Attitudinal Stability on Short- and Long-term Issues: A Data-Driven Learning Guide

Dataset

American National Election Study, 2004: Pre- and Post-Election Survey

Data for this exercise come from the American National Election Study, 2004: Pre- and Post-Election Survey. The American National Election Studies (ANES) grew out of the Survey Research Center and the Center for Political Studies of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. These organizations, together, have been covering elections since 1948. ANES conducts surveys of the American electorate in election years. ANES produces high quality data on voting, public opinion, and political participation to serve the research needs of social scientists, teachers, students, policy makers and journalists who want to better understand the theoretical and empirical foundations of national election outcomes.

Respondents in the 2004 ANES were interviewed before and after the November election. Questions asked of respondents during the survey cover a broad range of topics including demographics, attitudes toward candidates and parties, attitudes on different segments of the American public, attitudes on foreign policy matters, and political behavior. The ANES uses random sampling in order to produce the most representative data possible on the American electorate.

This exercise will use the following variables:

• Liberal/Conservative Pre-election (V043085)
• Liberal/Conservative Post-election (V045117)
• Government Spending and Services Pre-election (V043136)
• Government Spending and Services Post-election (V045121)
• Interventionism by Diplomacy/Military Pre-election (V043107)
• Interventionism by Diplomacy/Military Post-election (V045124)
• Education (V043254)

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