According to the provisional results of the German Election on February 23, 2025, the CDU Party are expected to win the highest share of the vote in the 2025 German election at 28.5 percent. The AfD Party are currently forecast to receive 20.8 percent of the vote, ahead of the SPD on 16.4 percent and the Green Party on 11.6 percent.

As of October 2025, the political party that 18 to 24 year-old's in Great Britain would be most likely to vote for was the Labour Party, at 30 percent, with Labour also the joint-most popular party among those aged 25 to 49 along with Reform UK. Reform was the most popular party for the 50 to 64 age group, with 32 percent of voters saying they would vote for them. For the oldest age group, Reform was also the most popular, with 31 percent of over 65s intending to vote for them. Reform surge in the polls Since winning the last UK general election in July 2024, the ruling Labour Party have steadily become more unpopular among voters. After winning 33.7 percent of the vote in that election, the party was polling at 24 percent in April 2025, only slightly ahead of Reform UK on 23 percent. A right-wing populist party, Reform benefited from the collapse in support for the center-right Conservative Party in the last election, winning several seats at their expense. While the next UK general election is not due to be held until 2029, the government will be keen to address their collapsing approval ratings, in the face of Reform's rising support. Economic headaches for Labour in 2025 Although Labour inherited a growing economy, with falling inflation, and low unemployment from the Conservatives, the overall economic outlook for the UK is still quite gloomy. The country's government debt is around 100 percent of GDP, and without large tax rises and spending cuts, the government hopes to create a stronger, more resilient economy to reduce the deficit. While this is still a possibility, the UK's economic prospects for 2025 were recently slashed, with growth of one percent forecast, down from an earlier prediction of two percent. Although mainly due to external factors such as the threat of increasing tariffs, and general geopolitical instability, the UK's faltering economy will add further problems to the embattled government.

Germany's political landscape has gone through significant changes in the 2020s. Recent polls indicate a tight race between the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Alternative for Germany (AfD), with both parties winning approximately 27 percent of votes in a potential election. The Social Democratic Party (SPD) trails in third place at around 14 percent support, marking a substantial shift from previous elections. CDU win the 2025 election The CDU secured 208 seats in the 2025 Federal Election, making it the largest party but falling short of a majority. The AfD finished in second, at 152 seats, creating a complex political landscape. Despite the AfD's significant gains, the CDU ruled out a coalition with the party, turning to the SPD, who won 120 seats, to form a government. The election's outcome reflected growing concerns among voters, in particular regarding the economy and immigration/integration, which have recently emerged as the top issues for voters in Germany. AfD dominant in Eastern Germany The AfD won the highest share of the vote in the five federal states that were formally part of East Germany, with their highest share of the vote being in Saxony. The CDU had the highest vote share in eight states, with the SPD winning in Hamburg and Bremen, and Die Linke in Berlin. In addition, younger voters generally turned their backs on Germany's traditional parties, with only a quarter of 18 to 24-year-olds voting either SPD or CDU. Die Linke were the most popular party among this age group, while AfD won the higher support among the 35 to 44 age group.

Political attitudes and behaviors with regard to demographic change.

Topics: Assessment of the national economic situation (retrospective, current, prospective); concern regarding demographic change; anticipated problems caused by an aging society; perceived age limit of older and younger people; knowledge test: Proportion of the country´s population over 65; perception of commonalities in own age group; perceived frequency of media reports on generational conflicts; political interest; assessment of one´s own economic situation (retrospective, current, prospective); voter turnout (Sunday question); party preference (voters and non-voters); perceptions of social conflicts between selected social groups (people with and without children, politically left and right, young and old, poor and rich, employed and retired, Germans and foreigners, East Germans and West Germans); most important political goals (post-materialism, Inglehart indicators); opinion on selected statements about old and young (frequent abuse of social benefits in Germany, assessment of representation of younger people´s interests in politics, assessment of representation of older people in political positions, older people should organize their own party, older people should support younger people and younger people should support older people); perceived strength of general intergenerational support; financial support of a family member of another generation resp. frequency of self-received financial support (intergenerational transfers); frequency of support from a person in everyday life who belongs to another generation or frequency of self-received support; satisfaction with democracy; political trust (Bundestag, politicians, Federal Constitutional Court, federal government, media); opinion on selected statements about young and old (importance of contact with significantly younger persons, evaluation of the representation of the interests of older persons in politics, older persons live at the expense of the following generations, older persons have built up what the younger persons live on today, importance of contact with significantly older persons, evaluation of the representation of younger persons in political positions; political efficacy; electoral norm (voter turnout as a civic duty); sympathy scalometer of political parties (CDU/CSU, SPD, FDP, Greens, Die Linke); satisfaction with selected policy areas (reduction of unemployment, health, education, financial security for the elderly, family, care in old age); preferred level of government spending in the aforementioned areas; preferred government responsibility in the aforementioned areas; most competent party to solve the problems in the aforementioned areas (problem-solving competence); salience of the aforementioned policy areas; self-ranking on a left-right continuum; assessment of the representation of older people´s interests by political parties (CDU/CSU, SPD, FDP, Greens, Die Linke); assessment of the representation of younger people´s interests by political parties (CDU/CSU, SPD, FDP, Greens, Die Linke); recall Bundestag elections 2013 (voter turnout, voting decision); expected occurrence of various future scenarios (conflicts between older and younger people, refusal of younger people to pay for the pensions of older people, older people more likely to assert their political interests than younger people, increasing old-age poverty, refusal of younger people to pay for the medical care of older people, Germany will no longer be able to afford current pension levels, Elderly will no longer receive all available medical benefits); reliance most likely on state, family or self for own retirement; knowledge test: Year of phased introduction of retirement at 67; civic engagement; hours per week of volunteering; perception of social justice; general life satisfaction; party affiliation and strength of party identification; concerns regarding own retirement security (financial/medical) or feared unemployment; religious affiliation; religiosity; salience of selected life domains (family and friends, health, leisure, politics, income, education, work, and occupation); self-assessment of class affiliation; residence description.

Demography: age (grouped) and year of birth; sex; household size; number of persons under 18 in household; household composition (one, two, or three generations); number of children and grandchildren; regrets about own childlessness; partnership; living with...

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 West). The separate monthly surveys of a year are integrated into a cumulative data set that includes all surveys of a year and all variables of the respective year. The Politbarometer short surveys, collected with varying frequency throughout the year, are integrated into the annual cumulation starting from 2003.

Security came out on top among the issues of greatest concern to the French in the 2021 regional elections, even though this issue is not within regional jurisdiction. By contrast, when considering the issues prioritized by left-wing and green party voters, the environment topped the list, with 48 percent of voters choosing it. The second theme that they considered most important was education, training and learning.

Financial overview and grant giving statistics of League of Women Voters of Greater Green Bay Inc.

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 West). The separate monthly surveys of a year are integrated into a cumulative data set that includes all surveys of a year and all variables of the respective year. The Politbarometer short surveys, collected with varying frequency throughout the year, are integrated into the annual cumulation starting from 2003.
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, first vote, second vote); could imagine voting for the following parties: SPD, CDU/CSU, Greens, FDP, AfD, and Die Linke; interest in the federal election; voting behavior in the last federal election in 2021; coalition preference; assessment of a coalition of SPD and Greens led by the SPD, a coalition of SPD, Greens and FDP led by the SPD, a coalition of SPD and CDU/CSU led by the SPD, a coalition of CDU/CSU and SPD led by the CDU/CSU, a coalition of CDU/CSU and Greens led by the CDU/CSU, and on a coalition of CDU/CSU, Greens and FDP led by the CDU/CSU; Sympathy scalometer for the SPD, CDU, CSU, Greens, FDP, AfD and Die Linke parties; satisfaction scalometer for the federal government consisting of the SPD, Greens and FDP and for the respective governing parties; ranking of the parties most liked; most important politicians in Germany; Sympathy scalometer for selected top politicians (Annalena Baerbock, Robert Habeck, Hubertus Heil, Lars Klingbeil, Winfried Kretschmann, Christine Lamprecht, Karl Lauterbach, Christian Lindner, Angela Merkel, Friedrich Merz, Cem Özdemir, Olaf Scholz, Markus Söder, Jens Spahn, Sarah Wagenknecht, Alice Weidel and Frank-Walter Steinmeier); satisfaction with democracy; interest in politics; assessment of current economic situation in the country; most competent party to solve economic problems in the country; assessment of current personal economic situation and expected economic situation in the coming year; expected upward trend in Germany (economic expectations); most competent party to create jobs and in the areas of corona policy, social policy, social justice, securing pensions and energy policy; right-wing extremism in Germany as a danger to democracy; more likely advantages or more likely disadvantages for the German population as a result of EU membership; assessment of cohesion in the EU after the election in Italy; suspected frequency of bribery in the European Parliament; assessment of Olaf Scholz´s work as Chancellor; assessment of Olaf Scholz´s work in the Ukraine crisis or in uncertain times; assessment of the work of Robert Habeck and Annalena Baerbock in the Ukraine crisis; assessment of the work of Robert Habeck as Minister of Economics and of Christian Lindner as Minister of Finance; assessment of the relationship between the governing parties; blame for the relationship between the governing parties; does Chancellor Olaf Scholz show leadership; assessment of the work of Frank-Walter Steinmeiner as Federal President; support for a further term of office for Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier; assessment of the work of the federal government of SPD, Greens and FDP; assessment of the respective assertiveness of the SPD, Greens and FDP in the traffic light government; assessment of the respective work of the SPD, Greens and FDP in the government; expectation for the continuation of the traffic light coalition until the next Bundestag election in 2025; expectation of a better government with the participation of the CDU/CSU; Germany can cope with more refugees from crisis areas; Germany can cope with many war refugees from Ukraine; opinion on the simplified admission procedure for refugees from Ukraine; reunification was right vs. not right; preponderance of differences or similarities between eastern and western Germany; assessment of social justice in Germany; is Friedrich Merz as party chairman leading the CDU successfully into the future; assessment of Friedrich Merz´s work as CDU party chairman; is Christian Lindner as party chairman leading the FDP successfully into the future; expected impact of the state election in NRW on federal policy; feeling threatened by crime; personal problem with rising energy prices; expectation of further rising prices;...

Evaluation of parties and politicians. Attitudes towards political issues. Topics: Most important political issues in Germany; intention to vote in the Federal Parliament Election; intended type of voting (polling station or postal vote); party preference in the Federal Parliament Election; party preference (first and second vote); timing and certainty of one´s own voting decision; voting for selected parties is conceivable; interest in the Federal Parliament Election; voting behaviour in the last Federal Parliament Election; coalition preference; Split A: Attitude towards a coalition of CDU/CSU and FDP, of SPD and Greens, of SPD, Greens and Left, of CDU/CSU and SPD and of CDU/CSU and Greens (end of split A); government preference (government of CDU/CSU and SPD, of SPD, Greens and Left or of SPD, Greens and Left (split B: Government of CDU/CSU and Greens); sympathy scalometer for selected parties; satisfaction with the performance of the federal government of CDU/CSU and FDP, the respective performance of CDU/CSU and FDP in government, the performance of SPD, Greens and Left in opposition (scalometer); Sympathy scalometer for selected top politicians (Rainer Brüderle, Gregor Gysi, Angela Merkel, Horst Seehofer, Peer Steinbrück and Jürgen Trittin); parties liked best (ranking); interest in politics (Split B); chancellor preference for Angela Merkel or Peer Steinbrück; politician profile and competencies: Split A: comparison of the two candidates for chancellor in terms of credibility, likeability, their competence in tackling the euro crisis and social justice (end of Split A), Split B: in the area of job creation, expertise, assertiveness as well as for solving future problems in Germany, end of split B); assessment of own economic situation, Germany´s economic situation in general as well as in comparison to Western European neighbours; expected own future economic situation; economic expectations for Germany; most competent party for solving economic problems in the country, in the area of job creation and social justice, split B: in the euro crisis, in the areas of tax policy, pension security, family policy, energy policy and for solving future problems of Germany; opinion on Germany´s future viability (end of split B); assessment of the work of Chancellor Angela Merkel; expectation of Steinbrück to be a better chancellor; split B: importance of selected issues for one´s voting decision in the Federal Parliament Election (social justice, euro crisis, job creation, taxes, end of split B); importance of one´s financial situation in the voting decision (split A); split B: Perception of more social justice in Germany since 2009; expectation of more social justice in a federal government consisting of SPD and Greens; greater importance of party programme or top candidate Angela Merkel for good performance of CDU/CSU (end of split B); more advantages or disadvantages for Germany from the euro; split A: Opinion on the SPD demand for an increase in the top tax rate for high incomes and the introduction of a statutory minimum wage; opinion on retirement at 67 in view of demographic change; demand for greater efforts by the state to create affordable rental housing (end of split A); opinion on the speed of the energy turnaround in the country; assessment of the work of the federal government; expected winner of the federal election; expected continuation of a government of CDU/CSU and FDP; expected coalition efforts of the SPD with the Greens and the party Die Linke; personally more important after the federal election: Government parties or person of the Federal Chancellor; expected change in the Federal Parliament Election result of the SPD with a candidate other than Peer Steinbrück; political content or dissatisfaction with other parties as a presumed reason for voters of the parties Alternative for Germany and Pirate Party; self-ranking on a left-right continuum. Demography: age (classified); marital status; living with a partner; children; children in the household under 13 and age of these children; school education; completed university degree; completed vocational training; occupation; assessment of own job security; occupational status; household size; number of persons in the household aged 18 and over; union member in the household; religious denomination; churchgoing frequency; party affiliation; party identification; number of telephone numbers in the household; sex; federal state in which the respondent is eligible to vote; city size. Additionally coded were: Questionnaire number; West/East; whether the district of residence belongs to West Berlin or East Berlin; weighting factor. Various questions were only asked of half of the respondents. A bifurcated questionnaire was used.

Political attitudes and political participation in united Germany. Cumulated data set from the data sets of the four largely identical cross-section surveys at two different survey times (before and after the election). Topics: The questions listed below were posed either in the pre-election or post-election investigation: judgement on current general and personal economic situation as well as economic situation in the previous year; expected economic situation; knowledge about the importance of first vote and second vote; satisfaction with democracy; interest in politics; intent to vote and certainty of one's voting decision; manner of voting, absentee ballot, voting booth or not voting; the same voting decision after knowledge about the result of the election; party preference (Sunday question, first vote and second vote); selections with first and second vote; time of voting decision; most important reasons for one's own voting decision; voting intent and reasons for not voting; estimated certainty that selected smaller parties would take seats in Federal Parliament (FDP, Alliance 90/the Greens, PDS, Republicans); expected election winner (party) in the Federal Parliament election; evaluation of democracy as conception of a state; most important reasons for dissatisfaction with the parties; coalition preference; satisfaction with result of Federal Parliament election; intensity of following the election campaign; extent of active information conduct during the election campaign phase; party dissatisfaction: judgement on parties and politicians and their work as well as their relationship with the citizens (scale); most important problems of the country; issue relevance and issue ability of the parties; efficacy: possibilities of citizens to influence parties and government (scale); assessment of the position of the most important parties on the topics nuclear energy, influx of foreigners, European unification; personal position on these topics and importance of problem solution; place of residence before the turning point; comparative judgement (before and after the turning point, separate in East and West) on personal standard of living, equity of income distribution, social security, solidarity of the people among each other and protection for the citizens from crime; knowledge about the exact number of states in the Federal Republic; sympathy scale for the CDU, CSU, SPD, FDP, Alliance 90/the Greens, the Republicans, the PDS and the Schill Party; postmaterialism (Inglehart index); psychological self-characterization; trust in institutions: trust in the Federal Parliament, the Federal Constitutional Court, the Federal Government, representatives in Federal Parliament, judiciary, police, government, churches, parties, Federal German Armed Forces, trade unions, environmental protection groups and business associations as well as employer's federations; preference for chancellor; sympathy scale for the candidates for chancellor Stoiber and Schroeder; assessment of the characteristics of the two candidates for chancellor regarding sympathy, trustworthiness, energy and their concepts to get the economy going; political participation (scale); self-classification on a left-right continuum; feeling of being represented in selected associations, institutions and parties; social moral orientations (scale); satisfaction with Federal Government; geographic ties: closeness to the municipality, region, the part of the state, Germany as a whole, the EU and Europe as well as with the former FRG or GDR before 1989; classification of the parties on a left-right continuum; media usage: reading local, regional and national daily newspapers; use of political broadcasts; type (occupational, private), frequency and length of Internet use as well as frequency of use of political information and actions on the Internet; attitude to electronic voting on the Internet; viewing both television debates between the candidates for chancellor Schroeder and Stoiber and assessment of the performance of the candidates; assessment of the equity of the social system in the Federal Republic; assessment of personal disadvantage as member of a specific population group in society; behavior at the polls in the last Federal Parliament election; extremism scale: national pride, desire for nationalization of private businesses, public good before association interests, dictatorship as the better type of state, good sides to National Socialism, Hitler and extermination of Jews, foreign infiltration of the Federal Republic, GDR with more positive sides, marriages between partners of differing nationality, too much influence of Jews, socialism as a good idea, Jews as different and understanding for attacks on homes for applicants for political asylum.

This statistic illustrates the support for the Green New Deal among registered voters in the United States as of **********, broken down by political view. Around ** percent of moderate/conservative Democrat respondents either strongly or somewhat supported the Green New Deal.

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Evaluation of parties and politicians. Attitudes towards political issues.

Topics: Most important political issues in Germany; intention to vote in the Federal Parliament Election; intended type of voting (polling station or postal vote); party preference in the Federal Parliament Election; party preference (first and second vote); timing and certainty of one´s own voting decision; voting for selected parties is conceivable; interest in the Federal Parliament Election; voting behaviour in the last Federal Parliament Election; coalition preference; Split A: Attitude towards a coalition of CDU/CSU and FDP, of SPD and Greens, of SPD, Greens and Left, of CDU/CSU and SPD and of CDU/CSU and Greens (end of split A); government preference (government of CDU/CSU and SPD, of SPD, Greens and Left or of SPD, Greens and Left (split B: Government of CDU/CSU and Greens); sympathy scalometer for selected parties; satisfaction with the performance of the federal government of CDU/CSU and FDP, the respective performance of CDU/CSU and FDP in government, the performance of SPD, Greens and Left in opposition (scalometer); Sympathy scalometer for selected top politicians (Rainer Brüderle, Gregor Gysi, Angela Merkel, Horst Seehofer, Peer Steinbrück and Jürgen Trittin); parties liked best (ranking); interest in politics (Split B); chancellor preference for Angela Merkel or Peer Steinbrück; politician profile and competencies: Split A: comparison of the two candidates for chancellor in terms of credibility, likeability, their competence in tackling the euro crisis and social justice (end of Split A), Split B: in the area of job creation, expertise, assertiveness as well as for solving future problems in Germany, end of split B); assessment of own economic situation, Germany´s economic situation in general as well as in comparison to Western European neighbours; expected own future economic situation; economic expectations for Germany; most competent party for solving economic problems in the country, in the area of job creation and social justice, split B: in the euro crisis, in the areas of tax policy, pension security, family policy, energy policy and for solving future problems of Germany; opinion on Germany´s future viability (end of split B); assessment of the work of Chancellor Angela Merkel; expectation of Steinbrück to be a better chancellor; split B: importance of selected issues for one´s voting decision in the Federal Parliament Election (social justice, euro crisis, job creation, taxes, end of split B); importance of one´s financial situation in the voting decision (split A); split B: Perception of more social justice in Germany since 2009; expectation of more social justice in a federal government consisting of SPD and Greens; greater importance of party programme or top candidate Angela Merkel for good performance of CDU/CSU (end of split B); more advantages or disadvantages for Germany from the euro; split A: Opinion on the SPD demand for an increase in the top tax rate for high incomes and the introduction of a statutory minimum wage; opinion on retirement at 67 in view of demographic change; demand for greater efforts by the state to create affordable rental housing (end of split A); opinion on the speed of the energy turnaround in the country; assessment of the work of the federal government; expected winner of the federal election; expected continuation of a government of CDU/CSU and FDP; expected coalition efforts of the SPD with the Greens and the party Die Linke; personally more important after the federal election: Government parties or person of the Federal Chancellor; expected change in the Federal Parliament Election result of the SPD with a candidate other than Peer Steinbrück; political content or dissatisfaction with other parties as a presumed reason for voters of the parties Alternative for Germany and Pirate Party; self-ranking on a left-right continuum.

Demography: age (classified); marital status; living with a partner; children; children in the household under 13 and age of these children; school education; completed university degree; completed vocational training; occupation; assessment of own job security; occupational status; household size; number of persons in the household aged 18 and over; union member in the household; religious denomination; churchgoing frequency; party affiliation; party identification; number of telephone numbers in the household; sex; federal state in which the respondent is...

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 West). The separate monthly surveys of a year are integrated into a cumulative data set that includes all surveys of a year and all variables of the respective year. The Politbarometer short surveys, collected with varying frequency throughout the year, are integrated into the annual cumulation starting from 2003.

In November 2025, approximately 19 percent of people in the UK would vote for the governing Labour Party in a potential general election, behind Reform UK on 27 percent, with the Conservatives, and the Green Party in joint-third on 16 percent. Since returning to power, support for the Labour Party has fallen considerably, with the government's sinking approval rating approaching the unpopularity of the previous government. Labour's return to power in 2024 On May 22, 2024, Rishi Sunak announced his decision to hold the 2024 general election on July 4. Sunak's surprise announcement came shortly after some positive economic figures were released in the UK, and he may have hoped this would boost his poor job ratings and perhaps also his government's low approval ratings. This was a long-shot, however, and as predicted in the polls, Labour won the 2024 general election by a landslide, winning 412 out of 650 seats. The sting in the tale for the Labour Party was that despite this large majority, they won a relatively low share of the votes and almost immediately saw their popularity fall in the second half of 2024. Sunak's five pledges in 2023 After a tough 2022, in which Britain suffered through its worst cost of living crisis in a generation, the economy was consistently identified as the main issue facing the country, just ahead of healthcare. To respond to these concerns, Rishi Sunak started 2023 with five pledges; halve inflation, grow the economy, reduce national debt, cut NHS waiting times, and stop small boats. By the end of that year, just one pledge can be said to have been fully realized, with CPI inflation falling from 10.1 percent at the start of 2023 to 4 percent by the end of it. There is some ambiguity regarding the success of some of the other pledges. The economy shrank in the last two quarters of 2023 but started to grow again in early 2024. National debt increased slightly, while small boat arrivals declined compared to 2022, but were still higher than in most other years. The pledge to cut NHS waiting times was not fulfilled either, with the number of people awaiting treatment rising in 2023.

First preference votes from the 2016 Territory election by Legislative Assembly division. Formal and informal vote statistics for each division are also listed. Political parties are listed by acronym in the file header as follows: 1TP – 1 Territory Party, ALP – Australian Labor Party, CEC – Citizens Electoral Council, CLP – Country Liberal Party, GRN – The Greens, SFP – Shooters and Fishers Party

The 2013 Australian Candidate Study (au.edu.anu.ada.ddi.01273) is the tenth in a series of election studies on federal election candidates. In 2013, candidates from the following parties were surveyed - Australian Labor Party, Liberal Party of Australia, National Party of Australia, Liberal National Party (Queensland) and Australian Greens. The study examined the prominent election issues, including attitudes to particular economic issues, social issues and opinions on the most critical problems facing Australia. Background variables include age, country of birth, age when left school, number of years of tertiary study, religion, frequency of attending religious services, marital status, House contested and party affiliated with. Note: A selection of demographic, party affliation and political background variables have been grouped to ensure confidentiality of the candidates. Others are restricted and are available by request only. Please contact the Australian Data Archive at ada@ada.edu.au for further details.

The 2010 General Election represented the first opportunity for Northern Ireland's (NI) voters to express their political preferences in a non-European election since the formation of a power-sharing devolved government in 2007, headed by the Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Fein. The Northern Ireland General Election Attitudes Survey, 2010 examines the NI electorate's views of the 2010 election and explores different possible scenarios, such as:

• thawing of the sectarian divide between Protestant-British Unionists and Catholic-Irish nationalists
• movement away from the main ethnic blocs by voters who may support cross-community parties such as Alliance or the Greens
• the utility of the joint 'Ulster Unionist-Conservative Party' label of Unionism's second largest party
• the impact of Sinn Fein's new political approach, with the party supporting the Police Service of Northern Ireland since 2007

The survey provides vital evidence on the demographics of party support, the perceptions of parties and the views of the performance of the Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive. The survey also tests the electorate’s perception of the threat posed by 'dissident' republicans.

Further information can be found on the 2010 Northern Ireland General Election ESRC award web page.

Users are advised that the UK Data Archive holds the British Election Study series (available under GN 33066) which explores electoral behaviour in Great Britain.

In a survey of U.S. adults conducted in March 2025, ***** percent of respondents held a very favorable opinion of Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. On the other hand, ***percent of respondents had a very unfavorable opinion of the Congresswoman.Congresswoman Greene is the U.S. representative for Georgia's **** congressional district. She is a member of the Republican Party, and has served her district since 2021.

Judgement on parties and politicians. Political attitudes.

Topics: Judgement on the general and one´s own economic situation; attitude to the free market economy; preference for more individual initiative or government influence; importance of selected government tasks and political goals; judgement on the safety of nuclear power plants; comparison of the economic situation as well as the school situation in the state with the other states; security of the citizen from crimes; satisfaction with the state government (scale); attitude to the one-party government of the CDU at state level and a two-party system; preference for prime minister; party preference at federal and state level (Sunday question); most important criteria for the voting decision; knowledge about the date of the state parliament election; interest in the CSU or the Greens as fourth party; assessment of the election chances of the Greens, measured on the 5%-hurdle; party one cannot vote for; sympathy scale for the regional top politicians as well as the CDU, CSU, SPD and FDP; assumption of a current CDU majority in the population; coalition preference after the next state parliament election; judgement on Filbinger´s resignation; attitude to thriftiness; preferred position of women in society (scale); interest in local reporting in the media; judgement on the job of the members of parliament; fair distribution of economic profits in the Federal Republic; assessment of discrimination against women in employment and attitude to a law against this discrimination; most able party against discrimination against women; familiarity and assessment of the importance of elections for the European Parliament in comparison with the Federal Parliament election; most important fundamental values of democracy; assessment of the influence of selected special interest groups on German politics; self-assessment and assessment of the parties as liberal, conservative or socialist; self-assessment on a left-right continuum; attitude to radicals in the civil service (scale) and screening loyalty to the constitution before hiring in the civil service; one´s own children in school and form of school currently attended; satisfaction with the school or changes desired; satisfaction with the government coalition in Bonn and preferred coalitions; most sympathetic politicians at state and federal level; judgement on youth unemployment as problem and personal impact; self-assessment of social class; party inclination and party identification; judgement on the terrorism laws and assessment of the jeopardy to the nation as well as the citizens from terrorism (scale); religiousness; behavior at the polls in the last Federal Parliament and state parliament election; political interest; date of birth; behavior at the polls 20 years ago in the Federal Parliament election with Adenauer and the state parliament election with Kurt-Georg Kiesinger as prime minister in Baden-Wuerttemberg; memberships.

Demography: sex; date of birth; marital status; religious denomination; frequency of attending church; school education; occupational training; occupation; occupational position; employment; type of company; company size; income; income of spouse; household composition; social origins; type of income; employment of spouse; occupational position of spouse; occupation of spouse; school education of spouse.

Interviewer rating: type of building; type of city; residence and business building; presence of other persons during interview and their degree of relationship to respondent; intervention of other persons in interview; willingness of respondent to cooperate; reliability of responses; length of interview.

Also encoded was: sex of interviewer; age of interviewer and whether the interviewer had to explain the term ´second vote´ to the respondent.