Non-voters in the Federal Elections 2017

Presse- und Informationsamt der Bundesregierung, Berlin

doi:10.4232/1.13030

GESIS Data Catalogue - Study ZA6713

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ZA6713: Non-voters in the Federal Elections 2017

Bibliographic Citation

10.4232/1.13030

Presse- und Informationsamt der Bundesregierung, Berlin

Political Attitudes and Behavior

11.7 Elections

11.5 Mass political behaviour, attitudes/opinion

Citation	Presse- und Informationsamt der Bundesregierung, Berlin (2018): Non-voters in the Federal Elections 2017. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA6713 Data file Version 1.0.0, doi:10.4232/1.13030
Study No.	ZA6713
Title	Non-voters in the Federal Elections 2017
Current Version	1.0.0, 2018-6-29, doi:10.4232/1.13030
Date of Collection	11.10.2017 - 17.10.2017
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution	Presse- und Informationsamt der Bundesregierung, Berlin
Categories	Political Attitudes and Behavior
Topics	11.7 Elections 11.5 Mass political behaviour, attitudes/opinion

Content

Abstract

The aim of the study is to learn more about the motives, but also about the structures and preferences of non-voters. A distinction is to be made between permanent and sporadic non-voters. Furthermore, proposals and argumentation patterns that are intended to increase voter turnout are to be tested for their resonance and success potential in the target group. Topics: 1. Socio-economic factors and personal living conditions: life satisfaction; assessment of the general economic situation in the country and the own economic situation; responsibility of the policy of the last Federal Government for the current economic situation in the country and the own economic situation; subjective class affiliation; religiosity; social involvement: memberships (political party, sports or leisure club or group with cultural interests, other group/other club); affiliation with trade unions; statements on the general situation in Germany (Germany is a prosperous country, where most people are doing well, a feeling of social dependency, comprehensive and solidary concern of the welfare state for the weaker, concerns about the reception of many refugees, competitive thinking in society, it is fair in Germany, fear of terrorist attacks, feeling of insecurity in the evening on foot or in public transport, increasingly aggressive tone in the media and on the Internet, social inequality in Germany is now too great). 2. Political attitudes and political behaviour: political interest; frequency of use of selected media for political information; interest in the election campaign for the federal elections; frequency of political activities (e.g. petition supported, participation in a demonstration, etc.).); satisfaction with democracy; democracy as a good form of government; satisfaction with the work of the Federal Government; opinion on the need for reform in Germany; statements on politics in Germany (politics too complicated, too few possibilities for political influence, lack of political ability to solve problems, too little disclosure of political decision-making processes, powerless politics, determining economy, too great expectations of the citizens on politics, politics cares about really important problems, necessity of political compromises for reconciliation of interests); attitudes towards politicians and parties (parties only care about power, party promises are not kept, new parties necessary because old ones do not offer a solution, no party with a convincing offer, popular parties CDU and SPD no longer differ from each other, politicians are presented worse in the media than they actually are, politicians´ language is foreign and incomprehensible, politicians take care of the concerns of ordinary people); opinion on representative democracy; party identification; change voter; reasons for non-election in the last federal elections (open); general motives for non-election; opinion on selected proposals to increase voter turnout (e.g. reduction of the voting age to 16 years, etc.); opinion on a general duty to vote in Germany. Demography: sex; age; household size; education; employment; professional status; federal state; size of community; net household income (grouped). Additionally coded was: ID; eligibility to vote in the 2017 federal elections; type and frequency of voter participation; weighting factor.

Abstract

Geographic Coverage

Universe

Non-voters in the 2017 federal election

Selection Method

Non-probability Sample: Purposive Sample Online screening of non-voters immediately after the Federal elections in the Access Panel, online follow-up survey of the identified target persons

Mode of Data Collection

Self-administered questionnaire: CAWI (Computer Assisted Web Interview)

Data Collector

Kantar Public, Berlin

Date of Collection

11.10.2017 - 17.10.2017

Methodology

Geographic Coverage	Germany (DE)
Universe	Non-voters in the 2017 federal election
Selection Method	Non-probability Sample: Purposive Sample Online screening of non-voters immediately after the Federal elections in the Access Panel, online follow-up survey of the identified target persons
Mode of Data Collection	Self-administered questionnaire: CAWI (Computer Assisted Web Interview)
Data Collector	Kantar Public, Berlin
Date of Collection	11.10.2017 - 17.10.2017

Data & Documents

Dataset

Number of Units: 752

Number of Variables: 97

Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata, CSV

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Datasets

ZA6713_v1-0-0.csv (Dataset) 1 MByte
ZA6713_v1-0-0.dta (Dataset STATA) 161 KBytes
ZA6713_v1-0-0.sav (Dataset SPSS) 160 KBytes

Questionnaires

ZA6713_fb.pdf (Questionnaire) 181 KBytes

Errata & Versions

Errata in current version	none
Version List

Version 1.0.0
(current version)

2018-6-29 first archive edition doi:10.4232/1.13030

Further Remarks

Links	Federal Press Office
Notes	The study was conducted on behalf of the Federal Press Office.

Publications

Publications	Kantar Public: Nichtwähler der Bundestagswahl 2017 : Eine Studie von Kantar Public im Auftrag des Presse- und Informationsamtes der Bundesregierung (BPA). Berlin: Bericht Dezember 2017
Relevant full texts from SSOAR (automatically assigned)

Groups

Surveys commissioned by the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government
The ´Press and Information Office of the Federal Government´ (Presse- und Informationsamt der Bundesregierung) infoms citizens and media about the work of the federal government. Above all the office informs the federal government of the news in Germany and worldwide and explores the public opinion.
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ZA6713: Non-voters in the Federal Elections 2017