National Exit Poll for the 2006 Mexican Presidential Election (ICPSR 24609)
Version Date: Jul 16, 2009 View help for published
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Alejandro Moreno, Reforma newspaper-Mexico City, Mexico;
Maria Antonia Mancillas, El Norte newspaper-Monterrey, Mexico;
Roberto Guitierrez, Mural newspaper-Guadalajara, Mexico
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR24609.v1
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Summary View help for Summary
This study was conducted by the Reforma newspaper for the coverage of the 2006 Mexican Presidential election. Respondents were asked how they voted for President, Senator, and Federal Deputy (Lower House of Congress). They were also asked about their interest in the campaigns, their opinion of all five presidential candidates, reasons for supporting their preferred candidate, and when they decided his/her vote choice. Respondents were queried on their approval of President Vincente Fox and asked to provide economic retrospective evaluations on both the personal and national level. Demographic variables include sex, age, education level, occupation, household income, religious denomination, frequency of church attendance, membership to labor unions, party identification, left-right self-placement, voter preference in the 2000 presidential and in the 2003 mid-term legislative elections, and whether they are beneficiaries of social programs against poverty.
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Geographic Coverage View help for Geographic Coverage
Smallest Geographic Unit View help for Smallest Geographic Unit
voting precinct
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Data Collection Notes View help for Data Collection Notes
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The dataset contains a weight variable (V32) based on the election's official results.
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ICPSR created a unique sequential record identifier variable named CASEID.
Study Design View help for Study Design
A total of 5,803 respondents were selected in a systematic manner throughout the day, using 3 different schedules as to allow for data transmission. Interviews were conducted from the moment ballot places opened (at 8:00 am) and until they closed (6:00 pm in the most western states, 8:00 pm in most of the country). Interviews were conducted face-to-face as voters left the precinct where they cast their vote. A filter question was asked to make sure that the respondent had effectively voted. Poll results were transmitted by phone to three centers of information gathering based in Mexico City, Guadalajara, and Monterrey. A total of 145 interviewers and 44 supervisors participated in conducting the exit poll.
Sample View help for Sample
The exit poll used a multi-stage probability sample of precincts previously stratified by urban-rural criteria. A total of 5,803 respondents were selected in a systematic manner throughout the day, using 3 different schedules as to allow for data transmission.
Universe View help for Universe
Voters in Mexico who turned out on Election Day, July 2, 2006.
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Response Rates View help for Response Rates
The response rate was 66 percent.
HideOriginal Release Date View help for Original Release Date
2009-07-16
Version History View help for Version History
- Moreno, Alejandro, Maria Antonia Mancillas, and Roberto Guitierrez. National Exit Poll for the 2006 Mexican Presidential Election. ICPSR24609-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2009-07-16. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR24609.v1
2009-07-16 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
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The dataset includes a weight variable (V32) based on the official results for each presidential candidate.
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