CBS News/New York Times State of the Union Poll and Call-Back, January 1995 (ICPSR 6555)

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This poll, conducted before and after President Bill Clinton's 1995 State of the Union address, asked respondents to assess the condition of the national economy and to give their approval ratings of Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, and Congress with respect to the handling of their jobs. The survey posed questions regarding who had better ideas -- the President or Congress -- on topics such as cutting taxes, reducing crime, reducing the federal budget, and health care reform. In the post-address portion of the survey, respondents to the initial survey who called a toll-free phone number immediately after the speech answered six additional questions via an automated polling program: (1) Whether the respondent approved of the proposals the President made in his State of the Union message, (2) whether the respondent now had a clear idea of what Bill Clinton stood for, (3) whether the Republicans were doing a better job of running Congress, a worse job, or about the same job as the Democrats had done, (4) between President Clinton and the Republicans in Congress, who the respondent thought better understood the major problems facing the country, (5) who better understood the needs and problems of people like them, and (6) who was more likely to bring about the changes in government they would like to see. Background information on respondents includes voter registration status, household composition, vote choice in the 1992 presidential election, political party, political orientation, education, age, sex, race, religious preference, and family income.

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