ABC News Bergen Record New Jersey Election Poll, October 1994 (ICPSR 3860)

Version Date: Jul 9, 2004

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https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03860.v1

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Summary

This special topic poll, fielded October 17-October 20, 1994, was undertaken to assess respondents' views on the candidates in November's election for United States Senate in the state of New Jersey. The candidates included Frank Lautenberg and Chuck Haytaian. Residents of New Jersey were asked to rate the likelihood of their voting in the election, to indicate their voting intentions and preferences for candidates in the election, to comment on the job performances of the candidates, and to identify one or two issues or problems that were the most important to them in deciding who to vote for. Respondents were also queried about their views on which candidate would do more to cut taxes, to fight crime, to support change in Congress, and to battle the special interests, as well as which one was more likely to be a strong leader. Additional questions probed respondents' opinions on whether local property taxes had gone up, who was most to blame for the increase in local property taxes, and what would happen to local property taxes in the next 12 months. Opinions were also solicited on whether respondents approved of Governor Christie Whitman's postponing some of her plans to cut taxes for a year, how likely it was that Governor Whitman would succeed in cutting the income tax by 30 percent within four years, and whether they would like to see Governor Whitman run for vice president in 1996. Other topics addressed whether respondents supported legislation to allow riverboat gambling in the Meadowlands, and whether they supported legislation that would require authorities to notify neighbors, schools, and youth groups whenever a convicted sex offender moved into their community. In addition, respondents were asked to comment on the job performance of President Clinton and Governor Whitman, and whether they believed things in New Jersey were generally going in the right direction. Background information on respondents includes voter registration status, party preference, marital status, education, household income, religious orientation, Hispanic origin, race, age, and sex.

Citation

ABC News. ABC News Bergen Record New Jersey Election Poll, October 1994  . [distributor], 2004-07-09. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03860.v1

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Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Restrictions

This data collection may not be used for any purpose other than statistical reporting and analysis. Use of these data to learn the identity of any person or establishment is prohibited.

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Time Period(s)

1994-10

Date of Collection

1994-10-17 -- 1994-10-20

Data Collection Notes

  1. (1) Additional information about sampling, interviewing, weighting, and sampling error may be found in the codebook. (2) The data are provided as an SPSS portable file. (3) ICPSR is distributing the data and documentation for this collection in essentially the same form in which they were received. When appropriate, documentation has been converted to Portable Document Format (PDF), data files have been converted to non-platform-specific formats, and variables have been recoded to ensure respondents' anonymity. (4) The codebook is provided by ICPSR as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided on the ICPSR Web site.

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Sample

Households were selected by random-digit dialing. Within households, the respondent selected was the adult living in the household who last had a birthday and who was home at the time of the interview.

Universe

Persons aged 18 and over living in households with telephones in the contiguous 48 states.

Unit(s) of Observation

individuals

Data Source

telephone interviews

Data Type(s)

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Original Release Date

2004-07-09

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:
  • ABC News. ABC NEWS BERGEN RECORD NEW JERSEY ELECTION POLL, OCTOBER 1994. ICPSR version. Radnor, PA: Chilton Research Services [producer], 1994. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2004. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03860.v1
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