CBS News/New York Times general election exit poll
Subtitle: regional files, 1988
By: principal investigators, CBS News, New York Times
Series: ICPSR -- 9137; ICPSR (Series) -- 9137
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] :
Subjects: Elections; Public opinion; Voting
Other titles: New York times.
Description: This survey is part of an ongoing data collection effort by CBS News and The New York Times. Interviews were conducted with voters as they left the polls on election day, November 8, 1988. Respondents were asked about their vote choices in the presidential, senate, and gubernatorial races, the issues and factors that most influenced those votes, and whether they felt George Bush and Michael Dukakis spent more time explaining their stands on the issues or attacking each other. Other items included respondents' opinions on the condition of the United States economy, their presidential vote choice in 1984, when they made their presidential choice in the current election, and the strength of that choice. Demographic information collected includes sex, race, age, employment status, religion, education, political party identification, and family income.
Notes: ICPSR data class: Class IV.

Chronological coverage: November 8, 1988. Data collected: November 8, 1988.

Self-enumerated forms.

Survey data.

United States.

Card image data format. Each part of this study has a weight variable that must be used in any analysis. The data contain blanks and alphabetic characters.

Codebook available.

Part number: 1 ; part name: East ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 2,847 ; variable count: 50 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 1.

Part number: 2 ; part name: Midwest ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 3,188 ; variable count: 50 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 1.

Part number: 3 ; part name: South ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 3,352 ; variable count: 50 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 1.

Part number: 4 ; part name: West ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 2,258 ; variable count: 50 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 1.

The sampling frame consisted of all precincts in a state, stratified by party vote and geography. Within precincts, respondents were selected on a systematic random basis.

Universe: United States voters participating in the November 8, 1988 national election.