State Election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 1994

Judgement on parties and politicians at the state parliament election
in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania.
Topics: Most important political problems in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania;
intent to participate in the election;
intent to use absentee ballot;
party preference (first vote and second vote);
significance of federal policy for one's own voting decision;
behavior at the polls in the last state parliament election;
attitude to a one-party government of the SPD
after the state parliament election;
coalition preference;
attitude to a red-green minority government with toleration of the PDS;
sympathy scale for the parties at state as well as federal level and
for the top politicians at federal as well as state level;
satisfaction scale for the state government, opposition parties in the state
and the Federal Government in Bonn;
knowledge about the top candidates for the state parliament election;
interest in politics;
satisfaction with the decision to introduce political order
according to western pattern;
preference for prime minister;
judgement on the economic situation of the state and
expected further development;
ability of an SPD-led state government in comparison to that
of one led by the CDU regarding improvement in the economic situation,
the fight against unemployment and the fight against crime;
comparison of the economic situation of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
with the other East German states;
judgement on one's own economic situation and its development;
expected economic development of the state;
perceived continuity of SED and PDS;
expected winner of the state parliament election;
expected chances for a one-party government of the SPD and
chances of the small parties such as FDP, Alliance 90/Greens;
chances of the CDU for a one-party government;
tenant status;
age of residential building in which respondent lives;
city size;
assessment of certainty of one's own job;
unemployed and close persons whose job is endangered;
union member in household;
religiousness;
party inclination and
party identification.