DOI: 10.3886/icpsr02965
title: ABC News/Washington Post Poll, January 2000
title: Archival Version

description: This poll, fielded January 10, 2000, 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, foreign policy, and
 the economy, as well as their views on the upcoming November 7, 2000,
 presidential election and the current presidential primary/caucus
 season. Respondents were asked how much attention they had paid to the
 2000 presidential race and whether they intended to vote. Given a
 choice between Vice President Al Gore, former New Jersey senator Bill
 Bradley, Texas governor George W. Bush, and Arizona senator John
 McCain, those queried were asked for whom they would vote. Their views
 were sought on the most important issues of this presidential election
 and which candidate was best suited to handle issues such as
 education, the economy, taxes, Social Security/Medicare, campaign
 finance reform, international affairs, and health care. Respondents
 were asked if the following statements applied to Bradley, Bush, Gore,
 or McCain: typical politician, understands the average American,
 strong leader, experienced enough to be president, would bring needed
 change to Washington, DC, knowledgeable of world affairs, loyal to his
 political party, inspiring, and has a chance of winning the
 election. Respondents were asked for whom they would vote in a
 Democratic primary or caucus, given a choice between Gore and Bradley,
 and for whom they would vote in a Republican primary or caucus, given
 a choice among Bush, conservative commentator Pat Buchanan, publisher
 Steve Forbes, McCain, radio talk show host Alan Keyes, Family Research
 Council president Gary Bauer, and Utah senator Orrin Hatch. Additional
 topics covered whether respondents were pleased with the choice of
 candidates for the 2000 election, whether they would support a plan
 whereby candidates agreed to participate in twice-weekly debates and
 agreed not to run televised political advertisements, and whether they
 believed homosexuals should be allowed to serve in the military.
 Background information on respondents includes age, sex, education,
 political party, political orientation, Hispanic descent, voter
 registration and participation history, military service, labor union
membership, and family income.
description: Datasets: 
DS1: ABC News/Washington Post Poll, January 2000
description: (1) The data are provided as an SPSS portable
 file. (2) 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, hardcopy documentation has been converted to
 machine-readable form and variables have been recoded to ensure
 respondents' anonymity. (3) The codebook is provided 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 Website.