Quick Survey on the Federal Parliament Election 2017

Forschungsgruppe Wahlen, Mannheim

doi:10.4232/1.13076

GESIS Data Catalogue - Study ZA6951

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ZA6951: Quick Survey on the Federal Parliament Election 2017

10.4232/1.13076

Forschungsgruppe Wahlen, Mannheim

Political Issues

Political Attitudes and Behavior

Political Parties, Organizations

11.5 Mass political behaviour, attitudes/opinion

11.6 Government, political systems and organisation

11.7 Elections

Citation	Forschungsgruppe Wahlen, Mannheim (2018): Quick Survey on the Federal Parliament Election 2017. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA6951 Data file Version 1.0.0, doi:10.4232/1.13076
Study No.	ZA6951
Title	Quick Survey on the Federal Parliament Election 2017
Current Version	1.0.0, 2018-8-1, doi:10.4232/1.13076
Date of Collection	18.09.2017 - 21.09.2017
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution	Forschungsgruppe Wahlen, Mannheim
Categories	Political Issues Political Attitudes and Behavior Political Parties, Organizations
Topics	11.5 Mass political behaviour, attitudes/opinion 11.6 Government, political systems and organisation 11.7 Elections

Abstract

Assessment of parties and politicians. Attitude towards political issues. Topics: most important political issues in Germany; intention to participate in the federal parliament election; intended voting type (polling station or postal vote); party preference (first and second vote); timing and certainty of personal voting decision; interest in the federal parliament Election; voting behaviour in the last federal parliament election; coalition preference; government preference (government from CDU/CSU and SPD, from CDU/CSU and Grüne, CDU/CSU and FDP, from CDU/CSU, Grüne and FDP, from SPD, Grünen and FDP, from SPD, Die Linke and Grüne as well as from CDU/CSU and AfD); sympathy-scalometer for selected parties; satisfaction with the performance of the federal government of CDU/CSU and SPD, the respective performance of CDU/CSU and SPD in the government, the performance of Die Linke and Grüne in the opposition (Scalometer); sympathy-scalometer for selected top politicians (Alexander Gauland, Christian Lindner, Angela Merkel, Cem Özdemir, Martin Schulz, Horst Seehofer and Sahra Wagenknecht); parties that like best (ranking); political profile and competencies: split A: comparison of the two candidates for Chancellor Angela Merkel and Martin Schulz with regard to credibility, sympathy, expertise, their competency with regard to social and economic issues, their competency with regard to social justice and leadership competency in times of global uncertainty (end of split A); political interest; assessment of the current economic situation in Germany; assessment of the personal economic situation and expected future economic situation; economic expectations for Germany; split B: most competent party in the areas of job creation and social justice, pension security, school and education policy, refugees and asylum (end of split B); split A: most competent party for solving the economic problems in Germany and in the areas of tax policy, family policy, foreign policy, environmental policy and combating crime; feeling threatened by crime (end of split A); opinion on Germany´s sustainability; most competent party for solving Germany´s future problems; split B: assessment of the work of German Chancellor Angela Merkel; expectations of Martin Schulz to be a better Chancellor (end of split B); split A: role of Angela Merkel for the performance of the CDU/CSU and CSU respectively of Martin Schulz for the SPD´s performance in the federal parliament election (end of split A); split B: importance of selected topics for the own voting decision in the federal parliament election (refugees, pensions and old-age provision, school and education as well as social justice); evaluation of the work of Chancellor Angela Merkel in the area of refugees and asylum; Germany can cope with many refugees; personally rather advantages or rather disadvantages because of the refugees; evaluation of the scope of integration measures for refugees in Germany; in future further self-determination right of the federal states vs. more federal co-determination rights in school and education policy (end of split B); split A: opinion on a ban on cars with internal combustion engines from 2030; opinion on the political course of the CDU regarding traditional-conservative contents; opinion on the political course of the SPD regarding left-wing positions; opinion on the political course of the Greens regarding the opening for a stronger cooperation with the CDU/CSU; approval of various statements on politics in Germany (The Left is the only party that makes politics for the socially weak, FDP is only used as a coalition partner for the CDU/CSU, AfD is the only party that calls important problems by name, because the outcome of the federal election is clear, one can sometimes vote for a party that one would not vote for, end of split A); development of the differences between rich and poor in Germany; split A: Left-right classification of the AfD; opinion on the spread of right-wing extremist ideas in the AfD; support for the demand that the other parties refuse to cooperate with the AfD; more advantages or disadvantages for the German population due to the country´s EU membership; support for the unification of Germany initially only with some of the EU states due to the difficulties of unification in the EU; particularly uncertain times due to current global political and economic situation (end of split A); split B: assessment of the work of the federal government of CDU/CSU and SPD; preference for a federal government led by the CDU/CSU or the SPD (end of split B); preference for a government consisting of CDU/CSU and SPD or a government consisting of CDU/CSU, Greens and FDP (split A); split B: personally more important after the federal election: Government parties or person of the Federal Chancellor; opinion on the entry of the parties FDP and AfD into the Bundestag (end of split B); split A: outcome of the Bundestag election already clear; expected winner of the Bundestag election (end of split A); fair share of living standards. Demography: sex; age (classified); marital status; cohabitation with a partner; highest school leaving certificate or targeted school leaving certificate; university degree; completed vocational training; occupation; assessment of own job security; occupational status; household size; number of persons aged 18 and over in the household; trade union member in the household; denomination; frequency of church attendance; party affiliation; party identification; federal state of the right to vote; city size. Additionally coded was: realised interviews by mobile phone or fixed phone; questionnaire number; residential district´s affiliation to West Berlin or East Berlin; weighting factor. Various questions were asked only half of the respondents. A forked questionnaire was used.

Abstract

Methodology

Geographic Coverage

Universe

Resident population eligible to vote

Selection Method

Probability Sample: Multistage Sample

Mode of Data Collection

Telephone interview: CATI (Computer Assisted Telephone Interview) A combined sample of landline and mobile phone interviews was used for the federal parliament election study.

Data Collector

Forschungsgruppe Wahlen, Mannheim

Date of Collection

18.09.2017 - 21.09.2017

Geographic Coverage	Germany (DE)
Universe	Resident population eligible to vote
Selection Method	Probability Sample: Multistage Sample
Mode of Data Collection	Telephone interview: CATI (Computer Assisted Telephone Interview) A combined sample of landline and mobile phone interviews was used for the federal parliament election study.
Data Collector	Forschungsgruppe Wahlen, Mannheim
Date of Collection	18.09.2017 - 21.09.2017

Dataset

Number of Units: 1939

Number of Variables: 138

Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata

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2018-8-1 first archive edition doi:10.4232/1.13076

Publications	Forschungsgruppe Wahlen e.V.: Bundestagswahl : Eine Analyse der Wahl vom 24. September 2017. Mannheim: Berichte der Forschungsgruppe Wahlen e.V., Nr. 170
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German Federal Election Studies
The data base consists of one-off surveys, panel surveys, and cumulated surveys. It comprises representative polls for all German federal elections since 1949.
Further studies are listed under GLES (German Longitudinal Election Study).
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- ZA0055 Cologne Election Study (Federal Republic, July 1961)
- ZA0056 Cologne Election Study (Federal Republic, September 1961)
- ZA0057 Cologne Election Study (Federal Republic, November 1961)
- ZA0145 Federal Study 1953
- ZA0314 Federal Parliament Election 1965 (Follow-up, October 1965, I)
- ZA0426 Federal Parliament Election 1969 (Pre-Election Investigation, September 1969 und Follow-Up Survey, October - November 1969)
- ZA0525 Politics in the Federal Republic (August 1969)
- ZA0556 Federal Parliament Election 1965 (Initial Investigation, September 1965)
- ZA0631 Federal Parliament Election 1972 (1st Preliminary Investigation, October 1972)
- ZA0632 Federal Parliament Election 1972 (2nd Initial Investigation, October 1972)
- ZA0633 Federal Parliament Election 1972 (1st and 2nd Follow-Up Survey)
- ZA0635 Election Study 1972 (Panel: Preliminary Investigations, September - October 1972, October - November 1972; Follow-Up Survey, December 1972)
- ZA0665 Federal Parliament Election 1972 (Initial Investigation, September 1972)
- ZA0788 The political mood after the Federal Parliament election 1969
- ZA0789 Resonance of the Population to the Election Campaign and the Result of the Federal Parliament Election 1969
- ZA0823 Election Study 1976 (Panel: Initial Investigation, May - June 1976, August - September 1976; Follow-Up Survey, October - November 1976)
- ZA0839 Federal Parliament Election 1972 (Panel: 1st Wave, April - May 1971)
- ZA0840 Federal Parliament Election 1972 (Panel: 2nd Wave, October 1971 - January 1972)
- ZA0841 Federal Parliament Election 1972 (Panel: 3rd Wave, September - November 1972)
- ZA0950 Aggregate Data for the Constituencies of the Federal Republic (1949-1969) in the Organization of the Federal Parliament Election 1965
- ZA0951 Aggregate Data for the Constituencies of the Federal Republic (1972-1976) in the Organization of the Federal Parliament Election 1972
- ZA1053 Election Study 1980 (Data Pool)
- ZA1133 Federal Parliament Election 1976 (Panel: 1st Wave, October 1973)
- ZA1134 Federal Parliament Election 1976 (Panel: 2nd Wave, October 1975)
- ZA1135 Federal Parliament Election 1976 (Panel: 3rd Wave, August 1976)
- ZA1275 Election Study 1983 (Representative Federal Surveys)
- ZA1276 Election Study 1983 (Panel)
- ZA1313 Topic Boom in the Federal Parliament Election Campaign 1980
- ZA1323 Federal Parliament Election 1980 (Panel: 1st Wave 1978)
- ZA1324 Federal Parliament Election 1980 (Panel: 2nd Wave 1979)
- ZA1325 Federal Parliament Election 1980 (Panel: 3rd Wave 1980)
- ZA1397 Kiel Election Study 1976
- ZA1398 Kiel Election Study 1980
- ZA1399 Kiel Election Study 1983
- ZA1536 Election Study 1987 (Trend Investigation)
- ZA1537 Election Study 1987 (Panel Study)
- ZA1681 Kiel Election Study 1987
- ZA1919 Election Study 1990 (Panel)
- ZA1920 Election Study 1990 (Trend Investigation)
- ZA1949 Federal Parliament Election 1984 (Panel 1980-1984)
- ZA1957 Federal Parliament Election 1987 (By-Election Investigation)
- ZA1959 Kiel Election Study 1990
- ZA1987 Election Study 1990 (Politbarometer East)
- ZA2136 Before the Federal Parliament Election 1990
- ZA2297 Federal Parliament Election 1990 (Old and New States)
- ZA2324 Election Study 1949
- ZA2361 The Situation after the Federal Parliament Election 1949
- ZA2546 Election Study 1994: Politbarometer West 1994 (Trend Investigations)
- ZA2559 Election Study 1994: Politbarometer East 1994 (Trend Investigations)
- ZA2599 Pre-Election Study 1994 (Trend Investigations)
- ZA2600 Pre-Election Study on the Federal Parliament Election 1994: Policy and Party Preference
- ZA2601 Post-Election Study on the Federal Parliament Election 1994
- ZA2799 Mass-Media and Voters (Federal Parliament Election Study 1994)
- ZA2960 Before the Federal Parliament Election 1990 in the New States
- ZA3063 Forsa-Bus 1994
- ZA3065 Political Attitudes, Political Participation and Voting Behavior in Reunified Germany 1994
- ZA3066 Political Attitudes, Political Participation and Voting Behavior in Reunified Germany 1998
- ZA3073 German National Election Study - Post-Election Study 1998 German CSES Study
- ZA3160 Election Study 1998 (Politbarometer)
- ZA3161 Quick Survey on the Federal Parliament Election 1998
- ZA3162 Forsa-Bus 1998
- ZA3272 Election Study 1957
- ZA3849 Politbarometer West 2002 (Cumulated Dataset)
- ZA3850 Politbarometer East 2002 (Cumulated Dataset)
- ZA3852 Quick Survey on the Federal Parliament Election 2002 (West Germany)
- ZA3853 Quick Survey on the Federal Parliament Election 2002 (East Germany)
- ZA3861 Political Attitudes, Political Participation and Voting Behavior in Reunified Germany 2002
- ZA3874 After the Parliamentary Elections 2002: Is Germany taking off?
- ZA3875 After the Parliamentary Election 2002: The Government Programm
- ZA3909 Forsa Bus 2002
- ZA4072 Pre-election survey on the Federal Parliament Election 1998
- ZA4216 German CSES Study for the National Election Study 2002 - Post-Election telephone survey
- ZA4217 German CSES Study for the National Election Study 2002 - ´Drop off´ Survey and Post-Election telephone survey
- ZA4225 German Candidate Study for the Federal Parliament Election 2002 (German Candidate Study 2002)
- ZA4258 Politbarometer East 2005 (Cumulated Data Set, incl. Flash)
- ZA4259 Politbarometer West 2005 (Cumulated Data Set, incl. Flash)
- ZA4301 Political Attitudes, Political Participation and Voting Behavior in Reunified Germany (Panel 1994-2002)
- ZA4332 Federal Parliament Election 2005 - Citizens and Parties in a Changed World
- ZA4343 Forsa-Bus 2005
- ZA4397 Quick Survey on the Federal Parliament Election 2005
- ZA4519 Post-election Surveys on Federal Parliament Election 1949-2005 (Cumulated Variable Selection)
- ZA4559 Post-Election Survey on the National Parliament Election 2005 - German CSES Study (Pilot)
- ZA4662 Political Attitudes, Political Participation and Voting Behavior in Reunified Germany (Panel 1998-2005)
- ZA4991 Federal Parliament Election 2005 Campaign Dynamics - Pre- and Post-Election Study
- ZA4997 Federal Parliament Election 2005 Campaign Dynamics - Television News Analysis
- ZA5049 Forsa-Bus 2009
- ZA5384 Quick Survey on the Federal Parliament Election 2009
- ZA5431 Politbarometer Ost 2009 (Cumulated Data Set, incl. Flash)
- ZA5432 Politbarometer West 2009 (Cumulated Data Set, incl. Flash)
- ZA5448 ARD-DeutschlandTrend 2009
- ZA5677 Politbarometer 2013 (Cumulated Data Set, incl. Flash)
- ZA5915 ARD-DeutschlandTrend 2013
- ZA5927 Forsa-Bus 2013
- ZA5937 Quick Survey on the Federal Parliament Election 2013
- ZA5973 German Bundestag Elections 2013: Twitter Usage by Electoral Candidates
- ZA6920 Opinion Poll Voting Intentions Federal Election 2017
- ZA6926 Social Media Monitoring for the German federal election 2017
- ZA6951 Quick Survey on the Federal Parliament Election 2017
- ZA6970 Federal Election 2013 - Post-election CATI
- ZA6971 Federal Election 2013 - Post-election Online

ZA6951: Quick Survey on the Federal Parliament Election 2017