Forschungsgruppe Wahlen, Mannheim (2026). Politbarometer 1977-2024 (Partielle Kumulation) (ZA2391; Version 17.0.0) [Data set]. GESIS, Köln. https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14611
The Politbarometer has been conducted since 1977 on an almost monthly basis by the Forschungsgruppe Wahlen on behalf of 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-age population in the Federal Republic on current political issues, parties, politicians, and voting behavior. From 1990 to 1995 and from 1999 onward, the Politbarometer surveys were conducted separately both in the newly formed eastern and in the western German 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. Starting in 2003, the Politbarometer short surveys, collected with varying frequency throughout the year, are integrated into the annual cumulation.
This partial accumulation contains 80 selected variables from the 1977 to 2024 annual cumulated data sets that were collected more than once.