Election for the East German Parliament 1990

Judgement on parties and politicians shortly before the election for
the East German Parliament

Topics: intent to participate in the election; certainty of one´s
voting decision; party preference (first and second choice); preference
for prime minister; sympathy scale for the top politicians; expected
winner of the election; party most able to solve the problems in the
GDR; attitude to unification of the two German nations; judgement on
unification progress; advantages and disadvantages for the population
of the GDR from unification; understanding for emigrants from the GDR;
attitude to rapid introduction of the DM and to election campaign
appearances by politicians from the west in the GDR; Interest in
campaign reports; attitude to democracy in the Federal Republic and to
the idea of socialism; national pride; local ties and ties to state,
the GDR, Germany as a whole, Western and Eastern Europe; agreement with
the changes following the opening of the GDR borders; expected
consequences for the GDR economy from the introduction of the market
economy; general contentment with life; interest in politics;
self-classification on a left-right continuum; identification as
citizen of the GDR or German.

Demography: Gender; age; education; qualification; profession;
household size; denomination; district.

Also encoded was: weighting factor.