| Concept and goal | The GLES Candidate Campaign Survey is a full survey of all direct and list candidates for the 2009 federal election. The candidate survey can be used to compare the voters’ and candidates’ preferences, and to analyse the impact of local campaigning on voting behaviour. |
| Content | Personal background of respondents, recruitment and selection, political activities during the election campaign, attitudes and policy positions, aggregate characteristics of constituencies and federal states from official statistics |
| Date of collection | 04.11.2009 - 10.05.2010 |
| Linkage with other GLES studies | GLES Cross-Section 2009 |
| Associated studies | Comparative Candidates Survey (CCS) |
| Mode of collection | Postal survey (PAPI) with the option of answering an identical online-questionnaire (CAWI) |
| Target population | Candidates of political parties which were represented in the German Bundestag before the federal election as well as candidates of political parties that are likely to be represented in the next parliament |
| Sampling Procedure | Full survey |
| Number of units | N = 790 |
| Duration of interview | 25 minutes |
