Issue Dimensions and Voting Decision (October 1968)

Topics: voting behavior in the Federal Parliament election 1965; party preference and sympathy scale for CDU/CSU, SPD, FDP and NPD; preferred chancellor candidate; issue competence of the parties on questions of economic policy, social policy and foreign policy; attitude to recognition of the GDR, to the grand coalition and to reduction in social expenditures; perceived influence of organizations and pressure groups on German politics; party with a presumably large proportion of politicians without religious denomination; fundamental philosophy in religious matters; knowledge of FDP politicians; membership in clubs and organizations; religiousness; social class (Scheuch index).

Demography: age (classified); sex; marital status; religious denomination; school education; vocational training; occupation; employment; income; household income; size of household; composition of household; head of household; social origins; state; possession of durable economic goods. Interviewer rating: social class of respondent; type of building; size of city.