Regional Election Investigation (Middle Franconia)

Topics: Judgement on one´s own economic situation in comparison to earlier; expectations of future economic development (Katona questions); party preference; political knowledge; politician scale; sympathy scale for the SPD, CSU, FDP and NPD; issue ability of the parties; image of the parties and of an ideal party; semantic differential for the FDP; associations with the term ´liberal´; perceived influence of associations and special interest groups on the Bavarian state government; evaluation of the state government; attitude to selected areas of state politics; attitude to a three-party system; judgement on measures against communism; attitude to the NPD; behavior at the polls in previous Federal Parliament and state parliament elections; party preference; memberships; newspapers read; local residency; religiousness.

Scales: nationalism, dogmatism, racism, educational goals, understanding of democracy, antisemitism. Demography: possession of durable economic goods; head of household; marital status; employment; occupation; age (classified); school education; vocational training; social origins; party membership; refugee status; religious denomination; sex. Interviewer rating: social class and willingness of respondent to cooperate; number of contact attempts; city size.