CBS News Federal Budget Deficit Poll, October 1990 / CBS News.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 9614.

ICPSR ; 9614

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bush, George, 1924-2018--Public opinion.

Bush, George.

Bush, George, 1924-2018.

Budget deficits--United States--Public opinion.

Budget deficits.

Taxation--United States--Public opinion.

Taxation.

Public opinion--United States.

Public opinion.

Politics and government.

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], 1992.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

data file

Summary:

This survey focuses on issues related to difficulties encountered by the federal government in reaching agreement on a federal budget deficit reduction plan. Respondents indicated their approval or disapproval of President Bush's handling of both his presidency and the budget deficit, identified President Bush or Congress as being more to blame or equally to blame for the difficulties in dealing with the deficit, and specified whether Republicans or Democrats in Congress were more at fault or equally at fault in dealing with the deficit situation. Respondents were queried regarding their general knowledge of the problem, including how closely they had followed the difficulties with the budget, their perception of the difficulties as either a true crisis or a political machination, and their opinion of the House of Representatives' rejection of the deficit reduction compromise arrived at by the President and leaders of Congress. Regarding the House's rejection of the compromise, those surveyed indicated whether they would vote for their representative based on his/her vote on the compromise, and if they knew how their representative had voted. Respondents also reacted to Bush's shutting down of various government services rather than signing a bill to extend them another week and indicated whether they had been affected by the shutdown or if they anticipated being affected. In addition, respondents revealed their preference for a large across-the-board cut in all government programs and services or a federal budget deficit reduction plan, and speculated about whether Congress was likely to arrive at a plan that would be fair. Those surveyed also indicated whether they would be willing to comply with a series of measures to reduce the deficit, including paying an additional $100 to $500 a year in taxes, raising the charge for Medicare, raising... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09614

Contents:

Part 1: Data File

Notes:

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

OCLC:

61163131

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