ARD Germany trend

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The ARD-Deutschlandtrend (own spelling ARD-DeutschlandTrend ) has been a monthly survey of political opinions since 1997 on behalf of ARD and the daily newspapers of Infratest dimap .

The data are collected in a representative telephone survey of around 1,000 to 1,500 Germans who are randomly selected and eligible to vote . In addition to questions about political trends such as the Sunday question , opinions on current issues are asked. Usually, the numbers of Germany Trends one month in the first Thursday be Tagesthemen of the WDR -Journalistin Ellen Ehni (to 2014 from Jörg Schönenborn presented). The ARD Germany trend is created more frequently before federal elections . In the current, politically important events also ARD Germany trend is especially determined on this issue without the political trends.

The results of (including past) opinions will be published after the presentation in the ARD and the daily newspapers with a detailed assessment and analysis on the Infratest dimap website.

A similar survey is presented by ZDF in the program Politbarometer . In media reports, the German trend and similar surveys are sometimes accused of first establishing the situation, which is then presented as a result: “The Infratest-dimap survey on the political mood in the country is largely a course on how to get a prototypical opinion get out by putting in a prototypical opinion ”.

The ARD Germany trend has been available for scientific research at GESIS - Leibniz Institute for Social Sciences eV since 2008 . In the GESIS data archive, scientists can request an accumulated annual data set for their own analysis.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Leander Steinkopf: Yes! or yes ?: The German trend of the ARD proves one thing month after month: Who asks, gets an answer , in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung March 18, 2012
  2. ^ The Germany trend studies in the database catalog of the Gesis