Forsa-Bus 2015

The Forsa Bus is conducted by the Forsa polling institute. Based on representative samples, the program surveys about 500 people eligible to vote each day by telephone and asks about individual attitudes on various political and social issues. The Forsa Bus is currently available from 1991 onwards. The datasets include parts from omnibus surveys, while the focus of the collection is the survey of political preferences, both for candidates and parties, as well as voting behaviour in past elections.<br>Chancellor preference for Angela Merkel or Sigmar Gabriel; economic expectations for Germany; most competent party to solve the problems in the Federal Republic; voting behaviour in the last federal elections and state election; party preference at federal and state parliament level (Sunday question).

Demography: sex; age (year of birth); marital status; cohabitation with a partner; highest school or university degree (school education); gainful employment; current or former occupational status and characteristics; household size; number of children in the household under 18; year of birth of children; net household income (classified); religious affiliation; trade union member in the household.

Additionally coded: federal state; administrative district; district code; political municipality size class; survey area west/east; survey period (month); survey day and survey year; day of the week of the interview; survey period (week); serial number of the day in the year; survey mode (landline, mobile); weighting factors.