DOI: 10.3886/icpsr38313.v1
title: SETUPS: Voting Behavior: The 2020 Election, United States
title: Version 1

description: Voting Behavior, The 2020 Election is an instructional module designed to offer students the opportunity to analyze a dataset drawn from the American National Election (ANES) 2020 Time Series Study [ICPSR 38034]. This instructional module is part of the Supplementary Empirical Teaching Units in Political Science (SETUPS) series. SETUPS are computer-related modules designed for use in teaching introductory courses in American government and politics. The modules are intended to demonstrate the process of examining evidence and reaching conclusions in a way that stimulates students to think independently and critically, with a deeper understanding of substantive content. They enable students with no previous training to make use of the computer to analyze data on political behavior.
description: This study is a new module that was developed to provide students the opportunity to analyze data from the 2020 United States presidential election.
description: These data were drawn from the American National Election (ANES) 2020 Time Series Study [ICPSR 38034]. For additional information, users should consult the user guide in study 38034.
description: The study draws select survey questions from the American National Election (ANES) 2020 Time Series Study [ICPSR 38034].
The variables are grouped in 16 themes:

A: Voting Behavior and Related Items
B: Political Involvement and Participation Items
C: Media Exposure and Consumption Items
D: Candidate Image Items
E: Presidential, Congressional, and Supreme Court Performance Items
F: Economic Conditions Items
G: Ideology Items
H: Health Care Policy Issue Items
J: Economic and Social Welfare Items
K: Social and Moral Issue Items
L: Women's and Gender Issues
M: Civil Rights and Race/Religion-Related Items
N: Foreign Policy and National Security Items
P: General Political Attitudes and Orientations
Q: LGBTQ+ Issues
R: Demographic and Social Characteristics
description: The data are not weighted. However, the weight variable WEIGHT has been included and must be used in any analysis.
description: Response Rates: For information regarding response rates, users should consult the user guide in the American National Election (ANES) 2020 Time Series Study [ICPSR 38034].
description: The American National Election (ANES) 2020 Time Series Study [ICPSR 38034] used a contactless, mixed-mode design that was created in response to challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic made face-to-face interviewing unfeasible in 2020, and no in-person interviewing was done. Instead, a sequential mixed-mode design was implemented that included self-administered online surveys, live video interviews conducted online, and telephone interviews. Further sampling information can be found in the user guide in study 38034.
description: Datasets: 
DS1: SETUPS: Voting Behavior: The 2020 Election, United States
description: United States electorate.
description: computer-assisted personal interview (CAPI); mixed mode; telephone interview; web-based surveyThese data were drawn from the American National Election (ANES) 2020 Time Series Study [ICPSR 38034]. Variable names from study 38034 are included in the variable labels in this study.For additional information on the SETUPS: Voting Behavior: The 2020 Election, please visit the Voting Behavior, The 2020 Election Web site.