Hungarian 1990 Pre-Election Survey

Criteria in the election of politicians. Preferred parties
and judgement on the election campaign.

Topics: City size; proportion of employees in industry as well as in
the agricultural area; political interest; frequency of reading
newspapers and frequency of watching and listening to election
broadcasts on television as well as radio; party with favorite
election broadcast; expected influence of the election campaign on
voting decision of respondent as well as on the decision of the
population in general; knowledge of election predictions; personal
intent to participate in the election and estimated general election
turnout; point in time and certainty of one´s voting decision;
expected election winner; party preference; parties one can still
vote for; classification of the certainty with which one would vote
for or reject the parties in the election; the significance of party
leader, party name, decision of family or friends, party promises,
popularity of party, local party leaders, election posters as well as
election campaign on one´s own voting decision; most active party at
place of residence; favorite party in social surroundings; party,
about which one has spoken the most with friends; candidate election
or party election; preferred election candidate; most important
aspects in the decision for an election candidate; preferred
characteristics of an election candidate such as e.g. sex, age,
religious affiliation, education, title, independence, membership in
a large party, place of birth, place of residence, marital status as
well as occupation of election candidate; preference for worker or
employee, experienced politicians, well-known or popular local or
national candidates; preference for an election candidate currently a
member of parliament; expected improvements for the country after the
election; coalition preference or preference for one-party government
of one party; expected governing party; sympathy scale for top
politicans of the parties; knowledge about party affiliation of
selected politicians; participation of respondent in the November
referendum; behavior at the polls of respondent in the referendum
regarding the question of the presidency; characterization of the
police of the country (scale); trust in representatives of selected
occupations depending on their sex; sex roles in household and
politics; comparison of popularity of men and women as politicians;
attitude to more women in politics; social origins; range of control;
party membership; interest in membership; preferred party for party
membership.