DOI: 10.3886/icpsr06522.v1
title: Presidential Election Campaign Study, 1984: [South Bend, Indiana]
title: Version 1

description: The objective of this data collection was to study 
 communication and influence in an election campaign, with special 
 emphasis on social networks and social contexts as they relate to 
 political behavior. The first wave (Part 1) of this three-wave panel 
 survey provided baseline measures on respondents prior to the 1984 
 general election campaign. Topics covered general political 
 participation history, primary election participation, general policy 
 opinions, opinions regarding important national problems, and intended 
 vote. Additionally, the instrument included a complete battery of 
 demographic questions for the respondent and the respondent's spouse, 
 as well as standard measures of political loyalties and preferences, 
 such as political party identification and liberal-conservative 
 identification. The second pre-election wave (Parts 2 and 3) was 
 designed to locate respondents sociologically. The instrument included 
 five batteries of questions regarding respondents' neighborhoods, work 
 places, organizational involvements, recreational pursuits, and 
 families. Questions regarding the political salience of each domain 
 were asked, as well as a battery of questions concerning political 
 discussion and the respondent's reliance upon informal, 
 socially-derived information regarding politics. In addition to 
 questions about the respondent's social environments, the instrument 
 also included questions on candidate preference and perceptions of 
 candidates, expectations regarding the economy and foreign affairs, and 
 various policy concerns. The third wave (Parts 4 and 5) of the survey, 
 conducted after the 1984 election, contained sections on media use, 
 political party contacted by the respondent during the campaign, 
 participation in the campaign, voting behavior in the election, and 
 opinions regarding campaign issues. The standard post-election 
 questions were supplemented by questions regarding local politics and 
 local political figures, group attitudes, and respondents' social 
 networks. The discussant survey interviews (Part 6) elicited 
 information from respondents' discussion partners on campaign-related 
 political involvement and behaviors, political opinions, basic 
 demographic characteristics, and network questions. The network 
 questions were included primarily to investigate reciprocity in network 
 links for the main respondents. Demographic data collected on 
 participants include information on marital status, educational level, 
 employment status, income level, age, sex, religion, ethnic background, 
nationality, and ideological stance.
description: Random sample of 16 South Bend, Indiana, neighborhoods. The 
discussants were identified through a one-stage snowball sample.
description: Datasets: 
DS0: Study-Level Files
DS1: Wave A Main Respondent Data
DS2: Wave B Main Respondent Data, Part 1
DS3: Wave B Main Respondent Data, Part 2
DS4: Wave C Main Respondent Data, Part 1
DS5: Wave C Main Respondent Data, Part 2
DS6: Wave D Discussant Data
DS7: SPSS Export File for Wave A Main Respondent Data
DS8: SPSS Export File for Wave B Main Respondent Data, Part 1
DS9: SPSS Export File for Wave B Main Respondent Data, Part 2
DS10: SPSS Export File for Wave C Main Respondent Data, Part 1
DS11: SPSS Export File for Wave C Main Respondent Data, Part 2
DS12: SPSS Export File for Wave D Discussant Data
description: Residents of voting age in South Bend, Indiana.