DOI: 10.3886/icpsr09890
title: ABC News/Washington Post Poll, December 1991
title: Archival Version

description: This poll is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys 
 that evaluate the Bush presidency and solicit opinions on a variety 
 of political and social issues. Respondents were asked whether they 
 approved or disapproved of Bush's handling of the presidency and why, 
 whether the nation's economy could be described as excellent, good, 
 not so good, or poor, whether they were better off financially than 
 in 1989 when Bush became president, and whether Bush cared equally 
 about serving people of all income levels. Concerning political 
 parties, respondents were asked whether the Democrats or Republicans 
 could do a better job of coping with the main problems the nation 
 would face in the coming years and which party could better handle 
 issues such as the economy, crime, foreign affairs, education, 
 defense, and health care. Concerning Congress, respondents were asked 
 whether they approved of the way their own United States 
 Representative was handling his or her job, whether they approved of 
 the way Congress in general was doing its job and why, and whether 
 they approved of the way the Democrats in Congress were handling the 
 nation's economy. In addition, those surveyed were asked whether Bush 
 or the Democrats in Congress could be trusted to do a better job on 
 the economy, whether Bush and the Democrats in Congress were more 
 interested in doing what's best for the economy or what's best for 
 themselves politically, and whether the United States needed a new 
 president that would set the nation in another direction. Respondents 
 were also asked whether cutting taxes or increasing domestic spending 
 was more important at the present time, whether their biggest problem 
 was high taxes, slow income growth, or too much debt, whether it had 
 become more difficult to get a promotion or a better job in the past 
 year, whether their hours and overtime had been reduced in the past 
 year, and if their latest pay raise had been higher or lower than 
 usual. Concerning the 1992 presidential election, respondents were 
 asked for whom they would vote if their state held a Democratic or 
 Republican primary/caucus for president, toward whom they were 
 leaning for the primary/caucus at the time of the interview, what the 
 chances were that they would vote in the 1992 presidential election, 
 whether they would vote for Bush or various other prospective 
 candidates/nominees were the national election held at the time of 
 the interview, and toward whom they were leaning for the national 
 election at the time of the interview. Additionally, respondents were 
 asked whether they would consider voting for David Duke, whether they 
 would like to see the 1992 national elections result in a Republican 
 president with a Democratic majority in Congress or various other 
 combinations and how important that was, and how much a candidate's 
 position on health care influenced the respondent's vote. Other 
 topics included living wills, the cost and availability of health 
 care, approaches to financing health care, and health benefits 
 provided by employers. Background information on respondents includes 
 political alignment, voter registration status, most recent 
 presidential vote choice, education, age, race, income, economic 
 class, religion, marital status, household composition, labor union 
membership, urban/suburban/rural residence, and sex.
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 
the interview.
description: Datasets: 
DS1: ABC News/Washington Post Poll, December 1991
description: Adults aged 18 and over living in households with 
telephones in the 48 contiguous United States.
description: A weight variable with one implied decimal place has 
been included and must be used with any analysis.