A broad survey of democratic political attitudes of United States and West German students was developed jointly by the Governmental Education Division of the Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia and the Bundeszentrale fur politische Bildung in Bonn. This survey sought to probe twelfth-year students' attitudes toward national constitutional principles, political institutions, and political participation. The literature suggested in 1984 that in recent years West German secondary school students had become increasingly more democratic in their attitudes while United States high school students appeared to be in a period of shifting attitudes. For the purposes of this report 20 items concerning attitudes towards the rights of individuals have been selected for analysis from the 80-item summary. Although the pattern of response was somewhat different on a number of items, responses of American and German students were significantly different on only 7 of the 20 items on rights of individuals. Current conflicts between economic realities and political ideals may be at the root of different attitudes for students in both societies, but these may be more substantive for the German students who, by the nature of their political culture, tend to be more ideological in their thinking. (BZ)