DOI: 10.3886/icpsr03122
title: CBS News Call-Back Poll, July 2000
title: Archival Version

description: This poll is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys
that solicit public opinion on the presidency and on a range of other
political and social issues. This survey, fielded July 27, 2000, is a
call-back of the July 20-23, 2000, cohort (CBS NEWS/NEW YORK TIMES
MONTHLY POLL #2, JULY 2000 [ICPSR 3121]), and was conducted to assess
respondents' interest in and opinions about the 2000 presidential
election, interest in the Republican and Democratic party conventions,
readiness to vote in the upcoming election, and level of support for
both candidates, Vice President Al Gore and Texas governor George
W. Bush. Respondents were asked to give their opinions of President
Bill Clinton and his handling of the presidency, foreign policy, and
the economy, as well as their views on the way Congress was handling
its job. They were also asked whether on the day of the survey they
would vote for Al Gore or George W. Bush. Those polled answered the
same question once more, this time choosing among four candidates: Al
Gore (Democratic Party candidate), George W. Bush (Republican Party
candidate), Pat Buchanan (Reform Party candidate), and Ralph Nader
(Green Party candidate). A set of questions regarding Dick Cheney, the
Republican Party vice presidential candidate, was posed, including
whether respondents were glad that George W. Bush named Cheney as his
running mate, whether Cheney's personality influenced their decision
on taking part in the election, and whether Cheney had the experience
necessary to be a good vice president. Those polled expressed their
opinions about Bill Clinton, Al Gore, George W. Bush, Ralph Nader, Pat
Buchanan, and Dick Cheney, as well as about their respective
parties. Information was elicited on respondents' participation and
candidate selection in the 1996 presidential election and in the 1998
House of Representatives election. In addition, respondents answered a
set of questions comparing Al Gore and George W. Bush as presidential
candidates with respect to their qualities of leadership, their
understanding of the complex problems a president has to deal with
(especially international), if they could be trusted to keep their
word as president, if they shared the same moral values as most
Americans, if they said what they believed or what people wanted to
hear, and if they cared about people like the respondent. Other
questions examined respondents' opinions about both candidates' views
on the following subjects: the economy, abortion, taxes, the
environment, and health care. Those polled also expressed their views
about whether the Democratic Party or the Republican Party was more
likely to ensure a strong economy, make sure that the tax system was
fair, make sure United States military defenses were strong, make the
right decisions about Social Security, improve the education and
health care systems, protect the environment, and uphold traditional
family values, and which party cared more about people like the
respondent. The survey also questioned respondents on other issues,
such as the most important problems for the government in the coming
year and abortion. Background information on respondents includes age,
gender, race/ethnic identity, education, religion, voter registration
and participation history, political party affiliation, political
orientation, marital status, age of children in the household, and
income.
description: Datasets: 
DS1: CBS News Call-Back Poll, July 2000
description: (1) This collection has not been processed by ICPSR staff.
ICPSR is distributing the data and documentation for this collection in
essentially the same form in which they were received. When
appropriate, documentation has been converted to Portable Document
Format (PDF), data files have been converted to non-platform-specific
formats, and variables have been recoded to ensure respondents'
anonymity. (2) The codebook is provided by ICPSR as a Portable Document
Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems
Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as
the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the
Acrobat Reader is provided on the ICPSR Web site.The ASCII data file may have been replaced if the previous version was formatted with multiple records per case. A frequency file, which contains the authoritative column locations, has been added to the collection.