Washington Post Virginia Election Poll, October 1994 (ICPSR 3859)

Version Date: Jun 4, 2004

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Principal Investigator(s):
The Washington Post

Series:

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03859.v1

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Summary

This special topic poll, fielded September 30-October 4, 1994, was undertaken to assess respondents' views on the candidates in November's election for United States Senate in the state of Virginia. The candidates included Charles Robb, Oliver North, and Marshall Coleman. Residents of Virginia were asked to rate the likelihood of their voting in the election, to indicate their voting intentions and preferences for candidates in the election, to comment on their satisfaction with the candidates, and to identify any candidates they would definitely not vote for under any circumstances. Respondents were asked to indicate what they believed to be the most serious problem facing Virginia that the next Senator from Virginia should resolve. Additional questions probed respondents' opinions on a range of other political and social issues including the use of United States military force to attempt to restore democracy in Haiti, raising federal taxes to help reduce the federal budget deficit, a law that would prohibit the sale of assault weapons, allowing illegal immigrants to receive public assistance benefits, and whether the respondents knew any of the Senate candidates' stances on those issues. In addition, respondents were asked to comment on the job performances of President Clinton and the United States Congress. Background information on respondents includes voter registration status, party preference, education, age, household income, race, and sex.

Citation

The Washington Post. Washington Post Virginia Election Poll, October 1994. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2004-06-04. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03859.v1

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Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Restrictions

This data collection may not be used for any purpose other than statistical reporting and analysis. Use of these data to learn the identity of any person or establishment is prohibited.

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

1994-09 -- 1994-10

Date of Collection

1994-09-30 -- 1994-10-04

Data Collection Notes

  1. Additional information about sampling, interviewing, weighting, and sampling error may be found in the codebook.

  2. The data are provided as an SPSS portable file.

  3. ICPSR is distributing the data and documentation for this collection in essentially the same form in which they were received. When appropriate, documentation has been converted to Portable Document Format (PDF), and variables have been recoded to ensure respondents' anonymity.

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Sample

Households were selected by random-digit dialing. Within households, the respondent selected was the adult living in the household who last had a birthday and who was home at the time of the interview.

Universe

Persons aged 18 and over living in households with telephones in Virginia.

Unit(s) of Observation

individuals

Data Source

telephone interviews

Data Type(s)

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Original Release Date

2004-06-04

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:

  • The Washington Post. Washington Post Virginia Election Poll, October 1994. ICPSR03859-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2004. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03859.v1

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