DOI: 10.3886/icpsr03224
title: CBS News/New York Times New York State Poll, October 2000
title: Archival Version

description: This poll, conducted October 25-28, 2000, is part of a
 continuing series of surveys that solicit public opinion on the
 presidency and on a range of other political and social issues. The
 study was conducted to assess respondents' interest in and opinions
 about the 2000 election campaign for United States senator from New
 York State. Respondents gave their opinions of senator candidates
 Hilary Rodham Clinton and Rick Lazio, as well as their opinions of
 former Governor Mario Cuomo and former Speaker of the House Newt
 Gingrich. They were also asked about their readiness to vote in the
 upcoming Senate election, whom were they going to vote for, and who,
 in their opinion, would become state senator. Those polled
 answered sets of questions comparing Hilary Clinton and Rick Lazio as
 Senate candidates in terms of their experience, honesty, integrity,
 maturity, and interest in people like themselves, as well as who would
 better work with other members of the Senate, reform the health care
 system, and improve the New York State economy. The survey questioned
 respondents on President Bill Clinton's involvement in his wife's
 campaign and Governor George Pataki's involvement in Lazio's
 campaign. Those polled also described Hilary Clinton's and Rick
 Lazio's political orientation and gave their opinions on a ban on
 spending "soft money" and how to spend a budget surplus. The survey
 elicited respondents' views on whether Clinton could represent
 New York State in the Senate effectively without having lived in New
 York for many years, whether Clinton or Lazio would support Israel in
 the Senate, whether Clinton's involvement in a major health care
 reform plan in President Clinton's administration influenced
 respondents' voting decisions, whether they watched or listened to any
 debates between Clinton and Lazio, whether they saw any commercials on
 TV that supported Clinton or Lazio, and whether commercials helped
 them to decide which candidate to vote for. Respondents were also
 asked whom they would vote for in the upcoming presidential election:
 Al Gore (Democratic Party candidate), George W. Bush (Republican Party
 candidate), Pat Buchanan (Reform Party candidate), or Ralph Nader
 (Green Party candidate). Additional questions probed respondents'
 participation and candidate selection in the 1996 presidential
 election and in the 1998 United States Senate election. Background
 information on respondents includes age, gender, education,
 race/ethnic identity, political party affiliation, political
orientation, marital status, religion, and household income.
description: A variation of random-digit dialing using primary sampling
 units (PSUs) was employed, consisting of blocks of 100 telephone
 numbers identical through the eighth digit and stratified by
 geographic region, area code, and size of place. Within households,
 respondents were selected using a method developed by Leslie Kish and
 modified by Charles Backstrom and Gerald Hursh (see Backstrom and
 Hursh, SURVEY RESEARCH [Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press,
1963]).
description: Datasets: 
DS1: CBS News/New York Times New York State Poll, October 2000
description: Adult population of the New York State aged 18 and over
having telephones at home.