DOI: 10.3886/icpsr03121
title: CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll #2, July 2000
title: Archival Version

description: This poll, conducted July 20-23, 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 way Congress was handling
its job. 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,
Vice President Al Gore and Texas governor George W. Bush. Respondents
were also asked whether on the day of the survey they would vote for
Al Gore or George W. Bush. They then answered the same question once
more, this time choosing among four candidates: Al Gore (Democratic
Party candidate), George W. Bush (Republican Party candidate), Pat
Buchanan (Reform Party candidate), and Ralph Nader (Green Party
candidate). Opinions of the four candidates and their respective
parties were also elicited. Additional questions probed respondents'
participation and candidate selection in the 1996 presidential
election and in the 1998 House of Representatives election.
Respondents answered another set of questions comparing Al Gore and
George W. Bush as presidential candidates in terms of their qualities
of leadership, their understanding of the complex problems a president
has to deal with (especially international problems), whether they
could be trusted to keep their word as president, whether they shared
the same moral values as most Americans, whether they said what they
believed or what people wanted to hear, and whether they cared about
people like the respondent. Other questions examined respondents'
opinions about both candidates' views on the following subjects: the
economy, abortion, taxes, the environment, and health care. Those
polled also expressed their views about whether the Democratic Party
or the Republican Party was more likely to ensure a strong economy,
make sure that the tax system was fair, make sure United States
military defenses were strong, make the right decisions about Social
Security, improve the education and health care systems, and protect
the environment. Respondents also indicated which party was better at
upholding traditional family values, which party cared more about
people like the respondent, what the most important problems for the
government in the coming year were, and what their views were on
abortion. Background information on respondents includes age, gender,
race/ethnic identity, education, religion, voter registration and
participation history, political party affiliation, political
orientation, marital status, age of children in the household, and
income.
description: Datasets: 
DS1: CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll #2, July 2000
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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. (2) The codebook is provided by ICPSR
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site.The ASCII data file may have been replaced if the previous version was formatted with multiple records per case. A frequency file, which contains the authoritative column locations, has been added to the collection.