Party Elites in the United States, 1980 : Republican and Democratic Party Leaders / John S. III Jackson, Barbara Leavitt Brown.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Jackson, John S., 1940-

Brown, Barbara Leavitt.

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 8209.

ICPSR ; 8209

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democratic Party (U.S.).

Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ).

Political leadership--United States--Case studies.

Political leadership.

United States.

Elite (Social sciences)--United States.

Elite (Social sciences).

Political conventions--United States.

Political conventions.

United States--Politics and government--1977-1981.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Case studies.

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1988.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

data file

Summary:

This dataset was designed to provide information on the personal and political backgrounds, political attitudes, and relevant behavior of party leaders. The data pertain to Democratic and Republican party elites holding office during the election year of 1980 and include County and State Chairs, members of the Democratic and Republican National Committees, and delegates to the National Conventions. These data focus on the ''representativeness'' of the party elites on a variety of dimensions and also permit a comparison of party leaders from the local, state, and national organizational levels. Other issues explored include the party reform era, the effects of the growing body of party law, and the nationalization of the political parties. Specific variables include characterization of respondent's political beliefs on the liberal-conservative scale, length of time the respondent had been active in the party, and the respondent's opinions on minorities in the party, party unity, national- and local-level party strength, and party loyalty. Respondents were also queried on attitudes toward important national problems, defense spending, and inflation. In addition, their opinions were elicited on controversial provisions in their parties' charters and on the directions their parties should take in the future. Demographic characteristics are supplied as well.... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08209

Contents:

Part 1: Data File

Notes:

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

OCLC:

61160451

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Restricted for use by site license.