State Election in Bremen 2023

The study on the 2023 state election in Bremen was conducted by Forschungsgruppe Wahlen. In the survey period 08.05.2023 to 11.05.2023, 1622 eligible voters in Bremen were surveyed in telephone interviews (CATI) on the following topics: Political opinion: Parties. Top candidates. Problems and competencies. Voting decision in the context of candidate preference and party competence. The respondents were selected using a multi-stage random sample.<br>Most important problems in the state of Bremen; intention to vote in the parliamentary election; type of election (polling station or postal vote); distribution of the five possible votes between the same party or different parties; voting decision; certainty of own voting decision; importance of federal politics for own voting decision; interest in the parliamentary election in the state of Bremen; voting decision in the last state election; coalition preference; attitude towards a Senate consisting of SPD, Greens and Left Party, split A: from SPD and Greens, from SPD and CDU led by SPD, from CDU and SPD led by CDU (end of split A), split B: from SPD, Greens and FDP, from CDU, Greens and FDP and to a Senate consisting of CDU and Greens (end of split B); sympathy scalometer for the following parties at federal and state level: CDU, SPD, Greens, Left Party, AfD, FDP and BIW; satisfaction scalometer for the performance of the Senate consisting of SPD, Greens and Left Party in the state of Bremen, the SPD in the Senate, the Greens in the Senate, the Left Party in the Senate, the CDU opposition in the Bremen state parliament, the FDP opposition in the Bremen state parliament and for the performance of the federal government consisting of SPD, Greens and FDP; sympathy scalometer for selected top politicians (Andreas Bovenschulte, Robert Habeck, Frank Imhoff, Friedrich Merz, Maike Schaefer and Olaf Scholz); party sympathy; interest in politics; preference for Andreas Bovenschulte or Frank Imhoff as mayor in the state of Bremen; split A: Comparison of the credibility, likeability, expertise and leadership of the two leading candidates (end of Split A); assessment of the current economic situation in the state of Bremen and own economic situation; expected development of own economic situation in one year; comparison of the economic situation of the state of Bremen with the other western German federal states; most competent party to solve the economic problems in the state of Bremen; Split A: Most competent party in the areas of job creation, transportation policy and school and education policy (end of Split A), Split B: Fear of crime; most competent party in the areas of fighting crime, climate protection and to solve the social problems in the state of Bremen (end of split B); assessment of Bremen´s future viability; most competent party to solve the future problems in the state; assessment of Andreas Bovenschulte´s work as mayor; preference for an SPD-led Senate or a CDU-led Senate (split A); split B: assessment of the work of the Senate consisting of SPD, Greens and Left Party; CDU in government would do a better vs. worse job or there would be no big difference (end of split B); State of Bremen can cope with many refugees from crisis areas vs. cannot cope; opinion on greater restriction of car traffic in Bremen in favor of cyclists and pedestrians; opinion on the speed of implementation of climate protection measures; assessment of the decision of the state election committee not to allow the AfD to run in the parliamentary elections as correct vs. not correct; split B: agreement with statements on various issues in the state of Bremen: The Greens are currently overdoing it when it comes to climate protection measures; the Senate consisting of the SPD, Greens and Left Party has done far too little for schools and education in recent years; if the BIW performs particularly strongly in the Bürgerschaftswahl, it is only because the AfD was not admitted to the election (end of Split B); disadvantage of the city of Bremerhaven compared to Bremen due to the Senate of the state of Bremen.

Demography: sex; age (classified); education: school-leaving qualification or aspired school-leaving qualification; university degree completed; employment status; own job security; occupational status and characteristics of current or previous job; household size; number of people in household aged 16 and over; trade union member in household; denomination or religious denomination; party affiliation; party identification.

Additionally coded were: Questionnaire number; intention to vote recoded, eligibility to vote in the Bremen or Bremerhaven state election; weighting factor.