National Election Pool General Election Exit Polls, 2006 / National Election PoolEdison Media ResearchMitofsky International.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

National Election Pool.

Edison Media Research.

Mitofsky International (Firm)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 4684.

ICPSR ; 4684

United States General Election Exit Polls Series ; 4684

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 data collection consists of election data collected through questionnaires completed by voters as they left their polling places on election day, November 7, 2006, as well as through pre-election telephone interviews conducted between October 27, 2006 and November 5, 2006, in states with large populations of absentee and early voters. Part 1 contains national data collected from a sample of 250 polling locations representing all 50 states. Parts 2-33 contain data collected from individual state surveys conducted in 32 states including Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Both the national and state surveys asked a series of questions about electoral choices in the relevant gubernatorial, senatorial, and congressional elections, how long prior to the election voters decided on their candidate, the factors that influenced their choice, whether they supported state-specific proposals such as raising the minimum wage and banning same-sex marriage, and how confident they were that votes in their state would be counted accurately. Views were sought on the war in Iraq, illegal immigration, the economy, the Democratic and Republican parties, and whether respondents approved of the way President George W. Bush was handling the presidency. Other questions addressed respondents' financial situation, for whom they voted in the 2004 presidential election, and whether they identified themselves as born-again or evangelical Christians. In addition, national sample respondents gave their opinions on the direction of the country, the Bush Administration, the United States Congress, and... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04684

Contents:

Part 1: National Data; Part 2: Arizona Data; Part 3: California Data; Part 4: Connecticut Data; Part 5: Florida Data; Part 6: Georgia Data; Part 7: Hawaii Data; Part 8: Illinois Data; Part 9: Maine Data; Part 10: Maryland Data; Part 11: Massachusetts Data; Part 12: Michigan Data; Part 13: Minnesota Data; Part 14: Missouri Data; Part 15: Montana Data; Part 16: Nebraska Data; Part 17: Nevada Data; Part 18: New Jersey Data; Part 19: New Mexico Data; Part 20: New York Data; Part 21: North Dakota Data; Part 22: Ohio Data; Part 23: Pennsylvania Data; Part 24: Rhode Island Data; Part 25: Tennessee Data; Part 26: Texas Data; Part 27: Utah Data; Part 28: Vermont Data; Part 29: Virginia Data; Part 30: Washington Data; Part 31: West Virginia Data; Part 32: Wisconsin Data; Part 33: Wyoming Data

Notes:

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

OCLC:

190871849

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.