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Description & Citation--Study No. 9930

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:9930
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09930
 
Title:ABC News Perot Poll #1, July 1992
 
Principal Investigator(s):ABC News
 
Series:ABC News/Washington Post Poll Series
 
Bibliographic Citation:ABC News. ABC NEWS PEROT POLL #1, JULY 1992 [Computer file]. Radnor, PA: Chilton Research Services [producer], 1992. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2007-09-14. doi:10.3886/ICPSR09930
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This survey, conducted the day of Ross Perot's announcement that he would not run for president, queried respondents as to whether they had heard or read about Perot's announcement, for whom they would vote if the 1992 presidential election were held that day, the candidate they were leaning toward, and for whom they would have voted if Perot had stayed in the race. Respondents were also asked whether they wished that Perot had stayed in the race, and if they thought the Perot candidacy was a good thing for the country. Background information on respondents includes political alignment, voter registration status, likelihood of voting in the 1992 presidential election, education, age, race, and sex.
 
Subject Term(s):Perot, Ross, presidential candidates, presidential elections, voter preferences
 
Geographic Coverage:United States
 
Time Period:July 16, 1992
 
Date(s) of Collection:July 16, 1992
 
Universe:Adults aged 18 and over living in households with telephones in the 48 contiguous United States.
 
Data Type:survey data
 
Data Collection Notes:A weight variable with three implied decimal places has been included and must be used with any analysis.
 

Methodology

Sample:Households were selected by random digit dialing. Within households, the respondent selected was the adult living in the household who last had a birthday and who was at home at the time of the interview.
 
Data Source:telephone interviews
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Original ICPSR Release:1993-04-09
 
Version History:The last update of this study occurred on 2007-09-14.
 
  2007-09-14 - SAS, SPSS, and Stata setup files have been added to this data collection.
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: ABC News Perot Poll #1, July 1992
 

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