American National Election Pilot Study, Spring 1979 Miller, Warren E. Kinder, Donald R. Rosenstone, Steven J. Unknown candidates congressional elections domestic policy economic conditions foreign policy government performance information sources national elections political affiliation political attitudes political campaigns political efficacy political issues political participation presidential elections public approval public opinion special interest groups trust in government voter expectations voter history voting behavior RCMD.X ICPSR.XIV.A.2.a This study is part of a time-series collection of national surveys fielded continuously since 1952. The election studies are designed to present data on Americans' social backgrounds, enduring political predispositions, social and political values, perceptions and evaluations of groups and candidates, opinions on questions of public policy, and participation in political life. In conjunction with research and development efforts for AMERICAN NATIONAL ELECTION STUDY, 1980 (ICPSR 7763), this small national pilot survey was conducted utilizing 30 primary sampling units. Respondents were interviewed in March 1979 and reinterviewed in April 1979. The survey focused on the evaluation of candidates (their traits and affects), the dimensions of partisanship, assessment of inflation versus unemployment, social context (friends and neighborhood), and the follow-up of the national problems deemed most important by respondents, such as inflation, the federal budget, the balance of trade, changes in the economy, and the efficacy of governmental intervention in domestic affairs. 2000-05-17 survey data 7709 10.3886/ICPSR07709.v2 United States 1979 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/).