CBS News/New York Times Pre-Presidential Debate Poll, September 1988 (ICPSR 9145)

Version Date: Jun 14, 2011

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Principal Investigator(s):
CBS News; The New York Times

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09145.v2

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Summary

This survey sought respondents' views before the first presidential debate on September 25, 1988. Respondents were asked their opinions of the Republican and Democratic candidates for president and vice-president, how likely they were to vote in the presidential elections in November of 1988, how they would vote in the election, how they would vote if only voting for president or vice-president, and what they thought should be the most important issue in the election. Respondents were questioned about Dukakis's and Bush's competence and judgment, their abilities to deal with international crisis, manage the federal government, and handle the national defense. They also were asked if George Bush was hiding information about the Iran-Contra matter and if Dan Quayle was qualified to be president. In addition, respondents were asked whether they would watch the presidential debate, how much difference they expected the debate to make in their voting decision, and which candidate was the better debater. They were questioned about their previous voting behavior and about their attention to the presidential campaign. Background information on individuals includes party affiliation, liberal to conservative identification, employment status, farm employment, marital status, age, income, religious preference, labor union membership, ethnicity, and education.

Citation

CBS News, and The New York Times. CBS News/New York Times Pre-Presidential Debate Poll, September 1988. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2011-06-14. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09145.v2

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Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

1988-09-21 -- 1988-09-23

Date of Collection

1988-09-21 -- 1988-09-23

Data Collection Notes

  1. This file contains weight variables that must be used in any analysis. The data contain blanks. Telephone exchanges have been recoded to '999' for reasons of confidentiality.

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Sample

Stratified random digit dialing.

Universe

Adults aged 18 and over in the United States.

Data Source

telephone interviews

Data Type(s)

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Original Release Date

1989-09-26

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • CBS News, and The New York Times. CBS News/New York Times Pre-Presidential Debate Poll, September 1988. ICPSR09145-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2011-06-14. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09145.v2

2011-06-14 SAS, SPSS, and Stata setups have been added to this data collection.

1989-09-26 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:

  • Created variable labels and/or value labels.
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