State Election in the Saarland 1985

Judgement on parties and politicians.

Topics: intent to participate in the election for state or Federal
Parliament; change in party voted for; party preference (Sunday
question, ballot as well as rank order procedure) for state or Federal
Parliament election; certainty of voting decision; behavior at the
polls in the last state or Federal Parliament election; sympathy scale
for the parties at the state level; satisfaction with the government
coalition or opposition; satisfaction with top candidates of one´s
preferred party; sympathy scale for leading state politicians; assumed
probability as well as attitude to the FDP or the Greens taking seats
in state parliament; attitude to an absolute majority for one party;
preferred government coalition and preferred prime minister; issue
relevance and issue ability of the parties and possible coalitions
regarding selected political problems; assessment of economic situation
in the Saarland; ability of state or Federal Government or parties to
improve the economic situation of the state; preferred conduct of the
SPD or the Greens in view of a government coalition; judgement on
election campaign activities of party supporters; assumed election
winner; personal unemployment or unemployed in household.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; religious denomination;
frequency of church attendance; school education; occupational
position; employment; size of household; composition of household;
respondent is head of household; characteristics of head of household;
party inclination; party identification; social origins; union
membership.

Interviewer rating: city reference number; place of work; date of
interview.