| Concept and goal | As a part of the long-term online tracking, surveys with 500 participants each were conducted on the occasion of state elections between 2009 and 2017.
The Long-term Online Tracking consists of repeated cross-sectional surveys, which have generally been conducted at regular intervals since 2009. The questionnaire contains core questions, module questions and questions on current events. Between 2009 and 2017, researchers were also able to implement their own questions as part of a Call for Questions. The long-term online tracking allows for the analysis of short-term changes. On the occasion of the state elections, additional surveys were conducted between 2009 and 2017. |
| Content | Vote intention and voting decision on state and federal level, political involvement, political attitudes on state and federal level, problem perception on state and federal level, evaluation of political actors, political media use, party contacts on state level, coalition preferences on state level, reception TV debate on state level, sociodemography, personality, events on state level |
| Date of collection | On the occasion of state elections |
| Linkage with other GLES studies | Long-term Media Content Analyse
Long-term Online Tracking for the state elections |
| Associated studies | - |
| Mode of collection | Web-based interviews (CAWI) |
| Target population | German citizens eligible to vote with access to the Internet |
| Sampling Procedure | Quota sampling of the frame population of the Online-Access-Panels (Respondi: 2009-2011, since 2018), LINK (2012-03/2016), forsa AG (2016-2017)) |
| Number of units | N = approx. 500 interviews per state with elections |
| Duration of interview | Approx. 30 minutes per track |
