State Election in Bavaria 1966 (Preliminary Investigation)

Topics: Judgement on one´s own economic situation and the economic situation of the Federal Republic (Katona questions); judgement on the achievements of the Bavarian State Government (scale); sympathy scale for the SPD, CSU and FDP as well as for leading politicians such as e.g. Erhard, Brandt, Wehner, Goppel, Strauss, Hoecherl, Vogel; issue ability of the parties; image of the Bavarian Prime Minister Goppel and the SPD, CSU, FDP and NPD (scales); semantic differential for the FDP; image of individual local politicians; political interest and political knowledge; knowledge about the time of the next state parliament election in Bavaria; intent to participate in the election; certainty of one´s voting decision; point in time and reason for one´s voting decision; personal party ties; voting decision in the state parliament election 1962 and the Federal Parliament election 1965; reason for a change of party preference; comparison of the importance of state parliament elections and Federal Parliament elections (scale); expected influence of Bavaria on federal politics; party preference, relative to the Federal Parliament election; assumed changes in Bavaria in case of a change of government; membership in a club and political orientation of this club; local residency; possession of television set; religiousness.

Demography: age (classified); sex; marital status; religious denomination; school education; vocational training; occupation; employment; income; head of household; refugee status; possession of durable economic goods. Interviewer rating: social class and willingness of respondent to cooperate; number of contact attempts; city size.