Washington Post District of Columbia Stadium Poll, August 1992 (ICPSR 6017)

Version Date: Dec 18, 1993

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Principal Investigator(s):
The Washington Post

Series:

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06017.v1

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Summary

This special topic poll explores the issues involved in building a new stadium for the Washington Redskins football team. Respondents from the Washington, DC, metropolitan area and Virginia were asked a series of questions to ascertain their level of interest and involvement in Redskins football, and whether they thought of the Redskins as the District of Columbia's team. A major portion of the survey focused on whether the Redskins should move to a new stadium, whether the stadium should be built in the District, in the Maryland suburbs, or in the northern Virginia suburbs, whether tax money should be used to help build the stadium, and whether inducements like tax breaks should be used by state and local governments to encourage the Redskins to build the stadium in one locale over another. Respondents were asked about the negotiations between the governor of Virginia and the owner of the Redskins over building a new stadium in northern Virginia, whether the Redskins owner should keep the team in the District even if he could get the state of Virginia to help build the newly-proposed stadium, and whether a new Redskins stadium in northern Virginia would help or hurt the area financially. The survey also asked respondents to speculate on whether the Redskins would eventually build their new stadium outside the District, and to comment on whether the Redskins should change their team name. In addition, respondents were asked for their impressions of George Bush, Bill Clinton, the owner of the Redskins, and several government officials involved in the stadium proposal. Background information on respondents includes party preference, voter registration status, home ownership, education, age, household composition, employment status, Hispanic origin and race, household income, and sex.

Citation

The Washington Post. Washington Post District of Columbia Stadium Poll, August 1992  . Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1993-12-18. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06017.v1

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Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Restrictions

In order to preserve respondent confidentiality, certain identifying variables are restricted from general dissemination. Aggregations of this information for statistical purposes that preserve the anonymity of individual respondents can be obtained from ICPSR in accordance with existing policies.

Distributor(s)

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

1992-08-27 -- 1992-08-30

Date of Collection

1992-08-27 -- 1992-08-30

Data Collection Notes

  1. A weight variable with two implied decimal places is included and must be used in any analysis.

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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 at home at the time of the interview.

Universe

Adults aged 18 and over living in households with telephones in the District of Columbia standard metropolitan area and all of Virginia.

Data Source

telephone interviews

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Original Release Date

1993-12-18

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:

  • Washington Post. WASHINGTON POST DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA STADIUM POLL, AUGUST 1992. Radnor, PA: Chilton Research Services [producer], 1992. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1993. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06017.v1

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