State Election in Brandenburg 2019

Assessment of parties and politicians. Attitude towards political issues.

Topics: Most important political issues in Brandenburg; intention to participate in the state election; intended type of election (polling station or postal vote); party preference (first and second vote); security of one´s own voting decision; interest in the state election; importance of federal politics for one´s own voting decision at state level; voting behaviour in the last state election; coalition preference; opinion on participation of SPD, CDU, Die Linke, AfD, Greens and FDP in the state government; Sympathy Scale for selected parties at federal and state level (Split A); satisfaction with the performance of the state government from SPD and Die Linke, with the parties SPD as well as the Left Party as parts of the state government, the opposition parties CDU, AfD and Greens as well as the performance of the federal government from CDU/CSU and SPD (Scale, Split B); sympathy scale for the top politicians Andreas Kalbitz, Angela Merkel, Ingo Senftleben and Dietmar Woidke; party with the best or second best; political interest; Split A: preference for Dietmar Woidke or Andreas Kalbitz or for Dietmar Woidke or Ingo Senftleben as prime minister (Split B: preference for Dietmar Woidke or Ingo Senftleben or for Dietmar Woidke or Andreas Kalbitz); comparison of the credibility, sympathy and expertise of the two top politicians Woidke and Senftleben (Split A) and Woidke and Kalbitz (Split B); assessment of one´ s own economic situation, the economic situation of the federal state in general and in comparison with the other east German states; Split A: most competent party to solve the economic problems in the federal state, for a better infrastructure in the areas of fast internet, public transport, medical care and shopping facilities, in the area of school and education policy; Split B: in the areas of job creation, social justice and climate protection; party that is most likely to make policies in Brandenburg on the issue of foreigners in the sense of the interviewee; party that is most likely to take care of the concerns and problems of East Germans; opinion on the future viability of the federal state; most competent party to solve future problems of the federal state; assessment of the work of Minister President Dietmar Woidke; opinion on a state government of SPD, Left Party and Greens or from SPD, CDU and Greens; opinion on a minority government; expected impact on politics in case of AfD participation in the state government (Split B); election of AfD because of political content or as a reminder to other parties; AfD voters: Voting decision for the AfD in the state election because of political content or as a reminder to other parties; climate protection: sufficient efforts for climate protection in Germany; opinion on the coal phase-out by 2038; problems with the discontinuation of lignite mining in Brandenburg; Brandenburg can cope with large numbers of refugees; Split B: Opinion on various statements: the East Germans are treated like second-class citizens; SPD in the federal government is responsible for the poor performance of the SPD in Brandenburg; AfD is the only party to mention the important problems by name; the Greens in Brandenburg stand for modern, bourgeois politics; opinion on the demand that the other parties refuse to cooperate with the AfD (end of Split B); opinion on the spread of right-wing extremist ideas in the AfD; expected break-up of the Grand Coalition in the federal government after poor results for the CDU and the SPD in the state elections; fair share in the standard of living

Demography: sex; age (classified); education: school-leaving certificate or desired school-leaving certificate; completed university studies; professional activity; own job security; occupational status and characteristics of current or previous activity; size of household; number of persons in household aged 16 and over; trade union member in household; denomination; party affiliation; party identification; city size.

Additionally coded: questionnaire number; eligibility to vote in the regional elections; weighting factor.