DOI: 10.3886/icpsr06079
title: CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll, June 1992
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. Respondents were asked to comment on what 
 they thought was the most important problem facing the country, and to 
 give their approval rating of George Bush with respect to his handling 
 of the presidency, foreign policy, and the economy. Questions were also 
 posed regarding respondents' vote intentions for the 1992 presidential 
 election, their opinions of potential 1992 presidential candidates, the 
 likelihood of their voting in either a Republican or Democratic 
 presidential primary or caucus, their candidate preferences for the 
 Democratic and Republican presidential nominations, and issues 
 presidential candidates should emphasize. Respondents were asked about 
 the amount of attention they had paid to the 1992 presidential 
 campaign, policy development in the Bush Administration, how well the 
 political system worked, and the necessity of political parties. 
 Questions about Bush focused on how he handled the environment and 
 relations with Russia, and his progress in improving education and 
 reducing poverty. Additional questions about Bush dealt with whether he 
 had kept his campaign promises, how he had dealt with illegal drugs, 
 and how much improvement there had been in the country since his 
 election in 1988. Respondents were asked how they felt about a woman's 
 serving in a higher government position, abortion, the situation in 
 Iraq, medical care, United States military intervention in trouble 
 spots, family values, Social Security, balancing the budget, improving 
 education, labor unions, and tax increases. Those surveyed were also 
 asked about Ross Perot and his effect on the two-party system, aid to 
 the former Soviet Union, the responsibility of the government to 
 provide jobs, and the restriction of foreign imports. Additional 
 questions pertained to the qualities of leadership demonstrated by 
 Bush, Bill Clinton, and Perot, their stands on the issues, respondents' 
 sources of news on the presidential candidates, whether they had ever 
 watched call-in programs on television, and whether there was a 
 connection between what a candidate says before an election and what he 
 does after being elected. The poll also posed a series of questions 
 about Elvis Presley and his fans. Background information on respondents 
 includes sex, age, race, marital status, education, religious 
 preference, employment status, family income, political orientation, 
and party preference.
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 Monthly Poll, June 1992
description: Adult population of the United States aged 18 and over 
having telephones at home.
description: A weight variable has been included and must be used 
for any analysis.