| Concept and goal | The Campaign Panel is a seven-wave survey of Internet users entitled to vote. The respondents are interviewed up to seven times at short intervals – six times before the 2017 federal election and once afterwards. Parallel to waves 3, 5 and 7, control cross-sections (1,000 respondents each) were carried out. In addition, the panel respondents were surveyed in interim surveys in 2014 and 2015 as again in the 2017 federal election. Repeat respondents of the election campaign panels for the 2013 and 2017 federal elections
The Campaign Panel allows for an analysis of changes in individuals' political attitudes and political behaviour over the course of an election campaign. |
| Content | Vote intention and voting decision, political involvement, political attitudes, problem perception, evaluation of political actors, political media use, party contacts, coalition preferences, reception TV debate, sociodemography, personality, voting behaviour in state elections |
| Date of collection and number of units | Wave 1: 20.06.13 – 07.07.13 | N = 5,256 |
| Wave 2: 18.07.13 – 28.07.13 | N = 4,517 |
| Wave 3: 01.08.13 – 11.08.13 | N = 4,332 |
| Wave 4: 15.08.13 – 25.08.13 | N = 4,285 |
| Wave 5: 02.09.13 – 12.09.13 | N = 4,205 |
| Wave 6: 16.09.13 – 21.09.13 | N = 4,062 |
| Wave 7: 24.09.13 – 04.10.13 | N = 4,192 |
| Linkage with other GLES studies | Campaign Media Content Analysis 2013, Print Media & TV |
| 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-Panel Respondi |
| Duration of interview | Approx. 20 to 25 minutes per wave |
