Metadata record for America's Radical Right, 1962

America's Radical Right, 1962 Wolfinger, Raymond, et al. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research ICPSR 1992-02-16 7273 doi://10.3886/ICPSR07273.v1

This study investigated the attitudes, political behavior, and demographic characteristics of 307 supporters of the "radical right", selected among the approximately 2,000 attendants of the "San Francisco Bay Region School of Anti-Communism" held by the Christian Anti-Communism Crusade in Oakland, California, from January 29- February 2, 1962. Information was collected by personal interviews (94) and mail questionnaires (214), with most questions taken from the American National Election Studies (see AMERICAN NATIONAL ELECTION STUDIES CUMULATIVE DATA FILE, 1948-1998 [ICPSR 8475]), Samuel Stouffer's COMMUNISM, CONFORMITY, AND CIVIL LIBERTIES STUDY, 1954 (ICPSR 7202), and Martin Trow's study of attitudes toward Senator Joseph McCarthy in Bennington, Vermont. The study also contains a number of derived variables assessing political activity, "internal communism", intolerance, socioeconomic and foreign policy conservatism, and occupational mobility. Demographic data include age, sex, level of education, religious denomination, place of birth, and gross family income.

UniverseScheme07273 ICPSR.XIV.C.1 communism communist threat conservatism demographic characteristics extremism intolerance McCarthy, Joseph occupational mobility political attitudes political behavior political movements religious fundamentalism religious right social attitudes California, San Francisco, United States 1962 1962 survey data Supporters of the American "radical right" who attended the "San Francisco Bay Region School of Anti-Communism" between January 29 and February 2, 1962. Convenience sample. Only supporters of the Christian Anti-Communist Crusade were included in the study. personal interviews and mailback questionnaires 1962 1962

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