Political Attitudes (Pre-Election Investigation, March 1969)

Topics: most important problems of the Federal Republic and most important tasks for the next Federal Government; issue competence of the parties; evaluation of the federal chancellor and of the Kiesinger government; preferred federal chancellor (pairwise comparison and list procedure); attitude to the grand coalition; party preference (Sunday question and rank order procedure); judgement on the election of Federal President Heinemann; political interest and sources of political information; personal opinion leadership or opinion allegiance; self-assessment of vertical mobility; general contentment with life and orientation in the future; local residency.

Demography: age (classified); sex; marital status; religious denomination; religiousness; school education; occupation; employment; income; city size; state; refugee status; occupation of head of household; head of household; membership in a union; local residency; size of household. Interviewer rating: social class and willingness of respondent to cooperate.