National Election Study, 1948 (ICPSR 7212)

Version Date: Feb 16, 1992

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Principal Investigator(s):
National Opinion Research Center

Series:

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07212.v1

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Summary

This study contains data on the attitudes and opinions of voters toward the political parties and the political process in the United States in 1948. The study was conducted in May 1948, before the political party conventions. Respondents were probed about their feelings toward the Republican, Democratic, and the Wallace Third parties, and taxes. They were also questioned about party identification, party differences, the most important problems facing the government and their own families, the possibility of the United States' involvement in another war in the next five years, the 1944 vote, and their voting intentions. In addition, respondents were asked to evaluate Truman's general performance as president, and to respond to questions gauging their satisfaction or dissatisfaction with Truman's policy toward Russia, labor unions, minority groups, and Palestine. Their opinions were also sought about who to blame for the high cost of living and the trouble between labor and management. Demographic items specify age, sex, race, nationality, education, occupation, religion, political party affiliation, labor union membership, ideological orientation, and veteran status.

Citation

National Opinion Research Center. National Election Study, 1948. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992-02-16. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07212.v1

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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)

1948

Date of Collection

1948

Data Collection Notes

  1. The National Election Study, 1948 (ICPSR 7212) data are written in IBM column-binary format. The data are multiply-punched and are stored in EBCDIC. The file should be designated a binary file when used on a non-EBCDIC system.

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Sample

Area sampling procedures were used in the states of California: 1,016 cases, Illinois: 1,035 cases, and New York: 1,014 cases.

Universe

Voting age population of the United States in 1948.

Data Source

personal interviews

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Original Release Date

1984-06-19

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:

  • National Opinion Research Center. NATIONAL ELECTION STUDY, 1948. ICPSR07212-v1. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago, National Opinion Research Center [producer], 1948. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2002. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07212.v1

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