State Election in Baden-Wuerttemberg 2021

The study on the 2021 state election in Baden-Wuerttemberg was conducted by the Forschungsgruppe Wahlen. During the survey period 08.03.2021 to 12.03.2021, 1154 eligible voters in Baden-Wuerttemberg were interviewed by telephone (CATI) on the following topics: Assessment of parties and politicians for the state election. Political questions. Respondents were selected by a multistage random sample.<br>Most important political issues in Baden-Wuerttemberg; intention to vote in the state election in Baden-Wuerttemberg; preference for polling place or absentee ballot; party preference; certainty of own voting decision; importance of federal politics for own voting decision in the state election in Baden-Wuerttemberg; interest in the state election; voting behavior in the last state election; coalition preference; attitude towards different coalition constellations: Government of Greens and CDU led by the Greens, of CDU and Greens led by the CDU, of Greens and SPD led by the Greens, of Greens, SPD and FDP led by the Greens, and of CDU, SPD and FDP led by the CDU; sympathy scalometer for selected parties at the federal and state level (Greens, CDU, SPD, AfD and FDP); satisfaction scalometers on the performance of the state government of the Greens and CDU, the Greens and CDU in the state government, the performance of the AfD, SPD and FDP in opposition in the state parliament, and the performance of the federal government of CDU/CSU and SPD; sympathy scalometer for selected top politicians at the state level and for Angela Merkel; party sympathy; preference for Winfried Kretschmann or Susanne Eisenmann as Minister President; split B: comparison of credibility, likability and expertise of Winfried Kretschmann and Susanne Eisenmann (end split B); assessment of current economic situation in Baden-Wuerttemberg and own economic situation; party competencies: split A: most competent party to solve economic problems in the state and in the areas of foreigners policy and transport policy in Baden-Wuerttemberg (end split A); split B: most competent party in the areas of school and education policy and climate protection in Baden-Wuerttemberg (end split B); most competent party in the area of Corona; now more important: Strict Corona measures to reduce infection rates vs. far-reaching relaxations to strengthen the economy; future viability of the state and most competent party to solve future problems in Baden-Wuerttemberg; assessment of the work of Minister President Winfried Kretschmann; assessment of the commitment of the state government in Baden-Wuerttemberg to the energy turnaround; Split A: Satisfaction with progress in Baden-Wuerttemberg in the area of digitization and fast Internet (end of Split A); Preference for a state government led by the Greens or a state government led by the CDU; role of CDU leader in the federal government Armin Laschet with regard to the CDU´s performance in the state elections in Baden-Wuerttemberg; Split A: More important, which parties will form the government after the state elections or who will be Minister President (end of Split A); opinion on the spread of extreme right-wing ideas in the AfD; Corona: Satisfaction with Corona crisis management in Baden-Wuerttemberg in general and in the area of school and education; satisfaction with vaccination progress in Baden-Wuerttemberg; assessment of current relaxations in Corona measures; assessment of recent decisions by the federal and state governments on regionally different relaxations or tightenings in Corona measures depending on the level of infection figures; preference in elections in general and in times of Corona for polling station, absentee voting or not voting; fair share of standard of living.

Demograpy: sex; age (classified); school-leaving qualification or targeted school-leaving qualification; university degree; employment; job security; occupational position; leading position; public service employment; household size; number of persons in household 18 years and older; union member in the household; religious denomination; church attendance; party affiliation; party identification; city size; voting eligibility.

Additionally coded were: ID; weighting factor.