The Survey

In this part, we shall present our survey conducted among the personnel of several North German firms, the events about the former Minister of Family Affairs Rönsch forming the background for it. Though we of course do neither pretend to know the only ‘true’ reason for Rönsch’s withdrawal nor aim at an exact replication of the events that led to the end of her political career, it is nevertheless challenging to investigate the taxpayer’s susceptibility to manipulations of the frame, and the consequences of this manipulation.