DOI: 10.3886/icpsr03222.v1
title: CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll #2, October 2000
title: Version 1

description: This poll, fielded October 18-21, 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 foreign policy and the current
 situation in the Middle East, as well as their views on Vice President
 and Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore, Connecticut senator and
 Democratic vice-presidential candidate Joseph Lieberman, Texas
 governor and Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush, and
 former Secretary of Defense and Republican vice-presidential candidate
 Dick Cheney. Those polled expressed their interest in and opinions
 about the 2000 presidential election, their readiness to vote in the
 upcoming election, and their level of support for both candidates,
 Gore and Bush. Respondents were also asked whether on the day of the
 survey they would vote for Gore or Bush. They then answered the same
 question, choosing among four candidates: Gore (Democratic Party
 candidate), Bush (Republican Party candidate), Pat Buchanan (Reform
 Party candidate), and Ralph Nader (Green Party candidate). A series of
 questions addressed the presidential campaign, including whether
 respondents viewed the campaign as interesting or dull, and how they
 assessed the candidates with respect to political philosophy, job
 preparedness, ability to negotiate with Congress, ability to negotiate
 effectively with world leaders, leadership qualities, integrity,
 whether they cared about the American people, whether they spent their
 campaign explaining their position or attacking their opponent,
 ability to deal with an international crisis, and the candidates'
 motives. Respondents' views were sought regarding the dispute between
 Israel and the Palestinians, including which side respondents
 sympathized with, whether Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and the
 government of Israel and/or Palestinian leader Yassir Arafat and the
 Palestinians had been keeping or breaking agreements made in the peace
 process, whether Bush had the experience necessary to negotiate a
 peace settlement, whether either candidate would become personally
 involved in foreign problems similar to this or delegate to his
 advisors, and whether the United States could do anything to establish
 peace in the Middle East. Additional topics included respondent
 impressions of the third presidential debate held on Tuesday, October
 17, 2000, and their opinions on whether a candidate's position on
 issues or their personal qualities were more important, the influence
 of campaign promises to improve education, the use of school vouchers,
 and whether the New York Yankees or the New York Mets would win the
 World Series. Background information on respondents includes age,
 gender, political party, political philosophy, voter registration and
 participation history, education, marital status, religion, race,
 Hispanic descent, years in community, children in household, household
income, and computer and Internet access.
description: A variation of random-digit dialing using primary sampling
 units (PSUs) was employed, consisting of blocks of 100 telephone
 numbers identical through the eighth digit and stratified by
 geographic region, area code, and size of place. Within households,
 respondents were selected using a method developed by Leslie Kish and
 modified by Charles Backstrom and Gerald Hursh (see Backstrom and
 Hursh, SURVEY RESEARCH. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press,
1963).
description: Datasets: 
DS1: CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll #2, October 2000
description: Adult population of the United States aged 18 and over
having telephones at home.
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