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The survey results are based on telephone re-interviews conducted November 7 – 10, 1996 among 1,012 voters under the direction of Princeton Survey Research Associates. This sample was selected from those identified as registered voters in two previous nationwide surveys of adults 18 years of age or older, the first conducted in June 1996 and […]
But An Informed Decision The usefulness of the debates aside, voters did feel they were sufficiently informed to choose between candidates. Fully 75% of voters felt they had learned enough about the candidates to make “an informed choice” between Clinton, Dole and Perot, a level similar to that in 1992 (77%) and substantially higher than […]
The survey results are based on telephone interviews conducted under the direction of Princeton Survey Research Associates among a nationwide sample of 1,938 adults (1,546 registered voters), 18 years of age or older, during the period October 14-20, 1996. For results based on the total sample one can say with 95% confidence that the error […]
The survey results are based on telephone interviews conducted under the direction of Princeton Survey Research Associates among 1,517 registered voters from a nationwide sample of adults 18 years of age or older, during the period September 25- 29, 1996. For results based on the total sample, one can say with 95% confidence that the […]
Dole’s Image The respective campaign success and failure of Clinton and Dole with various constituencies emerges more clearly in the public’s assessment of each candidate’s personal character, attitudes and performance. In these measurements, Dole has lost ground or has not improved for the most part compared to seven months ago. For example, fewer voters now […]
The survey results are based on telephone interviews conducted under the direction of Princeton Survey Research Associates among a nationwide sample of 1,508 adults, 18 years of age or older, during the period September 5-8, 1996. For results based on the total sample, one can say with 95% confidence that the error attributable to sampling […]
The Public’s Agenda No single issue is compelling to the American public in this campaign. When asked what one issue they would most like to hear presidential candidates discuss, seven subjects were clustered at the top of the list of volunteered responses: taxes, health care, the economy, welfare, education, balanced budget, and jobs. The frequency […]
Introduction and Summary Bill Clinton continues to hold a commanding lead over Bob Dole and Ross Perot, but it is not because voters are delighted with his record, or because the electorate is euphoric about economic conditions, or because people expect better things to come. American voters are modest in their enthusiasm for Bill Clinton, […]
The telephone exchanges were selected with probabilities proportional to their size. The first eight digits of the sampled telephone numbers (area code, telephone exchange, bank number) were selected to be proportionally stratified by county and by telephone exchange within county. That is, the number of telephone numbers randomly sampled from within a given county is […]
Analysis Breakdowns An analysis of recent Pew Research Center surveys Republicans… Who They Are Despite its resurgence over the past 20 years, the Republican Party has never been numerically superior to the Democratic Party. For most of the 1990’s, the two have been essentially equal in this respect. In our most recent surveys, the Center […]