Politics in the Saarland (February 1975)

Evaluation of parties and politicians before the state parliament election in the Saarland. Topics: Knowledge about the date of the state parliament election; satisfaction with the current state government; evaluation of unemployment in the state as well as the role of the state government in the bankruptcy of a large construction company; attitude to election events in companies and to tax reform; expected effects of tax reform on one´s own situation; classification of the importance of political problems; issue ability of the state government as well as the parties; desire for change of government; party preference (rank order procedure and list procedure); sympathy scale for the SPD, CDU/CSU and the FDP; certainty of one´s voting decision and influence of state or federal political factors on one´s own voting intent; influence of factual programs or politicians on one´s own voting; behavior at the polls in the last state parliament election (ballot procedure); assessment of personal job security; times of presence at home in the last week. Demography: age; sex; marital status; religious denomination; religiousness; school education; occupation; employment; household income; size of household; composition of household; head of household. Interviewer rating: willingness of respondent to cooperate; number of contact attempts; length of interview; weekday of interview; type of city.