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Michigan Survey of Voter Attitudes, October 1980 (ICPSR 7835)
Released/updated on: 2007-02-19
Geographic coverage: United States, Michigan
Time period: 1980-09-27--1980-10-20
For this survey, respondents were asked their opinion in
regard to political issues, especially the prospective outcome for the
1980 presidential election. The survey polled respondents about their
interest in the political campaigns and the 1980 presidential debates,
and favored presidential candidate to win the 1980 presidential
election, including Michigan's votes. Respondents were asked to
evaluate President Carter's performance, as well as his role in
economic and foreign policy, and the Iran hostage crisis. Pertaining
to the upcoming presidential election, respondents were asked to
project how certain political issues would be affected if a particular
candidate were president. For those respondents who viewed the
presidential debates and learned new information, they were asked to
identify which topics each candidate addressed and the qualities of
each candidate, and whether their general impression of a candidate
was affected by the debate. Other related questions include the
number of times the respondent voted in a presidential election since
they became eligible to vote, whether and where the respondent was
registered to vote, and the respondent's political affiliation. The
survey also asked respondents to express their opinion regarding
women's rights, abortion, and the future of economic and foreign
policy issues, and to evaluate their personal financial situation.
Demographic variables include gender, age, race, marital status,
occupation, highest grade of school or year of college completed,
income, religious preference, union membership, and number of phones
and phone numbers in the household.
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CBS News/New York Times National Surveys, 1981 (ICPSR 7991)
Released/updated on: 2006-01-18
Geographic coverage: El Salvador, Iran, United States, Poland, Global
Time period: 1981-01-01--1981-12-31
These polls are part of a continuing series of surveys that solicit public opinion on the presidency and on a range of other social and political issues. Respondents were asked to give their opinions of President Ronald Reagan and his handling of the presidency, foreign policy, and the economy. Each file contains a set of unique questions pertaining to broader social issues, such as childrearing and victimization. These national surveys were administered by telephone to respondents selected from eligible household members. In Part 1, January 1981, respondents were asked for their views on President Reagan's likely performance as President with respect to economic and foreign affairs, the release of hostages from Iran, the federal budget, and whether funding should be increased or decreased for certain federal programs. Questions about busing to achieve school integration were also included. For Part 2, April 1981, respondents were asked to evaluate President Reagan's current and future performances in economic and foreign affairs. They were also asked about tax cuts, the federal budget, women's rights, El Salvador, Poland, handguns, and Japanese cars. For Part 3, June 1981, respondents were asked to evaluate Reagan's performance as president, and to comment on their general life satisfaction, their confidence in government institutions, their views on crime, whether they voted in the 1980 presidential election, Social Security revisions, and several issues regarding foreign affairs, including military rule in Poland. In Part 4, June 1981, Social Security, respondents gave their views on the Social Security system and how proposed changes affected them. Respondents were also queried for their views on childrearing, punishment of juvenile crime, and who should have custody of children in divorce situations. For Part 5, September 1981, respondents evaluated President Reagan's performance in economic and foreign affairs, and also provided their opinions on environment issues and on various economic proposals, including the Reagan administration's proposed tax cut.
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National Survey of Voter Attitudes, June 1980 (ICPSR 7820)
Released/updated on: 1992-02-16
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 1980-06-01--1980-06-30
This data collection contains information gleaned from one of a number of monthly Surveys of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior conducted by the Institute for Social Research's Survey Research Center (SRC) at the University of Michigan. Via telephone interviews, respondents were asked to rate their personal financial situations compared to the previous year and to explain the reasons for the change for the better and for the worse. Attitudes toward current government policies regarding the economy, e.g., inflation, unemployment, and federal spending were also probed. Respondents were asked to rate their level of agreement with the government's foreign policy, specifically relations with the Soviet Union, and to rate Jimmy Carter's performance as president in general and in several specific areas, e.g., the economy, foreign policy, and the Iran hostage crisis. Other data include respondents' 1980 party affiliations and their preferences among Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, and John Anderson for the upcoming presidential election. Background information includes household members' employment status and income, as well as respondents' occupation, union membership, educational level, age, marital status, and ethnic origin.