ABC News/Washington Post Poll, May 1989 (ICPSR 9247)

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ABC News; The Washington Post

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https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09247.v1

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This data collection is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that evaluate the Bush presidency and solicit opinions on a variety of political and social issues. Topics covered include the state of the economy, the Panamanian situation, and the respondent's voting behavior during the November 1988 election. In addition, respondents were asked if they approved of the way Congress and in particular Jim Wright were doing their jobs, if they knew the names of their governor, United States senators, and/or representatives, and if they approved of the performance of these officials. Background information on respondents includes political alignment, 1988 presidential vote choice, education, age, religion, marital status, household composition, labor union membership, employment status, race, and income.

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ABC News, and The Washington Post. ABC News/Washington Post Poll, May 1989. [distributor], 2008-05-14. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09247.v1

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1989-05-19 -- 1989-05-23

Date of Collection View help for Date of Collection

1989-05-19 -- 1989-05-23

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  1. The data contain blanks and alphabetic characters. A weight variable is included that must be used in any analysis.

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Households were selected by random digit dialing. Within household, 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.

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Adults aged 18 and over living in households with telephones in the 48 contiguous United States.

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telephone interviews

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1990-12-04

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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:
  • ABC News/Washington Post. ABC NEWS/WASHINGTON POST POLL, MAY 1989. Radnor, PA: Chilton Research Services [producer], 1989. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2008-05-14. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09247.v1

2008-05-14 SAS, SPSS, and Stata setup files have been added to this data collection.

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