Politbarometer 2019 (Cumulated Data Set)
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA7599 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13603
Abstract: The Politbarometer has been conducted since 1977 on an almost monthly basis by the Research Group for Elections (Forschungsgruppe Wahlen) for the Second German Television (ZDF). Since 1990, this database has also been available for the new German states. The survey focuses on the opinions and attitudes of the voting population in the Federal Republic on current political topics, parties, politicians, and voting behavior. From 1990 to 1995 and from 1999 onward, the Politbarometer surveys were conducted separately in the eastern and western federal states (Politbarometer East and Politbarometer ... more Content: The following topics are included in the total data set. In some cases they were asked at any time, but in others only at one or more times.
Main political problems in Germany; intention to participate in the next Bundestag elections and party preference (Sunday question, second vote); conceivable to elect the following parties: CDU/CSU, SPD, AfD, ... more Methodology
Date(s) of Data Collection: 02.01.2019 - 12.12.2019
Date(s) of Data Collection: 02.01.2019 - 10.01.2019, week 2 | 22.01.2019 - 24.01.2019, week 4 | 05.02.2019 - 07.02.2019, week 6 | 19.02.2019 - 21.02.2019, week 8 | 12.03.2019 - 14.03.2019, week 11 | 25.03.2019 - 27.03.2019, week 13 | 09.04.2019 - 11.04.2019, week 15 | 07.05.2019 - 09.05.2019, week 19 | 03.06.2019 - 05.06.2019, week 23 | 17.06.2019 - 19.06.2019, week 25 | 16.0 ... more Geographic coverage: Germany (DE)
Universe: Resident population eligible to vote
Number of Units: 28097
Sampling Procedure: • Probability: Multistage;
Temporal Research Design: Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section Analysis Unit: Individual Mode of Data Collection: • Telephone interview: Computer-assisted (CATI);
Data Collector: Forschungsgruppe Wahlen, Mannheim
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Number of Variables: 323
Bibliographic information
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: - Forschungsgruppe Wahlen, Mannheim
Publication year: 2020
DOI: 10.4232/1.13603
Study number: ZA7599
Contributor, Institution, Role: Langhans, Monika - GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften - DataCurator
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
Versions
Current Version: 1.0.0, 2020-10-01, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13603
Version history: ... more Study group: 
Politbarometer |
show all hits of the groupThe "Politbarometer" surveys are performed since 1977 at about monthly intervals by the Forschungsgruppe Wahlen (Institute for election research) for the ZDF (Second German TV network). Since 1990 it is also available for the newly formed German states.
They are intended to poll the opinions and attitudes of eligible Germans with regard to current ... more 
