Federal Parliament Election 1972 (Panel: 3rd Wave, September - November 1972)

Topics: political interest and sources of political information; most important political events of the last year and politicians who had the most influence on these events; preferred federal chancellor and assessment of the chances of victory for the two candidates for chancellor; image of the candidates for chancellor, Brandt and Barzel (semantic differential); good and bad sides of the parties; knowledge about the next two Federal Parliament election dates; party preference (rank order procedure); sympathy scale for the SPD, CDU/CSU, FDP, NPD and DKP; strength of party identification and change of party inclination in the last few years; personal change in party voted for; influence of candidates for chancellor on one´s own voting decision; expected election result and personal interest in the election victory of a certain party; judgement on the success of the Federal Government; judgement on the general economic situation as well as on one´s own financial situation; judgement on economic development in the next few years; television habits and discussions with friends, colleagues or within the family about television broadcasts; most important tasks of the Federal Republic and issue competence of parties and politicians; trust in state and government; importance of price stability and Ostpolitik; date of birth.

Demography: age; sex; marital status; employment; self-assessment of social class. Interviewer rating: number of contact attempts and visits; interest of respondent in survey topic; date of interview.