DOI: 10.3886/icpsr02783.v3
title: CBS News Monthly Poll #3, April 1999
title: Version 3

description: This poll, fielded April 13-14, 1999, 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, Vice President Al Gore, First Lady Hillary Rodham
Clinton, former New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley, Texas Governor George
W. Bush, former head of the American Red Cross Elizabeth Dole, Arizona
Senator John McCain, and former Vice President Dan Quayle. Other
topics covered the conflict in Kosovo, problem students in public
schools, and personal belief in miracles. Regarding the Kosovo
conflict, respondents were asked whether they approved of United
States and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) policy and Bill
Clinton's handling of the crisis, how closely they had followed the
news about the conflict, whether the intervention was worth the
possible costs, how long they thought the crisis would last, whether
ground troops were likely to be employed, whether the conflict would
spread beyond Kosovo, and the best overall strategy for bringing peace
to the region. On the subject of problem students in public schools,
respondents were prompted for suggestions on what to do with students
who frequently fight with other students, or are chronic substance
abusers or truants. Specifically, respondents were asked about the
efficacy of separating problem students from the general population of
students, including the use of alternative schools, and whether they
would pay higher taxes to implement that strategy. Switching to
respondents' personal belief in miracles, opinions were solicited on
scientific explanations for miracles, on the believability of
religious healing and religious icon manifestations, and whether
respondents had any personal experience with miracles. On other
matters, respondents' opinions were elicited on whether Arkansas judge
Susan Weber was right in holding Bill Clinton in contempt of court for
lying under oath in the Paula Jones sexual harassment lawsuit, and
whether respondents were ready for the upcoming federal income tax
filing deadline. Background information on respondents includes age,
race, education, sex, religion, marital status, political party,
political orientation, access to and use of computer technology,
recent voting history, age of children in household, and family
income.
description: Datasets: 
DS1: CBS News Monthly Poll #3, April 1999
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