DOI: 10.3886/icpsr03854.v1
title: ABC News Poll, September 1994
title: Version 1

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. Questions included the respondent's 
 opinion on what the most important problem facing the United States 
 was and approval ratings for President Clinton's handling of the 
 presidency, the economy, foreign affairs, crime, and health care. 
 Approval ratings were also tallied for the United States Congress and 
 the Democrats and Republicans in Congress. Respondents were asked how 
 much Congress had accomplished in the past year compared to years 
 before and who was responsible (i.e., President Clinton or the 
 parties in Congress). Respondents were asked if they believed certain 
 political figures, including President Clinton, Senate Majority 
 Leader Bob Dole, and the respondent's representative in Congress, 
 were doing what was best for the country, their district, or their 
 own political lives. Those polled were asked what they believed their 
 representative in Congress should or should not be doing, and which 
 political party was better at handling issues such as the economy and 
 helping the middle class. Queries included the general functioning of 
 the federal government and what, if any, changes were needed. 
 Respondent opinions on the crime bill were gathered, as well as 
 approval ratings on Congress's handling of the health care system. 
 Other questions concerning health care included whether the 
 respondent supported proposed changes to the health care system and 
 whether the respondent believed that significant improvements would 
 be made to the health care system. Respondents were also queried on 
 what changes they would like to see in Congress -- for example, 
 whether they would vote for their incumbent representative or the 
 challenger. Respondents were asked if they believed that America's 
 vital interests were at stake in the situation in Cuba and/or in 
 Haiti and whether the United States should end its economic embargo 
 against Cuba if certain conditions were met. Questions also solicited 
 respondent views on whether they would support a military invasion of 
 Haiti and if they believed that the United States would go to war 
 with Haiti. Respondents' knowledge of bills passed in Congress within 
 the past year was also assessed. Demographic information gathered 
 includes political affiliation, voter registration status, voting 
 record, political philosophy, level of education, religious 
 preference, urban or rural residence, marital status, labor union 
 status, working status, ethnicity, age, sex, yearly income, and 
willingness for call-back.
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 home at the time of the 
interview.
description: Datasets: 
DS1: ABC News Poll, September 1994
description: Persons aged 18 and over living in households with 
telephones in the contiguous 48 United States.
description: (1) Additional information about sampling, 
 interviewing, weighting, and sampling error may be found in the 
 codebook. (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, documentation has been converted to Portable Document 
 Format (PDF), data files have been converted to non-platform-specific 
 formats, and variables have been recoded to ensure respondents' 
 anonymity. (3) The codebook is provided by ICPSR 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 Web 
site.