DOI: 10.3886/icpsr06625
title: ABC News/Washington Post Poll, May 1994
title: Archival Version

description: This poll, conducted May 12-15, 1994, 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.
 Respondents were asked to give their opinions of President Bill
 Clinton and his handling of the presidency and issues such as crime
 and the situation in Haiti, and whether he was doing a better job
 handling the economy and foreign affairs than former President George
 H.W. Bush. Views were sought on Clinton's health care plan, the
 nomination of Stephen G. Breyer to the United States Supreme Court,
 and the ability of the federal government to solve problems. A series
 of questions addressed Clinton's handling of the Haitian refugees
 attempting to enter the United States by boat, whether he could be
 trusted to make the right decisions regarding the United States role
 in world affairs, and whether his handling of foreign affairs was
 creating anti-American feelings overseas. Those polled also gave their
 opinions of First Lady Hillary Clinton, Vice President Al Gore, former
 Vice President Dan Quayle, Reform Party founder Ross Perot, and
 Senator Bob Dole, and specific questions asked whether Quayle and
 Perot were qualified to be president. Other questions focused on
 President Clinton's role in the Whitewater investigation, the sexual
 harassment charges made against him by former Arkansas state employee
 Paula Jones, and whether respondents would vote for a Democrat or
 Republican candidate if the upcoming United States House of
 Representatives election were held that day. Additional topics covered
 life after death, spirits, souls, near-death experiences,
 reincarnation, heaven, hell, unidentified flying objects (UFOs), and
 extraterrestrial life. Demographic variables include sex, age, race,
 marital status, labor union membership, employment status, household
 income, education level, perceived social class, type of residential
 area (e.g., urban, rural, etc.), religious preference, political party
 affiliation, political orientation, and voter registration status and
participation history.
description: The data contain a weight variable (WEIGHT) that should be
 used in analyzing the data. This poll consists of "standard" national
 representative samples of the adult population with sample balancing
of sex, race, age, and education.
description: Households were selected by random-digit dialing. Within
 households, the respondent selected was the adult living in the
 household who last had a birthday and who was at home at the time of
interview.
description: Datasets: 
DS1: ABC News/Washington Post Poll, May 1994
description: Adults aged 18 and over living in households with
telephones.
description: telephone interview(1) The data available for download are not weighted,
 and users will need to weight the data prior to analysis. (2)
 Additional information about sampling, interviewing, and sampling
 error may be found in the codebook. (3) Original reports using these
 data may be found via the
 ABC News Polling
 Unit Web site and via the
 Washington
 Post Opinion Surveys and Polls Web site. (4) A value label for an
 unknown code was added in variables Q61 and Q63. (5) The CASEID
variable was created for use with online analysis.