Politbarometer 2020 (Cumulated Data Set)
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA7753 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13725
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 as a whole. In some cases they were asked at every survey time, but in others only at one or more survey times.
Most important political problems in Germany; intention to vote in the next federal election and party preference (Sunday question, second vote); imagining voting for the following ... more Methodology
Date(s) of Data Collection: 13.01.2020 - 09.12.2020
Date(s) of Data Collection: 13.01.2020 - 15.01.2020, week 3 | 04.02.2020 - 06.02.2020, week 6 | 03.03.2020 - 05.03.2020, week 10 | 23.03.2020 - 26.03.2020, week 13 | 20.04.2020 - 23.04.2020, week 17 | 12.05.2020 - 14.05.2020, week 20 | 26.05.2020 - 28.05.2020, week 22 | 08.06.2020 - 10.06.2020, week 24 | 23.06.2020 - 25.06.2020, week 26 | 07.07.2020 - 09.07.2020, week 28 | 28 ... more Geographic coverage: Germany (DE)
Universe: Resident population eligible to vote
Number of Units: 27195
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: 313
Bibliographic information
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: - Forschungsgruppe Wahlen, Mannheim
Publication year: 2021
DOI: 10.4232/1.13725
Study number: ZA7753
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
Versions
Current Version: 1.0.0, 2021-10-01, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13725
Version history: ... more Study group: 
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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 
