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German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES)
@gles.bsky.social
High-quality data for election research | Conducted in cooperation between the German Society for Electoral Studies (DGfW) and GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences (@gesis.org)
www.gesis.org/en/gles
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The GLES is gearing up for the 2025 early federal election! 🎉 The design includes pre- & post-election surveys, cross-sections & panels, and more to provide in-depth insights into voter and candidate behavior & attitudes. Stay tuned, more to come!📣
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It has been an eventful year for the GLES team, marked by the early federal elections in February. Before we take our Christmas break, we would like to wish all our colleagues, cooperation partners, data users, and people who follow our work a happy holiday season and a good start to the new year.
December 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
🚨 New data release: GLES Panel 2025, Wave 32 (ZA10121)
💻📱 CAWI 👥 13,500 panelists 📅 2025-05-07 - 2025-05-20
🗳️ Covers political attitudes, party & candidate evaluations, coalition formation, foreign policy, populism and conspiracy thinking.
📥 dx.doi.org/10.4232/5.ZA...
December 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
🚨 New data release: GLES Panel 2025, Wave 31 (ZA10120)
💻📱 CAWI 👥 14,205 panelists 📅 2025-02-26 - 2025-03-11
🗳️ Covers political attitudes, party & candidate evaluations, actual voting behavior, party contacts, Wahl-O-Mat use, and populism items.
📥 dx.doi.org/10.4232/5.ZA...
December 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
🚨 New data release: GLES Panel 2025, Wave 30 (ZA10119)
💻📱 CAWI 👥 14,363 panelists 📅 2025-02-12 - 2025-02-22
🗳️ Covers political attitudes, party & candidate evaluations, intended voting behavior, party contacts, Wahl-O-Mat use, and the TV debate.
📥 dx.doi.org/10.4232/5.ZA...
December 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
GLES data in the news: "Die Zeit" created a tool to compare your own attitudes on various issues to the attitudes of the GLES Cross-Section 2025 respondents:
www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
Politische Einordnung : Gehören Sie zur politischen Mitte?
Migration, Klima, Wirtschaft: Testen Sie, wo Sie politisch stehen, und was die Deutschen insgesamt denken. Aber Achtung: Nicht immer ist die Mitte der beste Ort.
www.zeit.de
November 19, 2025 at 8:32 AM
📢 The Fall Wave (Wave 33) of the GLES Panel is now in the field!
From November 4 to November 17, we are conducting up to 13,000 interviews on a wide range of political topics 🗳️📊
Download the questionnaire (DE/EN) here: 👉 www.gesis.org/en/gles/over...
November 7, 2025 at 9:07 AM
🚨New GLES release for #BTW25: GLES Candidate Study 2025 (ZA10102)
📅24/03–09/06/2025
👥512 interviews
🗳️Political background & nomination, campaigning, political issues, democracy & representation, sociodemographic background
🌍Includes CCS Module IV (@ccs-project.bsky.social)
📥 doi.org/10.4232/5.ZA...
October 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
🚨 New data release: GLES Panel 2025, Wave 29 (ZA10118)
💻📱 CAWI 👥 14,328 panelists 📅 2025-01-16 - 2025-01-30
🗳️ Covers political attitudes, party & candidate evaluations, voting behavior, media use & personal values
📥 dx.doi.org/10.4232/5.ZA...
October 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM
📢 GLES Tracking T62 data collection has started today! T62 includes questions from the Call for Question regarding digitalization, gender sensitive language, extremism, local politics, and geographical ties. Download questionnaire (DE): 👉 www.gesis.org/gles/ueberbl...
October 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
🚨 New data release: GLES Panel 2024, Wave 28 (ZA10117)
💻📱 CAWI 👥 14,229 panelists 📅 2024-12-11 - 2024-12-22
🗳️ Covers political attitudes, party & candidate evaluations, voting behavior, media use & personal values
📥 dx.doi.org/10.4232/5.ZA...
October 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
🚨A new dataset version of the GLES Cross-Section 2025 (ZA10100, Version 2.0.0) is available!
Corrections of design weights w_ow, q37 (voting decision)
➕ Including English versions of the dataset, adjustment weights
📥 doi.org/10.4232/5.ZA...
September 15, 2025 at 9:18 AM
🆕 Fully revised GLES Panel questionnaire cumulation covering all waves!
This systematic overview of the question program helps researchers to plan and preregister their analyses.
📄 access.gesis.org/dbk/79344
The document's creation from the wave questionnaires is fully reproducible.
🧪 osf.io/hsgpv/
August 7, 2025 at 11:42 AM
🚨A new dataset version of the GLES Rolling Cross-Section 2025 (ZA10101, Version 2.0.0) is available!
➕ Including English versions of the dataset and study documentation, adjustment weights, speeder flag, open answers to media questions
📥 doi.org/10.4232/5.ZA...
August 7, 2025 at 8:03 AM
The GLES team at @gesis.org is searching for a doctoral candidate to work with us and do research on elections and political attitudes. If this sounds interesting to you, check out the full job announcement here 👇
www.gesis.org/en/institute...
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August 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
🚨 New data release: GLES Panel 2024, Profile Wave A5 (ZA7961)
💻📱 CAWI 👥 9,934 new panelists 📅 23/10–19/11/2025
🗳️ Covers sociodemographics, values, personality, political and social attitudes, voting behavior, political knowledge, and media use
📥 dx.doi.org/10.4232/1.14...
July 31, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🚨 New data release: GLES Tracking May 2025, T61 (ZA10106)
💻📱 CAWI cross-section
👥 1,106 interviews
📅 14/05–23/05/2025
🗳️ Questions on satisfaction with one's own voting decision and the results of the 2025 federal election
📥 doi.org/10.4232/5.ZA...
July 14, 2025 at 7:18 AM
🚨 Next GLES data release for #BTW25: GLES Cross-Section 2025 (ZA10100)
💻📝 CAWI/PAPI
👥Sample = 7,337
📅 Fieldwork: 24/02/25 - 23/04/25
🌍CSES Module 6 included
📥 doi.org/10.4232/5.ZA10100.1.0.0
June 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
🚨 New GLES release for #BTW25: GLES Rolling Cross-Section 2025 (ZA10101)
💻📱 CAWI | 👥 daily samples, total n = 8,562
📅 Fieldwork: 06/01/25 – 31/03/25
🔄 Pre- and post-election waves in RCS design plus supplementary wave
📥 doi.org/10.4232/5.ZA...
June 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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#Pride #InclusiveScience
GESIS supports diversity, democracy, and an open society. Together with proud@GESIS, our LGBTQIA+ employee network, we promote inclusion, visibility, and a discrimination-free workplace. Stand up for equality and celebrate your diverse identities!

www.gesis.org/pride-...
June 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
📢 Call for Questions for the #GLES
The DGfW and @gesis.org are conducting a Call for Questions for ‪#GLES Tracking T62 in October 2025
🗓️ Deadline for submissions: 23.07.2025
🕒 Interview time available: ~5 minutes
🚀 Fieldstart: 22.10.2025
ℹ️ More information: www.gesis.org/en/gles/data...
May 21, 2025 at 11:47 AM
📢 GLES Tracking T61 data collection has started today!
T61 includes questions about the satisfaction with the electoral decision & electoral outcome of the 2025 German federal election.
Download questionnaire (DE): 👉 www.gesis.org/en/gles/2025-federal-election
#BTW2025 #GLES
GESIS GLES – 2025 Bundestag Election: Data and Analysis
Learn about the GESIS GLES data for the 2025 Bundestag election. Gain insights into voter behavior, political trends, and voter turnout.
www.gesis.org
May 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
📢 The post-election wave (Wave 32) of the GLES Panel is in the field! From May 7–20, we’re collecting up to 14,000 interviews on the 2025 German federal election 🗳️📊 – including questions on coalition negotiations.
Download questionnaire (DE): 👉 www.gesis.org/en/gles/2025...
#BTW2025 #GLES
May 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
🚨 New GLES data release for #BTW25:
GLES Tracking March 2025 – repeatedly questioned respondents T60W (ZA10132)
💻📱 CAWI survey
👥 n = 977 interviews
📅 Fieldwork: 05–21 March 2025
🗳️ Post-election follow-up survey of a subset of the T60 (ZA10105) respondents.

📥 Access the data: doi.org/10.4232/5.ZA...
May 12, 2025 at 9:48 AM
New research using GLES data by
@felixgruenewald.bsky.social 👇
Very happy and proud to see @felixgruenewald.bsky.social 's paper "‘Seen one, seen ‘em all’: political outgroup homogeneity and negative affect" in print @wepsocial.bsky.social. One of the first outputs of our @dfg.de funded project on polarization. Check it out, it's #openaccess
April 30, 2025 at 2:16 PM
📢 Fieldwork for the GLES Candidate Study 2025 has started!
👥 All candidates of the parties represented in the Bundestag before #BTW2025 are invited
📅 24/03–09/06/2025
💻📝 Mixed mode: CAWI & PAPI
🌍 Collection of CCS Module IV
👉 More information & questionnaire (DE): www.gesis.org/en/gles/2025...
March 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM