Washington Post 1996 Politics Poll, Wave 2, November 1996

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Washington Post 1996 Politics Poll, Wave 2, November 1996

Creator

• Washington Post

Contributor

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]

Author

• Washington Post

Contributor

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]

Subject

• Medicare
• Parental leave
• Presidents -- Election
• Republican Party (USA)
• abortion
• attitudes
• balanced budget
• campaign funds
• congressional elections
• defense spending
• federal budget
• media coverage
• Clinton, Bill
• political campaigns
• political conventions
• political parties
• presidential candidates
• public opinion
• school prayer
• social issues
• survey
• voters
• voting behavior
• national elections
• Democratic Party (USA)
• Dole, Bob

Genre

• survey

Summary

This special topic poll, conducted November 6-10, 1996, is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicit public opinion on the presidency and on a range of political and social issues. The focus of this data collection was on the presidential and congressional elections held November 5, 1996. In the days following the election, respondents who had voted were asked about their choice for president, when they decided on their candidate, whether they had known enough about the candidates to make an informed choice, and whether factors such as leadership and a candidate's stance on issues were major or minor reasons for their vote. Respondents were quizzed on their knowledge of the presidential and vice-presidential candidates, as well as party platforms, campaign funding, and which party had the most members in the United States Congress. Views were sought on the media's treatment of the presidential candidates, campaign advertisements featuring the issue of Medicare, whether the presidential campaigns were more negative than in the past, and whether the news media should report public opinion poll results. Other topics addressed the condition of the national economy, abortion, sources of campaign information, types of negative news media coverage, and how much attention respondents paid to media coverage of the presidential campaign. Demographic variables include sex, age, race, ethnicity, education level, marital status, household income, political party affiliation, political philosophy, labor union membership, voter registration status, religious preference, and whether respondents thought of themselves as born-again or evangelical Christians