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ABC News Post-Election Poll #1, November 2000 (ICPSR 3116)
Released/updated on: 2001-05-09
Geographic coverage: United States
This special topic poll, fielded November 12, 2000, is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicit public opinion on the presidency and on a range of other political and social issues. This data collection focused on the presidential election that took place on November 7, 2000. Respondents were asked about the extent of their personal interest in and concern about the situation in the country five days after the election. Questions examined opinions on the way various groups were handling the election, including Vice President Al Gore's and Texas governor George W. Bush's campaigns, local officials in Florida, and the news media. Respondents were also asked whom they wanted to see become the next president. Opinions were elicited on the need for a new presidential election in Palm Beach County, Florida, in the entire state of Florida, in other states where election results were very close, and across the entire country. Additional topics covered whether George W. Bush and Al Gore should accept the recount in Florida or should ask courts to look into whether the voting was unfair and if they should ask for a recount in other states where the results were very close. Those polled expressed their views about electing the president by direct popular vote versus by the Electoral College, their confidence about the accuracy of Florida's recount, and whether the ballot that was used in Palm Beach County was fair. The survey also investigated what impact the unclear post-election situation would have, especially on the country's system of presidential elections. Background information on respondents includes age, gender, education, race, party affiliation, political orientation, and voter registration.
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ABC News Post-Election Poll #2, November 2000 (ICPSR 3117)
Released/updated on: 2001-05-09
Geographic coverage: United States
This special topic poll, fielded November 16, 2000, is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicit public opinion on the presidency and on a range of other political and social issues. This data collection focused on the presidential election that took place on November 7, 2000. The poll queried respondents about the situation in the country nine days after the election. Respondents were asked for their opinions on how Vice President Al Gore, Texas governor George W. Bush, and Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris were handling the election situation, as well as whom they wanted to see become the next president. A major topic of the survey was the hand counting of ballots. Questions elicited respondents' views on whether the hand counts should be included in the Florida final vote total, how accurate hand and machine vote recounts were, and the extent to which the result with and without the hand recounts was acceptable to them. Respondents expressed their views about whether Al Gore should concede the election to George W. Bush in the event that Secretary of State Harris declared Bush the winner without including the hand recount, or if Gore should appeal to the courts. The survey also gathered respondents' opinions regarding whether they wanted to end the unclear situation quickly or give both campaigns a chance to make their full case in court, and how confident they were in the accuracy of Florida's recount. Background information on respondents includes age, gender, education, race, income range, party affiliation, political orientation, and voter registration.
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ABC News Post-Election Poll #3, November 2000 (ICPSR 3118)
Released/updated on: 2001-05-09
Geographic coverage: United States
This election poll, fielded November 26, 2000, is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicit public opinion on the presidency and on a range of other political and social issues. This data collection focused on the presidential election that took place on November 7, 2000. The poll queried respondents about the situation in the country 19 days after the election. Respondents were asked about the extent of their personal interest in the post-election situation in the country, whom they wanted to see become the next president, the legitimacy of this election, and their confidence about the accuracy of Florida's recount. They also expressed their views about whether, after the Secretary of State in Florida had declared George W. Bush the winner, Al Gore should concede or if he should ask the courts to review the vote. Questions elicited respondents' opinions about whether the United States Supreme Court and the Florida state legislature should be involved in determining the winner of the election in Florida and whether ballots with dimpled or indented chads should be counted as votes. Respondents answered additional questions on whether the Secretary of State in Florida did the right thing in denying Palm Beach County officials' request to extend the deadline for a hand recount, and whether respondents wanted to end the unclear situation quickly or give both campaigns a chance to make their full case in court. Background information on respondents includes age, gender, education, race, party affiliation, political orientation, and voter registration.
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CBS News Monthly Poll #2, December 2000 (ICPSR 3231)
Released/updated on: 2001-08-24
Geographic coverage: United States
This poll, conducted December 14-16, 2000, is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicit public opinion on the presidency and on a range of other political and social issues. The study was conducted to assess respondents' interest in and opinions about the 2000 presidential election. Respondents were asked to give their opinions of President Bill Clinton and his handling of the presidency, foreign policy, and the economy, as well as their opinions of both candidates, Vice President Al Gore and Texas Governor George W. Bush. Those polled were asked whether they participated in the last presidential election on November 7, 2000, whom they voted for, whether they were satisfied with the outcome of the election, and whether Bush legitimately won the election. A number of questions examined respondents' views about George W. Bush being president: what kind of president Bush would be, what worried them about Bush, whether Bush could be trusted to deal with all problems a president has to deal with, whether he cared about ordinary people, and whether he would be able to lead the country effectively, work with members of both parties, improve education, reduce costs of prescription drug coverage for seniors, reduce taxes, and strengthen and reform Social Security. The survey also queried respondents on the most important things they wanted Bush to accomplish, the way the Bush and Gore campaigns handled the election, how much trust they had in the United States Supreme Court, if they approved of its decision that stopped the manual recount in Florida, the effects of the presidential election controversy on American democracy, whether the vote count in Florida was fair and accurate, whom voters in Florida intended to vote for, and whether Gore withdrew from the race at the right time. The poll also elicited respondents' views on the economic situation in the country, the tax cut proposal, the budget surplus, federal funding to reward schools that improve students' performance, increase in defense spending, and a proposal that would allow individuals to invest a portion of their Social Security savings on their own. The survey also collected information on respondents' use of computers and the Internet. Those polled were asked whether they had access to a computer and to the Internet, and if so where, and if they had an e-mail address, whether they shopped on-line, whether they bought gifts during the 1999 and 2000 holiday seasons on the Internet, and if they were going to do so in the future. Internet shoppers also compared the on-line and store shopping experiences. Background information on respondents includes age, gender, education, race/ethnic identity, voter registration, political party affiliation, political orientation, marital status, number of children in the household, and household income.
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CBS News Monthly Poll #5, November 2000 (ICPSR 3237)
Released/updated on: 2005-12-15
Geographic coverage: United States
This poll, conducted November 19, 2000, is part of a continuing series of surveys that solicit public opinion on the presidency and on a range of other political and social issues. The study was conducted to assess respondents' interest in and opinions about the 2000 presidential election. Respondents were asked whether they participated in the last presidential election on November 7, 2000, and whom they voted for. They also gave their opinions of President Bill Clinton and both presidential candidates, Vice President Al Gore and Texas Governor George W. Bush. The survey queried respondents on the accuracy of Florida's vote count, the effects of the presidential election controversy, uniform poll closing time on election night, the way the Bush and Gore campaigns were handling the uncertain outcome of the election, and the way Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris was handling the vote count in Florida. Those polled were asked whom voters in Florida intended to vote for, whether Palm Beach County should hold a re-vote, whether results of hand counts should be included in the official vote count, and when the outcome would finally be resolved. Background information on respondents includes age, gender, education, race/ethnic identity, voter registration, political party affiliation, political orientation, marital status, and household income.
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CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll #1, December 2000 (ICPSR 3230)
Released/updated on: 2005-12-15
Geographic coverage: United States
This poll, conducted December 9-10, 2000, is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicit public opinion on the presidency and on a range of other political and social issues. The study was conducted to assess respondents' interest in and opinions about the 2000 presidential election. Respondents were asked to give their opinions of President Bill Clinton and his handling of the presidency, as well as their opinions of both candidates, Vice President Al Gore and Texas Governor George W. Bush. Those polled were asked whether Bush and Gore would be able to lead the country effectively and whether they would bring together or divide different groups of Americans. The survey also queried respondents on the legitimacy of the election, the way the Bush and Gore campaigns handled the election, the way elections in the United States are run and votes are counted, the need for election reforms, the electoral college, and the effects of the election controversy on the institution of the United States presidency. A number of questions concentrated on Florida's vote recount. Those polled were asked whom voters in Florida intended to vote for and whether the vote count in Florida was fair and accurate. Respondents also commented on the way the courts had handled the lawsuits dealing with the Florida vote, the manual recounts of disputed votes in Florida, and the manual recounts of all ballots in Florida. Their views were elicited on whom they would rather see become president, how much confidence they had in the vote counting, what voting method they used, when they thought the outcome would finally be resolved, whether one of the candidates should concede, and if so, who, and whether they approved of the legislature naming its electors before the outcome had been determined. Background information on respondents includes age, gender, education, race/ethnic identity, political party affiliation, political orientation, marital status, children in the household, and household income.
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CBS News Post Election Call-Back Poll, November 2000 (ICPSR 3236)
Released/updated on: 2005-02-18
Geographic coverage: United States
This poll, conducted November 10-12, 2000, is a call-back poll following a poll conducted November 1-4, 2000. It is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicit public opinion on the presidency and on a range of political and social issues. Views were sought on President Bill Clinton and his handling of the presidency and whether the country was going in the right or wrong direction. Prior to the 2000 presidential election, respondents were asked how much attention they paid to it, the likelihood that they would vote, whether their mind was made up, whom they would vote for (Democrat Al Gore, Republican George W. Bush, Reform Party candidate Pat Buchanan, or Green Party candidate Ralph Nader), who they expected to win, and whether it made a difference who was elected president. Opinions were solicited on George W. Bush and Al Gore, and the likelihood that each candidate would maintain a strong national economy, improve education, correctly handle an international crisis, preserve Social Security, and appoint pro-choice Supreme Court Justices. Questions were posed regarding how much respondents had heard or read about George W. Bush's 1976 drunk driving arrest, whether it would make a difference in their vote, and whether Bush should have made this information public earlier in his campaign. Following election day, respondents were polled on whether they had voted, which presidential candidate they had voted for, how closely they followed the election results, if the closeness of the election made them regret not voting or wish they had voted for another candidate, and the seriousness of the mistakes made by network television in reporting the election results. Several questions addressed whether the Electoral College should be kept or eliminated, whether the winner of the electoral vote or the popular vote had a more legitimate claim to the presidency, and whether a candidate who won the Electoral College vote but not the popular vote could effectively lead the country. Opinions were solicited on how George W. Bush and Al Gore were handling the uncertain outcome of the presidential election, whether either candidate was placing politics above the good of the country, whether Palm Beach County, Florida, should have a re-vote, how confident respondents were that their own votes were counted properly, and whether the country's uncertainty over its next president was a serious problem. Background variables include sex, age, ethnicity, length of residency, income, marital status, religion, education, labor union membership, number of telephone lines, whether they were children in the household, political orientation, political party affiliation, and voter registration and participation history.
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Electoral Performance and Criminal Status of Candidates Contesting the 2004 and 2009 Parliamentary Elections to the Lok Sabha (India) (ICPSR 35512)
Released/updated on: 2015-02-06
Geographic coverage: Global, India
This dataset contains information on the election results for and criminal charges against all candidates contesting elections to the lower house of the Parliament of India, the Lok Sabha, in the 2004 and 2009 elections. These were the first national elections conducted after the 2002 Supreme Court ruling mandating that all candidates running for public office file affidavits with the Election Commission of India prior to the election. In these affidavits, candidates report their criminal histories or pending criminal charges. Only charges for offenses punishable by two or more years of imprisonment, which were lodged more than six months before the candidate filed for candidacy, must be reported. Affidavits were compiled and digitized by the Liberty Institute of India, a New Delhi-based non-government organization, and posted on its website. The investigators compiled election results from the Election Commission of India and criminal status data from the affidavits. The unit of analysis is the individual candidate, and the dataset includes each candidate's name, party affiliation, election year, geographic area (state and parliamentary constituency), election results (votes received, win/loss, and rank among candidates), and whether or not charges were filed against the candidate.
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Inter-communal Violence and Conflict: Perspectives Opinion Survey of Ghana, 2008 (ICPSR 25121)
Released/updated on: 2009-08-14
Geographic coverage: Ghana, Kenya, Global, Sub-Saharan Africa
Time period: 2008-07-24--2008-12-03
This survey explores the opinions of the people in Ghana about inter-communal or ethnic-tribal conflict and violence in Sub-Saharan Africa, post-election violence between December 2007 and February 2008 in Kenya, and various economic, social and political issues and problems in Ghana. The survey consists of four sections. The first section contains questions on various demographic variables including respondents' ethnic identification, religious affiliation, schooling, political inclination and voting behavior. The second section contains respondents' opinions on the causes and consequences of ethnic/tribal conflict and violence in Sub-Saharan Africa. Topics investigated include the relation between economic inequality and armed conflict, factors causing ethnic and electoral violence, challenges to democracy and government stability, level of trust among people of different ethnic groups or nationalities, and desired political system. The third section contains questions related to post-election violence in Kenya between various ethnic groups in 2008. Respondents' were asked about the causes of post-election violence in Kenya and the factors contributing to instability in Africa. The fourth section contains questions on the political and socio-economic situations and ethnic/tribal tensions in Ghana. Some of the topics highlighted in this section include the economic situation in Ghana, ethnic discrimination, ethnic identity, respect for an ethnic group or a tribal group, and the impact of ethnic loyalties on democratic reforms in Ghana.