Regional Election Investigation (Berlin)

Topics: Judgement on the general economic situation; political extent to which informed and sources of political information; satisfaction with the work of the Berlin senate; judgement on the SPD/FDP coalition; assessment of the influence of the FDP on the senate policies; sympathy scale for the SPD, CDU, FDP, NPD as well as for various Federal and local politicians; judgement on the development of the FDP; semantic differential for the FDP; preferred government coalition after the election in Berlin; judgement on measures for reunification and reduction of tension; attitude to the speaker exchange of SED and SPD; disadvantages of a three-party system; associations with the terms ´liberal´ and ´conservative´; characteristics of an ideal party; issue ability of the parties; attitude to selected questions of Berlin policies of the senate and Federal Government; attitude to new construction of a Parliament Building in Bonn; party preference.

Demography: head of household; marital status; employment; occupation; age (classified); school education; vocational training; membership; sources of information; religiousness; religious denomination; sex; media usage; possession of durable economic goods. Interviewer rating: social class and willingness of respondent to cooperate; number of contact attempts.