ABC News/Washington Post Poll #1, August 2006 / ABC NewsThe Washington Post.

Format:

• Datafile

Contributor:

• ABC News.
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

• ICPSR (Series) ; 4663.
• ICPSR ; 4663
• ABC News/Washington Post Poll Series ; 4663

Language:

English

Genre:

• Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2007.

System Details:

• Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• data file

Summary:

This poll, conducted August 3-6, 2006, is part of a continuing series of monthly polls that solicit public opinion on the presidency and on a range of other political and social issues. Respondents were asked whether they approved of the way President George W. Bush was handling the presidency and issues such as the situation in Iraq and the economy. Those registered to vote were asked how closely they were following the upcoming congressional elections in November, whether they would vote for a Democrat or Republican candidate for the United States House of Representatives if the election were held that day, and which issue was most important in their vote. All respondents were polled on which political party they trusted to handle issues such as the United States campaign against terrorism, which party was more concerned with the needs of people like themselves, whether they approved of the way the United States Congress was handling its job, and whether the Democrats were offering a clear direction that was different from that of the Republicans. Views were also sought on the war in Iraq, whether Iraq was in a state of civil war, and whether the Bush Administration and the Democrats in the United States Congress had a clear plan for handling the situation. A series of questions regarding the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon asked which group was to more to blame, whether Israel was justified in bombing Hezbollah targets in civilian areas, whether Israel should agree to an immediate, unconditional cease-fire in Lebanon, whether the conflict would make Israel more secure from attacks, and whether it would help or hurt the situation for the United States in Iraq. Demographic variables include sex, age, race, education level, household income, political party affiliation, political philosophy, voter registration status, religious preference, and whether... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04663

Contents:

Part 1: Data File

Notes:

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2008-01-04.

OCLC:

190871828

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.