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The study on the state election in Schleswig-Holstein 2022 was conducted by the Forschungsgruppe Wahlen. In the survey period 02.05.2022 to 06.05.2022, 1173 eligible voters in Schleswig-Holstein were interviewed by telephone (CATI) on the following topics: assessment of parties and politicians on the state election and political issues. The respondents were selected by a multi-stage random sample.Eligibility to vote in the state election in Schleswig-Holstein; most important political issues in Schleswig-Holstein; intention to vote in the state election; intended type of vote (polling station or absentee ballot); party preference (first and second vote); certainty of one´s own voting decision; Importance of federal politics for one´s own voting decision at the state level; interest in the state election; voting behavior in the last state election; coalition preference; attitude toward a government of CDU and Greens, of CDU and FDP, of CDU, Greens and FDP, split A: from SPD, Greens and FDP, from CDU and SPD (end of split A), split B: to a government from CDU, FDP and SSW and from SPD, Greens and SSW (end of split B); sympathy scalometer for selected parties at federal and state level; satisfaction with the state government consisting of the CDU, Greens and FDP, the individual parties CDU, Greens and FDP in the state government, the parties SPD, AfD and SSW in opposition in the state parliament, and the federal government consisting of the SPD, Greens and FDP (scalometer); knowledge of the top candidates of the CDU, the SPD and the Greens for the office of Minister President; likability scalometer for selected top politicians (Daniel Günther, Robert Habeck, Monika Heinold, Thomas Losse-Müller, Friedrich Merz and Olaf Scholz); party liked best and second best; policy interest; preference for Daniel Günther or Thomas Losse-Müller as prime minister; comparison of the credibility, likeability and expertise of the top candidates Daniel Günther, Thomas Losse-Müller and...