarland party chairman
(scale and open question); judgement on the ability of this politician
(scale); preferred politician to solve current political problems (pair
comparison); changes in attitude to a party due to its participation in
the coalition government; attitude to firm statement of willingness to
form a coalition before the election; assessment of the influence of
the FDP on the state government; attitude to the coalition government
(scale); attitude to further leadership of the current coalition
government after the state parliament election 1980; preferred
government and preferred prime minister; preferred successor for
Roeder; effects of a resignation of Roeder on the government coalition
and one´s own voting decision; attitude to the three-party-system and a
´fourth party´; political interest and judgement on one´s own extent to
which politically informed; personal opinion openness in political
discussions; party preference at federal and state level; expected
election result given new elections in the spring.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; religious denomination;
frequency of church attendance; religiousness; school education;
occupational position; employment; household income; sources of income;
household size; household composition; respondent is head of household;
characteristics of head of household; regional origins.

Interviewer rating: presence of other persons; willingness to
cooperate and reliability of respondent; length of interview; city
size; degree of urbanization; district code.