ABC News General Election Exit Polls, 1985 (ICPSR 8588)

Published: May 4, 2007

Principal Investigator(s):
ABC News

Series:

ABC News/Washington Post Poll Series

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08588.v1

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Project Description

Summary

These data were collected at polling places in Detroit (Part 1) and New Jersey (Part 2) as voters exited the polls on Election Day, 1985. In Detroit, questions included vote choices for mayor, city clerk, city council, and Proposal "S" relating to school millage. Voters' opinions were sought on various public officials, casino gambling, juvenile crime, and the quality of life in Detroit. Voters in New Jersey were asked how they voted in the governor and state assembly races. In addition, they were asked to evaluate the quality of life in New Jersey and to compare the gubernatorial candidates. Demographic information recorded for all respondents in this collection include sex, age, education, race, income, union membership, and political orientation.

Citation

ABC News. ABC News General Election Exit Polls, 1985. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2007-05-04. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08588.v1

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Subject Terms

casinos elections exit polls gubernatorial elections juvenile crime public fiugres public opinion quality of life voter preferences voting behavior

Geographic Coverage

Detroit United States New Jersey Michigan

Scope of Project

Time Period(s)

1985-11-05

Date of Collection

1985-11-05

Data Collection Notes

The data contain blanks.

Methodology

Sample

Polling places were chosen by random selection.

Universe

Voters in the city of Detroit and state of New Jersey general elections on November 5, 1985.

Data Source

self-enumerated forms

Data Type(s)

survey data

Version(s)

Original Release Date

1989-03-03

Version Date

2007-05-04

Version History

2006-01-18 File CB8588.ALL.PDF was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads.

2007-05-04 SAS, SPSS, and Stata setup files have been added to this data collection.

Notes

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