DOI: 10.3886/icpsr03120.v3
title: CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll #1, July 2000
title: Version 3

description: This poll, conducted July 13-16, 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 about their interest in the upcoming
2000 presidential election, their readiness to vote in the election,
and their level of support for both candidates, Vice President Al Gore
and Texas governor George W. Bush. Respondents were also asked if they
had already decided for whom they would vote in November and whether
on the day of the survey they would vote for Al Gore or George
W. Bush. Respondents answered the same question once more, this time
choosing among four candidates: Al Gore, the Democratic Party
candidate, George W. Bush, the Republican Party candidate, Pat
Buchanan, the Reform Party candidate, and Ralph Nader, the Green Party
candidate. Another series of questions dealt with candidates for vice
president, with items on the influence of running mates on
respondents' vote decisions, the desired vice-presidential candidate's
position on abortion, and whether it was important for the candidate
to have experience in Washington. Those polled expressed their
opinions about Al Gore, George W. Bush, Ralph Nader, Pat Buchanan,
President Bill Clinton, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, Arizona
senator John McCain, and former New Jersey senator Bill
Bradley. Information was elicited on respondents' participation and
candidate selection in the 1996 presidential election and in the 1998
House of Representatives election. The survey questioned respondents
on other political issues, such as the way political campaigns were
funded, the method of nominating presidential candidates (including
views on the adoption of a new nominating system based on state
population), the need to organize political conventions, the influence
of organized labor on the Democratic Party and the influence of the
religious right on the Republican Party, President Bill Clinton's
involvement in Al Gore's campaign, and former President Bush's
involvement in his son's campaign. Other subjects covered respondents'
opinions about immigrants, health insurance, Medicare and Social
Security, taxes and the influence of a $483 billion dollar tax cut
over the next five years for the economy, and the way the respondents
would use the theoretical budget surplus in the coming years. Other
questions probed opinions on the desired level of government influence
on environmental and safety practices of business, as well as how the
government should handle environmental protection and job losses
connected with it. Respondents also described their views on abortion,
the importance of religion in everyday life, the death penalty,
tax-funded vouchers for children's education, the National Rifle
Association, trade restrictions, and domestic industries, as well as
granting trade privileges to China. Respondents were asked whether
they owned any kind of firearm and what they thought about child
safety locks on handguns sold in the United States. Background
information on respondents includes age, sex, race/ethnic identity,
education, religion and identification with Christian political
organizations, voter registration and participation history, political
party affiliation, political orientation, military service status,
membership in labor unions and the National Rifle Association, marital
status, age of children in household, and income.
description: Datasets: 
DS1: CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll #1, July 2000
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