1,300 datasets

GESIS Data Archive2026 · dataset · unknown

The GLES Cross-Section has a long tradition. Comparable cross-sectional surveys have been available to election researchers since 1994. As the cross-sections comprise a large number of questions, the background to voting decisions and voter turnout can be analyzed in depth. Due to the large number of cases, it is also possible to carry out meaningful analyses of subgroups of the electorate. The ov

GESIS Data Archive2026 · dataset · unknown

Tracking T63 comprises the core questionnaire on central aspects of election and political attitude research and socio-demographic information. Questions on the Bundestag elections, candidates for chancellor and coalitions were included. In addition, questions on the state elections in Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate were added.

GESIS Data Archive2026 · dataset · unknown

The present survey T60W is a follow-up to the GLES Tracking T60 and was conducted shortly after the 2025 German federal election. The survey includes questions on key aspects of electoral and political attitude research. In addition, it covers specific questions related to the 2025 federal election and assesses respondents’ willingness to participate in a subsequent data donation study.

GESIS Data Archive2026 · dataset · unknown

Panel wave 34 includes questions on political and social attitudes, the evaluation of candidates, parties, and institutions, as well as the state elections in Rhineland-Palatinate and Baden-Württemberg. In addition, the wave contains items on geographical attachment at different levels (municipality, federal state, Germany, Europe) and on the employment of family members as staff by AfD members of

GESIS Data Archive2026 · dataset · unknown

The GLES Nomination Study 2025 covers the nomination process for constituency candidacies in 2025, list candidacies of aspirants, key data on former and current Bundestag mandates, repeat candidacies and reelection bids in the constituencies and personal details.

GESIS Data Archive2026 · dataset · unknown

The questionnaire of Wave 33 covers questions on political and social attitudes, evaluations of candidates, parties, and institutions, as well as items on antisemitism, social dominance orientation, and right-wing authoritarianism.

GESIS Data Archive2026 · dataset · unknown

1. National identity: Most important characteristics for national identity (to have been born in the country, to have (country nationality) citizenship, to be a (religion), to respect (country nationality) political institutions and laws, to feel (country nationality), to have (country nationality) ancestry); agreement/ disagreement with the following statements (I would rather be a citizen ( coun

GESIS Data Archive2026 · dataset · unknown

Rolling cross-sectional studies are an instrument for recording changes in the political attitudes, opinions, and behaviour of the people surveyed. The GLES Rolling Cross-Section 2025 thus makes it possible to analyze election campaign dynamics among eligible voters on a daily basis. The combination of a pre-election survey with a post-election re-interview also makes it possible to analyze intra-

GESIS Data Archive2026 · dataset · unknown

Tracking T62 comprises the core questionnaire on central aspects of election and political attitude research and socio-demographic information. Questions on the Bundestag elections, candidates for chancellor and coalitions were included. In addition, T62 incorporated questions from a Call for Questions.

GESIS Data Archive2025 · dataset · unknown

The questionnaire of Wave 32 covers questions on political and social attitudes, evaluations of candidates, parties, and institutions, coalition formation, foreign policy, as well as items measuring populism and conspiracy thinking.

GESIS Data Archive2025 · dataset · unknown

The questionnaire of Wave 31 covers questions on political and social attitudes, evaluations of candidates, parties, and institutions, actual voting behavior, party contacts during the election campaign, the use of the Wahl-O-Mat, as well as items related to populism.

GESIS Data Archive2025 · dataset · unknown

The questionnaire of Wave 30 covers questions on political and social attitudes, evaluations of candidates, parties, and institutions, intended voting behavior, party contacts during the election campaign, use of the Wahl-O-Mat, and assessments of the TV debate between Merz and Scholz.

GESIS Data Archive2025 · dataset · unknown

The questionnaire of Wave 29 covers questions on general political and societal attitudes, positions on political and social issues, evaluations of political candidates, parties, and institutions, as well as voting behavior, political knowledge, media usage and personal values of the respondents.

GESIS Data Archive2025 · dataset · unknown

The GLES Candidate Study 2025 covers five topics: political background and nomination, campaigning, political issues, democracy and representation, and personal characteristics and background. It also includes the core questionnaire from the Comparative Candidate Survey (CCS). Some questions are asked both in the Candidate Study and in the other GLES studies of eligible voters in order to enable c

GESIS Data Archive2025 · dataset · unknown

The questionnaire of Wave 28 covers questions on general political and societal attitudes, positions on political and social issues, evaluations of political candidates, parties, and institutions, as well as voting behavior, political knowledge, media usage and personal values of the respondents.

GESIS Data Archive2025 · dataset · unknown

This GLES tracking survey comprises the core questionnaire on central aspects of election and political attitude research and socio-demographic information. In T59, additional questions on the state elections in Saxony, Thuringia and Brandenburg and the accepted submissions from the “Call for Question” were included.

GESIS Data Archive2025 · dataset · unknown

Tracking T60 comprises the core questionnaire on central aspects of election and political attitude research and socio-demographic information. Questions on the Bundestag elections, candidates for chancellor and coalitions were included. In addition, a new position issue on the war in Ukraine was added.

GESIS Data Archive2025 · dataset · unknown

Attitude towards the employment of women resp. mothers (A working mother can establish just as warm and secure a relationship with her children as a mother who does not work, a pre-school child is likely to suffer if his or her mother works, all in all, family life suffers when the woman has a full-time job, a job is all right, but what most women really want is a home and children, being a housew

GESIS Data Archive2025 · dataset · unknown

Tracking T61 comprises the core questionnaire on central aspects of election and political attitude research and socio-demographic information. In addition, questions about satisfaction with one's own vote choice and the result of the 2025 federal election were included.

GESIS Data Archive2024 · dataset · unknown

Satisfaction with life (happiness); confidence in the national health care system; justification of better health care for people with higher incomes; agreement with various statements on the healthcare system (People use health care services more than necessary, the government should provide only limited health care services, in general, the health care system in the country is inefficient); will

GESIS Data Archive2023 · dataset · unknown

Wave 1: Attending the VHS course for the first time or for a longer period of time; attending the VHS course in spring 2009; year of the first VHS course; course start date; regular attendance of VHS courses; evaluation of the decision to attend the VHS course; involvement of other people in the decision to attend the VHS course; own decision to attend the course; advice before attending the cours

GESIS Data Archivedataset · unknown

This omnibus survey has the following main survey focus areas: 1. Questions on use of drugs (moved to study no. ZA5988), 2. Attitude to energy and environmental questions, 3. Occupation and job market, 4. ZUMA standard demography, 5. Miscellaneous Topics: 1. Questions on use of drugs: (moved to study no. ZA5988). 2. Attitude to energy and environmental questions: attitude to energy policies and qu

GESIS Data Archivedataset · unknown

Questions about the meaning of life and belief in God, (world philosophy of life scale). Topics: belief in God or a higher being (scale); the meaning of life (scale). Demography: age; sex; school education; occupational position; degree of urbanization.

GESIS Data Archivedataset · unknown

Attitude to school and social-political questions. Topics: Judgement on the advantages and disadvantages of school attendance as well as civilization; purchase of newspapers; possession of television sets and radio; education of parents; generation conflict; desired occupation; economic and social changes since independence of the country; attitudes to polygamy and monogamy; tribe affiliation. Dem

GESIS Data Archivedataset · unknown

Exercise sub-dataset for the Workbook ´Political Participation´. Topics: self-assessment of social class; social origins; party identification; political interest; interest in election result; memberships and club activities; class consciousness and probability of class conflicts in the country; left-right consciousness; perceived differences between the parties; party inclination of father or mot