West German political attitudes measured 16 percent positive and 44 percent negative

Evidence

The overall quantitative result, which made no claim to be generally representative of the West German population, and which was also restricted to those participants who spoke, was (for all topics excluding East Germany): 16 per cent positive, 40 per cent ambivalent and 44 per cent negative. … Despite an odd attempt to keep this evaluation of attitudes non-committal, and to leave undecided the question whether the attitudes being evaluated in this way were to be seen as attitudes to democracy or attitudes to the discussion topics, the interpretation which kept gaining acceptance, even in the text itself, was that the attitudes being examined were attitudes to democratic values. For supporters of a democratic system, it was therefore a result which gave little grounds for confidence. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1888

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Postwar West Germans showed mostly negative or ambivalent attitudes toward democratic values — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1888; West German students showed more authoritarian than democratic latent political potential — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2349; Postwar German public discussion revealed majority anti-democratic and anti-Semitic sentiment. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1887 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Postwar West Germans showed mostly negative or ambivalent attitudes toward democratic values #corroborates (0.85) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1888
• Postwar German public discussion revealed majority anti-democratic and anti-Semitic sentiment. #corroborates (0.80) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1887
• West German students showed more authoritarian than democratic latent political potential #corroborates (0.75) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2349