Exposure to mass-media / political interest / opinion leadership / sense of political efficacy ( local level ) / information on persons in local political bodies / need for public utilities / satisfaction with activities of local political authorities / opinions on the unemployment rate, on living conditions, on the business-climate / cooperation with other political organizations / the efficacy of political protest actions / actual activism at national and local level / vote motivation / attitude to the relation between politics and religion / the effectiveness of local political organization / organizational membership / opinions on level of welfare. Background variables: basic characteristics/ place of birth/ residence/ household characteristics/ place of work/ occupation/employment/ income/capital assets/ education/ politics/ religion/ readership, mass media, and 'cultural' exposure/ organizational membership