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Campaign Finance in Local Elections: An Eleven City Study, 1989-2007 [United States] (ICPSR 25801)
Released/updated on: 2010-06-10
Geographic coverage: Sacramento, Seattle, United States, Chicago, Kentucky, Louisville, California, Florida, New York (state), Washington, Lexington, Miami, New York City, San Francisco, Illinois, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Tampa
Time period: 1989-01-01--2007-01-01
This study contains campaign finance data for candidates in local elections held from 1989 to 2007 in the following cities: New York City (NY), Los Angeles (CA), Chicago (IL), San Francisco (CA), Seattle (WA), Miami (FL), Tampa (FL), Lexington (KY), Louisville (KY), Sacramento (CA), and Long Beach (CA). Data were also collected for the counties Hillsborough County/Tampa (FL) and Miami-Dade (FL). The study includes data on funds raised and spent, as well as candidate data and election returns, and both mayoral and city council races. Information was also collected on the size of the population of the candidates jurisdiction, the amount of political contributions and committee expenditures, whether the election was held in a publicly-funded city, and the outcome of the election. Demographic variables include candidate's sex, race, political party, education, and occupation.
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San Francisco Bay Region Local Politics, 1966-1967 (ICPSR 7328)
Released/updated on: 1992-02-16
Geographic coverage: San Francisco, California
Time period: 1966-01-01--1967-01-01
This study suveyed city council members from 82 cities in the San Francisco Bay area and collected census, budget, and aggregate election data from the council members' cities. The study explored the council members' opinions on matters that concerned Bay Area cities and communities such as traffic and highways, recreation, job and housing discrimination, and social and governmental problems. Predictions of future problems as well as remedies for present ones were elicited. Also investigated were respondents' opinions of the job of council member and details of the history of each council member's political activity and career in public life. Questions were asked about specific campaigns and election outcomes. A number of variables deal with groups and organizations in the area and the characteristics of the council members' cities.
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Washington Post District of Columbia Poll, January 2008 (ICPSR 24602)
Released/updated on: 2009-10-12
Geographic coverage: District of Columbia, United States
This special topic poll, fielded January 3-8, 2008, is a part of continuing series of monthly polls that solicit public opinion on various political and social issues. The District of Columbia was the focus of this poll. Residents were asked for their feelings about the future of the District of Columbia, whether they thought the District was moving in the right direction, and the biggest problems facing the District at that time. Respondents were asked for their opinions of Mayor Adrian Fenty and whether they approved of the way he was handling his job and other issues such as improving city services, reducing crime, creating more jobs for District residents, the number of African Americans serving in city government, as well as their opinions of Mayor Fenty's relations with the District Council. Opinions were also solicited on the District of Columbia Council, respondents' own ward council members, the District police, Ward Eight Representative Marion Barry, head coach of the Washington Redskins Joe Gibbs, Police Chief Cathy Lanier, District Council Chairman Vincent Gray, Chancellor of the District of Columbia public schools Michelle Rhee, and District of Columbia Chief Financial Officer Natwar Ghandi. Several questions asked about issues in the respondents' own neighborhood, including safety from crime, how the process of redevelopment would affect the rich and poor, the neighborhood, and the city overall, whether respondents thought they would be forced from their homes due to the redevelopment, and whether respondents thought they could find a home they could afford within the District if they had to move that day. A series of questions focused on District public schools, including the school system's budget, violence and crime in the schools, lack of parental involvement, what was the biggest problem facing District public schools, and whether the transfer of control of District public schools to the mayor had made a difference. Additional topics included the theft of millions of dollars from the city by employees in the District's Tax and Revenue Department, respondents' financial situation, the Washington Nationals major league baseball team and new publicly funded baseball stadium, opinions on financing a soccer stadium for the team D.C. United, terrorist attacks in the Washington area, and gun control. Demographic information includes sex, age, race, education level, household income, whether anyone in the household worked for the federal or city government, frequency of religious attendance, type of residential area (e.g., urban or rural), whether respondents rented or owned their home, voter registration status and participation history, political party affiliation, political philosophy, the presence of children under 18 in the household, and whether respondents had children in the District of Columbia public school system.
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Washington Post Washington, DC, Poll, May 2002 (ICPSR 3554)
Released/updated on: 2003-05-23
Geographic coverage: District of Columbia, United States
This special topic poll was undertaken to solicit respondents' opinions on life in the District of Columbia in general, and in particular the quality of life, neighborhood conditions, and living preferences in DC. Respondents were asked to give their opinions of Anthony Williams, his handling of his job as mayor of the District, and his dealing with issues facing the community, as well as the way the city council was handling its job. Respondents also expressed their opinions on the importance of African Americans as a majority among the city council's members, the impact on respondents' medical care of the DC General Hospital being closed, and respondents' concerns about the possibility of more major terrorist attacks in the United States and in the Washington, DC, area. Those queried also estimated their level of confidence in the federal government's and the District government's abilities to respond effectively to a large-scale terrorist attack in the United States. A series of questions focused on the District's having a major league baseball team, and becoming a separate state like the other 50 states. Respondents also answered a set of questions regarding the gentrification of neighborhoods in Washington, DC, and its impact on the respondents' neighborhoods. Background information on respondents includes voter registration status, living situation, education, occupation, income, age, race, and gender.