CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll, December 1995 CBS News The New York Times Alexander, Lamar Buchanan, Pat Clinton, Bill Dole, Bob federal budget Forbes, Steve foreign policy Gramm, Phil Medicaid Medicare military operations national economy Perot, Ross presidency presidential performance public opinion tax cuts welfare services ICPSR.XIV.C.1 This poll is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicit public opinion on the presidency and on a range of other political and social issues. Respondents were asked for their opinions of President Bill Clinton and his handling of the presidency, foreign policy, and the economy, as well as their opinions of Bob Dole, Lamar Alexander, Pat Buchanan, Steve Forbes, Phil Gramm, and Ross Perot. Those queried were also asked to rate the economy and to provide their opinions on the Bosnia situation -- specifically, whether the United States should send ground troops to Bosnia in a variety of situations. Other topics covered Medicare, Medicaid, welfare, tax cuts, and the federal budget debate. Background information on respondents includes voter registration status, political party, political orientation, education, age, sex, race, and family income. 2010-10-13 survey data 6703 10.3886/ICPSR06703.v3 telephone interviews United States 1995-12 ICPSR metadata records are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/).