ABC News/WASHINGTON POST Republican Delegate Poll, August 1992 / ABC NewsThe Washington Post.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

ABC News.

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 6015.

ICPSR ; 6015

ABC News/Washington Post Poll Series ; 6015

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Republican National Convention.

Political parties--United States.

Political parties.

Politics and government.

Public opinion.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--1989-1993--Public opinion.

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1993.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

data file

Summary:

This survey polled delegates to the 1992 Republican National Convention. Respondents were asked to indicate their level of agreement with statements covering a variety of issues, including raising taxes to deal with the federal budget deficit, outlawing abortion via Constitutional amendment, and cutting defense spending in half over the next five years. Those surveyed were also asked how they viewed the government's role in providing employment, whether they favored a smaller government with fewer services or a larger government with many services, and whether they believed the breakdown in family values and government neglect of the cities were possible causes of the Los Angeles riots of 1992. The survey also posed questions regarding a tax cut for middle-income Americans and a program of national health insurance funded by tax increases. A major portion of the survey was devoted to the issues of whether George Bush should keep Dan Quayle on the ticket, whom Bush should choose to replace Quayle, whether the respondent would approve of a decision to replace Quayle, and whether having Quayle on the ticket helped or hurt Bush's chances for reelection. Assuming the nomination of Bush in 1992, delegates were asked whether they would work enthusiastically for Bush after his nomination, whether Bush's nomination would help Republican candidates in the respondent's state, whether Bush had helped Republican chances of becoming the majority party, and whether Bush or Clinton would win the election in November. Respondents were also asked to identify Bush's biggest accomplishment and biggest failure during his first term in office, and to indicate what they would most like to see Bush accomplish during his second term. Background information on respondents includes whether they held a Republican party or public position and whether that position was e... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06015

Contents:

Part 1: Data File

Notes:

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2004-10-30.

OCLC:

61156188

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