State Election in Bavaria 1974 (Preliminary Investigation)

Topics: Familiarity of the prime minister and his party affiliation; attitude to the current Prime Minister Goppel; familiarity and evaluation of state and federal politicians; satisfaction with the Bavarian state government and opposition in the state parliament; most important political problems and most important tasks of the state government; evaluation of task fulfillment by the government up to now; issue ability of the government and parties; desired stand of the state government regarding the Federal Government; attitude to a greater independence for Bavaria; judgement on the resignation of Barzel as chairman of the CDU/CSU Federal Parliament faction and the influence of the CSU or Strauss on the CDU; knowledge about the so-called ´radio argument´; judgement on school reform; political interest and sources of political information; political conversations in one´s family and with friends; assumed openness of colleagues and friends with political conversations; party preference of family and friends and strength of one´s own party ties; certainty of one´s voting decision; self-assessment on a left-right continuum; sympathy scale for politicians and parties; behavior at the polls in the last state parliament election and Federal Parliament election; constancy of voting decisions since 1949; sympathy changes for a party since the last Federal Parliament election; party one cannot vote for; attitude to openly standing up for a party in the election campaign and to voter initiatives; knowledge about the political objective of the Jusos {Young Socialists} and expected influence of the Jusos on the SPD; assessment of personal possibilities of political effect and assessment of the influence of special interest groups on politics; attitude to communism, nationalism as well as dogmatism (scale); self-assessment of social class affiliation; judgement on the economic situation and further development of the FRG; assessment of personal economic situation; type of city; interest in a change of place of residence and local residency; commuter.

Demography: self-assessment of social social class; membership in a union or party; regional origins and ties with associations for Germans from former eastern areas; religiousness; age; sex; marital status; religious denomination; school education; occupation; employment; household income; size of household; composition of household; head of household; party membership; city size; refugee status. Interviewer rating: willingness of respondent to cooperate; number of contact attempts; length of interview.