Observa Political Index Polls 1985: September

#Observa opinion polls: #---------------------- # #From 1967 and onwards Observa has carried out a number of opinion polls, i.e. surveys of attitudes and habits of life, partly through so-called political index polls (postal panel surveys) and partly through more extensive attitudinal surveys based on interviews. The political index polls have been carried out regularly in the period (approx. 10 times a year), whereas the attitudinal surveys have been carried out quarterly in the period 1969 to 1972. The current data collection of similar data material over a long period of time makes it possible to carry out various kinds of time series analyses, especially as regards party preference. #Other subjects are usually treated more superficially owing to the conditions under which the surveys are carried out (they are designed for publication in daily papers so the main emphasis has been put on topical issues, and only subjects which may be dealt with by means of a limited number of questions are included). #Until 1971 the political index polls were carried out for the daily paper Aktuelt; from 1972 for the daily paper Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten. The attitudinal surveys have been carried out exclusively for Jyllands-Posten. # # #Observa Political Index Polls, 1985: #------------------------------------ #In 1985 Observa carried out 10 political index polls. All the questions from these surveys, together with a fixed set of recurring background variables, are found in DDA-1083: Observa Political Index Polls, 1985. In addition, the individual political index polls, which contain various questions on topical issues, are found in DDA-1084 to DDA-1093. # #This survey (DDA-1090 Observa Political Index Polls 1986: September) deals with the following topical issues: # #Party preference; voting intention at the coming local elections; whether the Government ought to issue the writs for a general election if a majority directs the Government to pursue a security policy which the Government considers will jeopardize Denmark's membership of NATO; voting intention at such a general election; attitude to making the Nordic countries a nuclear-free zone even though this may mean a rupture of the military co-operation with NATO; knowledge of and financial support to a number of environmental and humanitarian organizations; attitude to a number of statements on these organizations; attitude to Denmark's membership of NATO; preferred vice-chairman of the Liberal Party; the football match on 25 September between the Soviet Union and Denmark; attitude to the proposal concerning three alternative possibilities for a Great Belt link; and general attitude to the Great Belt link