nes: NES dataset for R Companion to Political Analysis, Third...
In RCPA3: Data and Functions for R Companion to Political Analysis 3rd Ed
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NES dataset for R Companion to Political Analysis, Third Edition
Description
The American National Election Survey polls individuals about their political beliefs and behavior. This dataset is used to demonstrate application of R to political analysis. See book Appendix for variable names and descriptions.
Usage
nes
Format
A data frame with 8280 rows and 429 variables.
- abortion.imp
PRE: Importance of abortion issue to R
- abortion.legal
PRE: STD Abortion: self-placement
- abortion.scotus
PRE: SUMMARY: Abortion rights Supreme Court
- active.duty.mil
PRE: Armed forces active duty
- address.yrs
PRE: Years R lived at address
- age
PRE: SUMMARY: Respondent age
- agree.facts
PRE: How important that people agree on basic facts
- allow.refugees
POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose allowing refugees to come to US
- american.id.import
POST: How important is being American to R's identity
- angry.about.things
PRE: How angry R feels about how things are going in the country
- approve.aca
POST: SUMMARY: Approve/disapprove Affordable Care Act
- approve.cong
PRE: SUMMARY: Approval of Congress handling its job
- approve.gov.covid
PRE: SUMMARY: Approve or disapprove R's governor handling COVID-19
- approve.local.covid
PRE: SUMMARY: Approve or disapprove local government handling COVID-19
- approve.pres.covid
PRE: SUMMARY: Approve or disapprove President handling COVID-19
- approve.pres.econ
PRE: SUMMARY: Approve or disapprove President handling economy
- approve.pres.hc
PRE: SUMMARY: Approve or disapprove President handling health care
- approve.pres.imm
PRE: SUMMARY: Approve or dissaprove President handling immigration
- approve.pres.ir
PRE: SUMMARY: Approve or disapprove President handling foreign relations
- approve.pres.job
PRE: SUMMARY: Approve or disapprove President handling job
- ban.assault.rif
POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose banning 'assault-style' rifles
- been.arrested
POST: Has R ever been arrested
- bible.god.man
PRE: Is Bible word of God or men
- biden.cares
PRE: Democratic Presidential candidate trait: really cares
- biden.honest
PRE: Democratic Presidential candidate trait: honest
- biden.knowledge
PRE: Democratic Presidential candidate trait: knowledgeable
- biden.libcon7
PRE: 7pt scale liberal-conservative: Democratic Presidential candidate
- biden.strlead
PRE: Democratic Presidential candidate trait: strong leadership
- birthright.citizens
PRE: SUMMARY: Favor or oppose ending birthright citizenship
- blacks.gotless
POST: Agree/disagree: blacks have gotten less than they deserve
- blacks.pastdiff
POST: Agree/disagree: past slavery & discrimination make it difficult for blacks
- blacks.tryharder
POST: Agree/disagree: if blacks tried harder they'd be as well off as whites
- blacks.workforit
POST: Agree/disagree: blacks should work their way up without special favors
- border.wall
PRE: SUMMARY: Favor or oppose building a wall on border with Mexico
- born.in.usa
PRE: Rs: born US, Puerto Rico, or some other country
- buy.back.rifles
POST: Favor/oppose government buy back of 'assault-style' rifles
- campaign.news.carlson
PRE: Mention: TV PROG - Tucker Carlson Tonight (Fox)
- campaign.news.colbert
PRE: Mention: TV PROG - The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
- campaign.news.hannity
PRE: Mention: TV PROG - Hannity (Fox)
- campaign.news.maddow
PRE: Mention: TV PROG - The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC)
- campaign.news.none
PRE: Media sources R used to follow presidential campaign: none
- campaign.news.papers
PRE: Media sources R used to follow presidential campaign: newspapers
- campaign.news.radio
PRE: Media sources R used to follow presidential campaign: radio news
- campaign.news.tv
PRE: Media sources R used to follow presidential campaign: tv programs
- campaign.news.web
PRE: Media sources R used to follow presidential campaign: internet sites
- campaign.spendlim
POST: Limits on campaign spending
- campaigns.interest
PRE: How interested in following campaigns
- cant.get.ahead
POST: Because of rich and powerful it's difficult for the rest to get ahead
- care.who.wins
PRE: How much R cares who wins Presidential Election [revised]
- case.id
2020 Case ID
- censor.self
PRE: How often self censor
- changed.names
PRE: R name ever changed
- child.behave
POST: Which child trait more important: considerate or well-behaved
- child.manners
POST: Which child trait more important: curiosity or good manners
- child.obey
POST: Which child trait more important: obedience or self-reliance
- child.respect
POST: Which child trait more important: independence or respect
- citizenship.path
POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose providing path to citizeship
- civ12.argue
POST: Has R in past 12 months: gotten into a political argument
- civ12.comment
POST: Has R in past 12 months: posted comment online about political issue
- civ12.community
POST: Has R in past 12 months: worked w/others to deal w/issue facing community
- civ12.cong
POST: Has R in past 12 months: contacted member of US Senate or House of Rep
- civ12.fedoff
POST: Has R in past 12 months: contacted non-elected official in federal govt
- civ12.fedpol
POST: Has R in past 12 months: contacted federal elected official
- civ12.giveorg
POST: Has R in past 12 months: given money to other organization
- civ12.giverelig
POST: Has R in past 12 months: given money to religious organization
- civ12.march
POST: Has R in past 12 months: joined a protest march, rally, or demonstration
- civ12.meeting
POST: Has R in past 12 months: attend mtg about issue facing community/schools
- civ12.petition
POST: Has R in past 12 months: sign internet or paper petition
- civ12.stateoff
POST: Has R in past 12 months: contacted non-elected official in state/local gov
- civ12.statepol
POST: Has R in past 12 months: contacted elected official on state/local level
- civ12.vol
POST: Has R in past 12 months: done any volunteer work
- climate.ch.weather
POST: How much is climate change affecting severe weather/temperatures in US
- climate.import
POST: How important is issue of climate change to R
- community.yrs
PRE: How long lived in this community YRS
- consumer.politics
POST: How often bought or boycotted product/service for social/political reasons
- contacted.gotv
POST: Anyone talk to R about registering or getting out to vote
- covid.election
PRE: Options for election if COVID-19 continues
- covid.fed
PRE: SUMMARY: Federal government response to COVID-19
- covid.made.lab
POST: Was the coronavirus (COVID-19) was developed intentionally in a lab or not
- covid.reopening
PRE: SUMMARY: Re-opening too quickly or too slowly
- covid.restrictions
PRE: Limits placed on public activity due to COVID-19 too strict or not
- covid.science.help
POST: How important should science be for decisions about COVID-19
- death.penalty
PRE: SUMMARY: R favor/oppose death penalty
- def.spend.7pt
PRE: 7pt scale defense spending: self-placement
- deficit.reduce
POST: Importance of reducing deficit
- dem.libcon7
PRE: 7pt scale liberal-conservative: Democratic party
- deport.children
PRE: SUMMARY: Should children brought illegally be sent back or allowed to stay
- deport.unauth
POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose returning unauthorize immigrants to native country
- discrim.vs.asians
POST: Discrimination in the US against Asians
- discrim.vs.blacks
POST: Discrimination in the US against blacks
- discrim.vs.christians
POST: Discrimination in the US against Christians
- discrim.vs.glb
POST: Discrimination in the US against Gays and Lesbians
- discrim.vs.hispanics
POST: Discrimination in the US against Hispanics
- discrim.vs.men
POST: Discrimination in the US against men
- discrim.vs.muslims
POST: Discrimination in the US against Muslims
- discrim.vs.trans
POST: Discrimination in the US against transgender people
- discrim.vs.whites
POST: Discrimination in the US against whites
- discrim.vs.women
POST: Discrimination in the US against women
- diversity.good.usa
POST: SUMMARY: Increasing diversity made US better/worse place to live
- divided.govt
PRE: Party Control or split government
- donations.change.votes
POST: Congress change votes because of donation to campaign
- econ.current
PRE: Current economy good or bad
- econ.lastyear
PRE: SUMMARY: National economy better or worse in last year
- econ.mobility.now
POST: SUMMARY: Economic mobility
- econ.nextyear
PRE: SUMMARY: Economy better or worse in next 12 months
- econ.worry
PRE: How worried about national economy
- educ.5cat
PRE: SUMMARY: Respondent 5 Category level of education
- education
PRE: Highest level of Education
- elect.asians
POST: How important that more Asians get elected to political office
- elect.blacks
POST: How important that more blacks get elected to political office
- elect.hispanics
POST: How important that more Hispanics get elected to political office
- elect.lgbt
POST: How important that more LGBT people get elected to political office
- elect.women
POST: How important that more women get elected to political office
- elections.govt.attn
PRE: Elections make government pay attention
- envir.or.biz
PRE: 7pt scale environment-business tradeoff: self-placement
- equal.opp
POST: Society should make sure everyone has equal opportunity
- facebook.polpost
POST: How often post political content on Facebook
- facebook.use
POST: How often use Facebook
- faced.gender.discrim
POST: How much discrimination has R faced because of gender
- faced.race.discrim
POST: How much discrimination has R faced personally because or race/ethnicity
- fed.bw.better
POST: SUMMARY: Federal government treats blacks or whites better
- fedspend.aidpoor
PRE: SUMMARY: Federal Budget Spending: aid to the poor
- fedspend.border
PRE: SUMMARY: Federal Budget Spending: Tightening border security
- fedspend.crime
PRE: SUMMARY: Federal Budget Spending: dealing with crime
- fedspend.environ
PRE: SUMMARY: Federal Budget Spending: protecting the environment
- fedspend.highways
PRE: SUMMARY: Federal Budget Spending: building and repairing highways
- fedspend.schools
PRE: SUMMARY: Federal Budget Spending: public schools
- fedspend.socsec
PRE: SUMMARY: Federal Budget Spending: Social Security
- fedspend.welfare
PRE: SUMMARY: Federal Budget Spending: welfare programs
- feminist
POST: Does R consider themself a feminist or anti-feminist
- feminist.import
POST: How important is being a feminist
- finance.lastyear
PRE: R how much better or worse off financially than 1 year ago
- finance.nextyear
PRE: R how much better or worse off financially next year
- financial.worried
PRE: How worried is R about current financial situation
- ft.asian.am
POST: Feeling thermometer: Asian-Americans
- ft.asians
POST: Feeling thermometer: Asians
- ft.biden.post
POST: Feeling thermometer: Democratic Presidential candidate: Joe Biden
- ft.biden.pre
PRE: Feeling Thermometer: Joe Biden, Democratic Presidential candidate
- ft.bigbiz
POST: Feeling thermometer: big business
- ft.blacks
POST: Feeling thermometer: blacks
- ft.blm
POST: Feeling thermometer: Black Lives Matter
- ft.capitalists
POST: Feeling thermometer: capitalists
- ft.cdc
POST: Feeling thermometer: Center for Disease Control (CDC)
- ft.christian.fund
POST: Feeling thermometer: Christian fundamentalists
- ft.christians
POST: Feeling thermometer: Christians
- ft.congress
POST: Feeling thermometer: congress
- ft.conservatives
POST: Feeling thermometer: conservatives
- ft.dem
PRE: Feeling Thermometer: Democratic Party
- ft.fauci
POST: Feeling thermometer: Dr. Anthony Fauci
- ft.fbi
POST: Feeling thermometer: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- ft.feminists
POST: Feeling thermometer: feminists
- ft.gays.lesbians
POST: Feeling thermometer: gay men and lesbians
- ft.harris.post
POST: Feeling thermometer: Democratic Vice Presidential candidate: Kamala Harris
- ft.harris.pre
PRE: Feeling Thermometer: Kamala Harris, Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate
- ft.hispanics
POST: Feeling thermometer: Hispanics
- ft.ice
POST: Feeling thermometer: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency
- ft.illegal.imm
POST: Feeling thermometer: illegal immigrants
- ft.jews
POST: Feeling thermometer: Jews
- ft.journalists
POST: Feeling thermometer: journalists
- ft.liberals
POST: Feeling thermometer: liberals
- ft.metoo
POST: Feeling thermometer: #MeToo movement
- ft.muslims
POST: Feeling thermometer: Muslims
- ft.nato
POST: Feeling thermometer: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
- ft.nra
POST: Feeling thermometer: National Rifle Association (NRA)
- ft.obama
PRE: Feeling Thermometer: Barack Obama
- ft.pence.post
POST: Feeling thermometer: Republican Vice Presidential candidate: Mike Pence
- ft.pence.pre
PRE: Feeling Thermometer: Mike Pence, Republican Vice-Presidential candidate
- ft.police
POST: Feeling thermometer: police
- ft.pp
POST: Feeling thermometer: Planned Parenthood
- ft.rep
PRE: Feeling Thermometer: Republican Party
- ft.rural
POST: Feeling thermometer: rural Americans
- ft.scientists
POST: Feeling thermometer: scientists
- ft.scotus
POST: Feeling thermometer: U.S. Supreme Court
- ft.socialists
POST: Feeling thermometer: socialists
- ft.transgender
POST: Feeling thermometer: transgender people
- ft.trump.post
POST: Feeling thermometer: Republican Presidential candidate: Donald Trump
- ft.trump.pre
PRE: Feeling Thermometer: Donald Trump, Republican Presidential candidate
- ft.un
POST: Feeling thermometer: United Nations (UN)
- ft.unions
POST: Feeling thermometer: labor unions
- ft.whites
POST: Feeling thermometer: whites
- ft.who
POST: Feeling thermometer: World Health Organization (WHO)
- gay.adopt
PRE: Should gay and lesbian couples be allowed to adopt
- gay.job.discrim
PRE: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose laws protect gays lesbians against job discrimination
- gay.marriage
PRE: R position on gay marriage
- gay.req.service
PRE: SUMMARY: Services to same sex couples
- gender
PRE: What is your (R) sex? [revised]
- gov.asst.blacks
PRE: 7pt scale gov assistance to blacks scale: self-placement
- govt.act.ineq
POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose government trying to reduce income inequality
- govt.act.warm.str
PRE: Government action about rising temperatures (STRENGTH)
- govt.act.warming
PRE: Government action about rising temperatures
- govt.corrupt
PRE: How many in government are corrupt
- govt.guar.job
PRE: 7pt scale guaranteed job-income scale: self-placement
- govt.hc.7pt
PRE: 7pt scale gov-private medical insurance scale: self-placement
- govt.help.hc
POST: SUMMARY: Increase/decrease government spending to help pay for health care
- govt.run.byfew
PRE: Government run by a few big interests or for benefit of all
- govt.services.7pt
PRE: 7pt scale spending & services: self-placement
- govt.under.media
PRE: How concerned government might undermine media
- govt.wastes.money
PRE: Does government waste much tax money
- govtreg.moreless
POST: Would it be good for society to have more or less government regulation
- grand.born.usa
PRE: How many grandparents born outside the US
- grew.up.where
PRE: Where R grew up
- gun.bg.checks
POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose background checks for gun puchases
- gun.buying
POST: Should federal government make it more difficult or easier to buy a gun
- gun.issue.imp
POST: How important is issue of gun access to R
- guns.owned
PRE: How many Guns owned
- happy.about.things
PRE: How happy R feels about how things are going in the country
- hardvote2020
POST: How difficult was it for R to vote
- harrassed.work
POST: Has R experienced harrassment at work
- harrassed.work.oft
POST: How often has R experienced harrassment at work
- has.daughter
POST: Does R have any sons or daughters - one or more daughters
- has.nokids
POST: Does R have any sons or daughters - no sons and no daughters
- has.son
POST: Does R have any sons or daughters - one or more sons
- have.health.ins
PRE: Does R have health insurance
- hc.pay.bills
PRE: How likely R able to pay all health care costs in next 12 months
- health
PRE: Health of R
- health.lose.ins
PRE: R concerned about losing health insurance
- health.pay.costs
PRE: R concerned about paying for health care
- help.with.science
POST: How much do people need help from experts to understand science
- hh.covid.symp
PRE: Anyone in household COVID-19 based on symptoms
- hh.covid.test
PRE: Anyone in household tested pos for COVID-19
- hh.family.mem
PRE: R living with how many family members
- hh.income
PRE-POST: SUMMARY: Total (family) income
- hh.income.pre
PRE: SUMMARY: Total (family) income
- hh.landline
PRE: Is there a working HH landline phone
- hh.num.child
PRE: How many children in HH age 0-17
- hh.partner.status
PRE: Domestic partnership status
- hh.union.mem
PRE: Anyone in HH belong to labor union
- housing.payments
PRE: How likely R able to make all housing payments in next 12 months
- hydrox.treat.covid
POST: Evidence that hydroxychloroquine is effective treatment for COVID-19 or no
- immig.crime
POST: SUMMARY: effect of illegal immiration on crime rate
- immig.levels
POST: What should immigration levels be
- immig.policy
PRE: US government policy toward unauthorized immigrants
- immig.take.jobs
POST: How likely immigration will take away jobs
- imp.govt.checks
PRE: How important branches of government keep one another from too much power
- imp.media.crit
PRE: How important that news organizations free to criticize
- imp.off.conseq
PRE: How important elected officials face serious consequences for misconduct
- imports.limit
POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose new limits on imports
- income.gap.change
PRE: SUMMARY: How much larger is income gap today
- income.gap.today
PRE: Income gap today more or less than 20 years ago
- ineq.worryless
POST: We'd be better off if worried less about equality
- intl.force
PRE: Force to solve international problems
- invest.stocks
PRE: Money invested in Stock Market
- laws.contrib.indiv
POST: Congress pass laws that benefit contributor individuals
- laws.contrib.org
POST: Congress pass laws that benefit contributor organization
- leader.compromise
PRE: Prefer government official who compromises or sticks to principles
- libcon3
PRE: 3pt scale liberal-conservative self-placement
- libcon7
PRE: 7pt scale liberal-conservative self-placement
- life.sat
PRE: How satisfied is R with life
- lifex.buyusa
POST: Life experience: does R choose products because they are made in America
- lifex.flyflag
POST: Life experience: has R displayed American flag on house in past year
- lifex.foodstamps
POST: Life experience: has R ever received food stamps or other public assistanc
- lifex.huntfish
POST: Life experience: has R gone hunting or fishing in past year
- lifex.knowimmig
POST: Life experience: does R know someone moved to U.S. from another country
- lifex.oweloans
POST: Life experience: does R currently owe money on student loans
- lifex.retireacct
POST: Life experience: does R a have pension or retirement account
- lifex.ridebus
POST: Life experience: has R used public transportation in past year
- lifex.sharkbite
POST: Life experience: has R ever been bitten by a shark
- lqb.friendfam
POST: R has family/neighbors/coworkers/friends who are gay, lesbian or bisexual
- marital
PRE: Marital status
- medical.putoff
PRE: Put off checkup and vaccines
- metoo.toofar
POST: SUMMARY: Attention to sexual harrassment as gone too far/not far enough
- middle.class.ext
POST: Is R lower middle class, middle class, upper middle class? [EGSS]
- min.wage.change
POST: Should the minimum wage be raised, kept the same, or lowered
- morals.adjust
POST: The world is changing & we should adjust view of moral behavior
- morechance.okay
POST: Not a big problem if some have more chance in life
- moreless.govt
POST:SUMMARY: Less or more government
- opioid.addiction
POST: SUMMARY Should federal govt do more/less about opioid drug addiction
- oth.race.concern
POST: How often does R have concerned feelings for other racial/ethnic groups
- oth.race.feel
POST: How often R imagines how they would feel before criticizing other groups
- oth.race.persp
POST: How often does R try to understand perpective of other racial/ethnic group
- oth.race.protect
POST: How often R feels protective of someone due to race or ethnicity
- paid.parent.leave
PRE: SUMMARY: Require employers to offer paid leave to parents of new children
- parents.born.usa
PRE: Native status of parents
- party.register
PRE-POST: SUMMARY: Party of registration
- partyid3
PRE: Party ID, 3 categories
- partyid7
PRE: SUMMARY: Party ID
- partyid.importance
PRE: Party identity importance
- people.fed.lies
POST: Much of what people hear in schools and media are lies by those in power
- people.too.sens
PRE: Need to be more sensitive talking or people too easily offended
- person.get.ahead
POST: How much opportunity in America for average person to get ahead
- pol.asian.infl
POST: How much influence do Asians have in US politics
- pol.black.infl
POST: How much influence do blacks have in US politics
- pol.dontcare
POST: [STD] Public officials don't care what people think
- pol.for.insiders
POST: Our political system only works for insiders with money and power
- pol.hispanic.infl
POST: How much influence do Hispanics have in US politics
- pol.hurt.fam
POST: How much have political differences hurt relationships w/family
- pol.nosay
POST: [STD] Have no say about what goverment does
- pol.oligarchy
POST: Business and politics controlled by few powerful people
- pol.toocomplex
POST: [REV] Politics/government too complicated to understand
- pol.understand
POST: [REV] How well does R understand important political issues
- pol.white.infl
POST: How much influence do whites have in US politics
- polact.givecand
POST: R contribute money to individual candidate running for public office
- polact.giveoth
POST: R contribute to any other group that supported or opposed candidates
- polact.giveparty
POST: R contribute money to political party during this election year
- polact.meetings
POST: R go to any political meetings, rallies, speeches, dinners
- polact.onlinemeet
POST: R attend online political meetings, rallies, speeches, fundraisers
- polact.othwork
POST: R do any (other) work for party or candidate
- polact.postsign
POST: R wear campaign button or post sign or bumper sticker
- polact.talkpol
POST: R ever discuss politics with family or friends
- polact.talkvote
POST: R talk to anyone about voting for or against a party or candidate
- police.bw.better
POST: SUMMARY: Police treat blacks or whites better
- police.stop.lastyr
POST: During past 12 months, R or any family members stopped by police
- police.useforce
POST: How often do police officers use more force than necessary
- political.violence
PRE: SUMMARY: Political violence compared to 4 yrs ago
- politics.attention
PRE: How often does R pay attention to politics and elections
- polquiz.fedspend
PRE: On which program does Federal government spend the least
- polquiz.german
POST: Office recall: German Chancellor - Angela Merkel [coded/scheme 1]
- polquiz.housemaj
PRE: Party with most members in House before election
- polquiz.russian
POST: Office recall: Russian President - Vladimir Putin [coded/scheme 1]
- polquiz.scotus
POST: Office recall: SCOTUS Chief Justice - John Roberts [coded/scheme 1]
- polquiz.sen.term
PRE: How many years in full term for US Senator
- polquiz.senatemaj
PRE: Party with most members in Senate before election
- polquiz.speaker
POST: Office recall: Speaker of the House - Nancy Pelosi [coded/scheme 1]
- polquiz.vp
POST: Office recall: Vice-President - Mike Pence [coded]
- postmat.1a
POST: Post materialism most important 1A
- postmat.1b
POST: Post materialism next most important 1B
- postmat.2a
POST: Post materialism most important 2A
- postmat.2b
POST: Post materialism next most important 2B
- pref.hiring.blacks
POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose preferential hiring/promotion of blacks
- pres.ask.foreign
PRE: Appropriate/inappropriate Pres ask foreign countries to investigate rivals
- pres.nochecks
PRE: SUMMARY: Helpful/harmful if Pres didn't have to worry about congress/courts
- presvote2020
PRE-POST: SUMMARY: 2020 Presidential vote
- primary.voter
PRE: Did R vote in a Presidential primary or caucus
- protestors.conduct
PRE: SUMMARY: Protestors actions been mostly violent or peaceful
- race.ethnicity
PRE: SUMMARY: R self-identified race/ethnicity
- reddit.polpost
POST: How often post political content on Reddit
- reddit.use
POST: How often use Reddit
- reg.greenhouse
POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose increased regulation on greenhouse emissions
- region
SAMPLE: Census region
- relig.ever.attend
PRE: Ever attend church or religious services
- relig.how.often
PRE: Attend religious services how often
- religion
PRE: What is present religion of R
- religion.group
PRE: SUMMARY: Major group religion summary
- religion.imp
PRE: Is religion important part of R life [revised]
- religious.id
PRE: Religious identification
- rep.libcon7
PRE: 7pt scale liberal-conservative: Republican party
- restrict.journalists
PRE: SUMMARY: Favor or oppose restricting journalist access
- rural.getmore
POST: SUMMARY: People in rural areas get more/less from government
- rural.influence
POST: SUMMARY: People in rural areas have too much/too little influence
- rural.respect
POST: SUMMARY: People in rural areas get too much/too little respect
- rural.urban
POST: Does R currently live in a rural or urban area
- rural.urban.id
POST: How important is urban or rural to R's identity
- russia.int.election
PRE: Likelihood of Russian interference in upcoming election
- russia.interfere
POST: Did Russia try to interfere in 2016 presidential election or not
- separate.children
POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose separating children of detained immigrants
- sexual.orient
PRE: Sexual orientation of R [revised]
- smoke.cig.life
POST: R smoked 100 cigarettes in life
- smoke.cig.now
POST: R currently smoking
- social.class
POST: How would R describe social class [EGSS]
- speak.english
PRE: How important to speak English in US
- split.ticket
PRE: Split-ticket voting
- state
SAMPLE: Sample location FIPS state
- stateabbr
SAMPLE: Sample location state postal abbreviation
- survey.serious
PRE: How often took survey seriously
- talkpol.week
POST: How many days in past week discussed politics with family or friends
- tax.rich
POST: Favor or oppose tax on millionaires
- terrorism.worry
POST: DHS: How worried about terrorist attack in near future
- threat.from.china
POST: How much is China a threat to the United States
- threat.from.germany
POST: How much is Germany a threat to the United States
- threat.from.iran
POST: How much is Iran a threat to the United States
- threat.from.japan
POST: How much is Japan a threat to the United States
- threat.from.mexico
POST: How much is Mexico a threat to the United States
- threat.from.russia
POST: How much is Russia a threat to the United States
- trad.fam.values
POST: Fewer problems if there was more emphasis on traditional family values
- trade.agreements
POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose free trade agreements
- trade.good.ir
POST: SUMMARY: Increasing trade good/bad for international relationships
- trade.jobs.abroad
POST: SUMMARY: International trade increaded/decreased jobs abroad
- trade.jobs.usa
POST: SUMMARY: International trade increased/decreased jobs in US
- trans.friendfam
POST: R has family/neighbors/coworkers/friends who are transgender
- trans.military
POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose transender people serve in military
- trans.policy
PRE: SUMMARY: Transgender policy
- treat.people.fair
POST: If people were treated more fairly we would have fewer problems
- trump.acquittal
PRE: SUMMARY: Favor or oppose Senate acquittal decision
- trump.cares
PRE: Republican Presidential Candidate trait: really cares
- trump.corruption
PRE: SUMMARY: Corruption increased or decreased since Trump
- trump.deport.more
POST: Did Trump administration deport more immigrants or did Obama
- trump.honest
PRE: Republican Presidential Candidate trait: honest
- trump.impeachment
PRE: SUMMARY: Favor or oppose House impeachment decision
- trump.knowledge
PRE: Republican Presidential Candidate trait: knowledgeable
- trump.libcon7
PRE: 7pt scale liberal-conservative: Republican Presidential candidate
- trump.strlead
PRE: Republican Presidential Candidate trait: strong leadership
- trump.ukraine
PRE: Did Trump ask Ukraine to investigate rivals
- trust.dc
PRE: How often trust government in Washington to do what is right [revised]
- trust.election.off
PRE: Trust election officials
- trust.experts
POST: SUMMARY: Trust ordinary people/experts for public policy
- trust.media
PRE: How much trust in news media
- trust.people
PRE: How often can people be trusted
- turnout2020
PRE-POST: SUMMARY: Voter turnout in 2020
- twitter.polpost
POST: How often post political content on Twitter
- twitter.use
POST: How often use Twitter
- unemploy.lastyear
PRE: SUMMARY: Unemployment better or worse in last year
- unemploy.nextyear
PRE: More or less unemployment in next year
- unemploy.rate.now
POST: What is the current unemployment rate
- univ.basic.income
POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose federal program giving citizens $12K/year
- urban.unrest
PRE: Best way to deal with urban unrest
- usa.better
POST: SUMMARY: US better or wose than most other countries
- usa.on.track
PRE: Are things in the country on right track
- usa.stay.home
PRE: SUMMARY: Country would be better off if we just stayed home
- usa.stronger
PRE: During last year, US position in world weaker or stronger
- vaccine.schools
POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose requiring vaccines in schools
- vaccines.autism
POST: Does most scientific evidence show vaccines cause autism or not
- vaccines.risk
POST: SUMMARY: Health benefits of vaccinations outweigh risks
- violence.justified
PRE: Justified to use violence
- vote.pres.str
POST: Preference strong for Presidential candidate for whom R vote
- vote.when.decide
POST: How long before election R made decision Presidential vote [coded]
- votes.accurate
PRE: Votes counted accurately
- votes.faircount
POST: How often are votes counted fairly
- voting.duty.choice
PRE: SUMMARY: Voting as duty or choice
- voting.felons
PRE: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose allowing felons to vote
- voting.id
PRE: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose requiring ID when voting
- voting.mail
PRE: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose vote by mail
- voting.rts.denied
PRE: How often people denied right to vote
- waitvote2020
POST: How long was wait time at polling place
- whenvote2020
POST: When R voted in 2020 election
- whites.revdiscrim
POST: How likely whites unable to find jobs because employers hiring minorities
- wom.complain.prob
POST: Do women complaining about discrimination cause more problems
- wom.control.men
PRE: Women seek to gain power by getting control over men
- wom.equal.spfav
POST: Do women demanding equality seek special favors
- wom.interp.sexist
PRE: Women interpret innocent remarks as sexist
- women.stay.honme
POST: SUMMARY: Better/worse if man works and woman takes care of home
- work.employer
PRE: Describe R's employment
- work.hoursweek
PRE: How many hours R worked per week
- work.lastweek
PRE: R worked for pay last week
- work.mom.bond
POST: SUMMARY: Easier/harder for working mother to bond with child
- work.status
PRE: SUMMARY: R occupation status 1 digit
- world.like.usa
POST: Better if rest of world more like America
- world.temp.rising
POST: Have world temperatuers have risen on average or last 100 years or not
- wt
Full sample pre-election weight
- wt.post
Full sample post-election weight
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2020 American National Election Survey. See Appendix of printed textbook for further information
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NES dataset for R Companion to Political Analysis, Third Edition
Description
The American National Election Survey polls individuals about their political beliefs and behavior. This dataset is used to demonstrate application of R to political analysis. See book Appendix for variable names and descriptions.
Usage
nes
Format
A data frame with 8280 rows and 429 variables.
- abortion.imp
PRE: Importance of abortion issue to R
- abortion.legal
PRE: STD Abortion: self-placement
- abortion.scotus
PRE: SUMMARY: Abortion rights Supreme Court
- active.duty.mil
PRE: Armed forces active duty
- address.yrs
PRE: Years R lived at address
- age
PRE: SUMMARY: Respondent age
- agree.facts
PRE: How important that people agree on basic facts
- allow.refugees
POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose allowing refugees to come to US
- american.id.import
POST: How important is being American to R's identity
- angry.about.things
PRE: How angry R feels about how things are going in the country
- approve.aca
POST: SUMMARY: Approve/disapprove Affordable Care Act
- approve.cong
PRE: SUMMARY: Approval of Congress handling its job
- approve.gov.covid
PRE: SUMMARY: Approve or disapprove R's governor handling COVID-19
- approve.local.covid
PRE: SUMMARY: Approve or disapprove local government handling COVID-19
- approve.pres.covid
PRE: SUMMARY: Approve or disapprove President handling COVID-19
- approve.pres.econ
PRE: SUMMARY: Approve or disapprove President handling economy
- approve.pres.hc
PRE: SUMMARY: Approve or disapprove President handling health care
- approve.pres.imm
PRE: SUMMARY: Approve or dissaprove President handling immigration
- approve.pres.ir
PRE: SUMMARY: Approve or disapprove President handling foreign relations
- approve.pres.job
PRE: SUMMARY: Approve or disapprove President handling job
- ban.assault.rif
POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose banning 'assault-style' rifles
- been.arrested
POST: Has R ever been arrested
- bible.god.man
PRE: Is Bible word of God or men
- biden.cares
PRE: Democratic Presidential candidate trait: really cares
- biden.honest
PRE: Democratic Presidential candidate trait: honest
- biden.knowledge
PRE: Democratic Presidential candidate trait: knowledgeable
- biden.libcon7
PRE: 7pt scale liberal-conservative: Democratic Presidential candidate
- biden.strlead
PRE: Democratic Presidential candidate trait: strong leadership
- birthright.citizens
PRE: SUMMARY: Favor or oppose ending birthright citizenship
- blacks.gotless
POST: Agree/disagree: blacks have gotten less than they deserve
- blacks.pastdiff
POST: Agree/disagree: past slavery & discrimination make it difficult for blacks
- blacks.tryharder
POST: Agree/disagree: if blacks tried harder they'd be as well off as whites
- blacks.workforit
POST: Agree/disagree: blacks should work their way up without special favors
- border.wall
PRE: SUMMARY: Favor or oppose building a wall on border with Mexico
- born.in.usa
PRE: Rs: born US, Puerto Rico, or some other country
- buy.back.rifles
POST: Favor/oppose government buy back of 'assault-style' rifles
- campaign.news.carlson
PRE: Mention: TV PROG - Tucker Carlson Tonight (Fox)
- campaign.news.colbert
PRE: Mention: TV PROG - The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
- campaign.news.hannity
PRE: Mention: TV PROG - Hannity (Fox)
- campaign.news.maddow
PRE: Mention: TV PROG - The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC)
- campaign.news.none
PRE: Media sources R used to follow presidential campaign: none
- campaign.news.papers
PRE: Media sources R used to follow presidential campaign: newspapers
- campaign.news.radio
PRE: Media sources R used to follow presidential campaign: radio news
- campaign.news.tv
PRE: Media sources R used to follow presidential campaign: tv programs
- campaign.news.web
PRE: Media sources R used to follow presidential campaign: internet sites
- campaign.spendlim
POST: Limits on campaign spending
- campaigns.interest
PRE: How interested in following campaigns
- cant.get.ahead
POST: Because of rich and powerful it's difficult for the rest to get ahead
- care.who.wins
PRE: How much R cares who wins Presidential Election [revised]
- case.id
2020 Case ID
- censor.self
PRE: How often self censor
- changed.names
PRE: R name ever changed
- child.behave
POST: Which child trait more important: considerate or well-behaved
- child.manners
POST: Which child trait more important: curiosity or good manners
- child.obey
POST: Which child trait more important: obedience or self-reliance
- child.respect
POST: Which child trait more important: independence or respect
- citizenship.path
POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose providing path to citizeship
- civ12.argue
POST: Has R in past 12 months: gotten into a political argument
- civ12.comment
POST: Has R in past 12 months: posted comment online about political issue
- civ12.community
POST: Has R in past 12 months: worked w/others to deal w/issue facing community
- civ12.cong
POST: Has R in past 12 months: contacted member of US Senate or House of Rep
- civ12.fedoff
POST: Has R in past 12 months: contacted non-elected official in federal govt
- civ12.fedpol
POST: Has R in past 12 months: contacted federal elected official
- civ12.giveorg
POST: Has R in past 12 months: given money to other organization
- civ12.giverelig
POST: Has R in past 12 months: given money to religious organization
- civ12.march
POST: Has R in past 12 months: joined a protest march, rally, or demonstration
- civ12.meeting
POST: Has R in past 12 months: attend mtg about issue facing community/schools
- civ12.petition
POST: Has R in past 12 months: sign internet or paper petition
- civ12.stateoff
POST: Has R in past 12 months: contacted non-elected official in state/local gov
- civ12.statepol
POST: Has R in past 12 months: contacted elected official on state/local level
- civ12.vol
POST: Has R in past 12 months: done any volunteer work
- climate.ch.weather
POST: How much is climate change affecting severe weather/temperatures in US
- climate.import
POST: How important is issue of climate change to R
- community.yrs
PRE: How long lived in this community YRS
- consumer.politics
POST: How often bought or boycotted product/service for social/political reasons
- contacted.gotv
POST: Anyone talk to R about registering or getting out to vote
- covid.election
PRE: Options for election if COVID-19 continues
- covid.fed
PRE: SUMMARY: Federal government response to COVID-19
- covid.made.lab
POST: Was the coronavirus (COVID-19) was developed intentionally in a lab or not
- covid.reopening
PRE: SUMMARY: Re-opening too quickly or too slowly
- covid.restrictions
PRE: Limits placed on public activity due to COVID-19 too strict or not
- covid.science.help
POST: How important should science be for decisions about COVID-19
- death.penalty
PRE: SUMMARY: R favor/oppose death penalty
- def.spend.7pt
PRE: 7pt scale defense spending: self-placement
- deficit.reduce
POST: Importance of reducing deficit
- dem.libcon7
PRE: 7pt scale liberal-conservative: Democratic party
- deport.children
PRE: SUMMARY: Should children brought illegally be sent back or allowed to stay
- deport.unauth
POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose returning unauthorize immigrants to native country
- discrim.vs.asians
POST: Discrimination in the US against Asians
- discrim.vs.blacks
POST: Discrimination in the US against blacks
- discrim.vs.christians
POST: Discrimination in the US against Christians
- discrim.vs.glb
POST: Discrimination in the US against Gays and Lesbians
- discrim.vs.hispanics
POST: Discrimination in the US against Hispanics
- discrim.vs.men
POST: Discrimination in the US against men
- discrim.vs.muslims
POST: Discrimination in the US against Muslims
- discrim.vs.trans
POST: Discrimination in the US against transgender people
- discrim.vs.whites
POST: Discrimination in the US against whites
- discrim.vs.women
POST: Discrimination in the US against women
- diversity.good.usa
POST: SUMMARY: Increasing diversity made US better/worse place to live
- divided.govt
PRE: Party Control or split government
- donations.change.votes
POST: Congress change votes because of donation to campaign
- econ.current
PRE: Current economy good or bad
- econ.lastyear
PRE: SUMMARY: National economy better or worse in last year
- econ.mobility.now
POST: SUMMARY: Economic mobility
- econ.nextyear
PRE: SUMMARY: Economy better or worse in next 12 months
- econ.worry
PRE: How worried about national economy
- educ.5cat
PRE: SUMMARY: Respondent 5 Category level of education
- education
PRE: Highest level of Education
- elect.asians
POST: How important that more Asians get elected to political office
- elect.blacks
POST: How important that more blacks get elected to political office
- elect.hispanics
POST: How important that more Hispanics get elected to political office
- elect.lgbt
POST: How important that more LGBT people get elected to political office
- elect.women
POST: How important that more women get elected to political office
- elections.govt.attn
PRE: Elections make government pay attention
- envir.or.biz
PRE: 7pt scale environment-business tradeoff: self-placement
- equal.opp
POST: Society should make sure everyone has equal opportunity
- facebook.polpost
POST: How often post political content on Facebook
- facebook.use
POST: How often use Facebook
- faced.gender.discrim
POST: How much discrimination has R faced because of gender
- faced.race.discrim
POST: How much discrimination has R faced personally because or race/ethnicity
- fed.bw.better
POST: SUMMARY: Federal government treats blacks or whites better
- fedspend.aidpoor
PRE: SUMMARY: Federal Budget Spending: aid to the poor
- fedspend.border
PRE: SUMMARY: Federal Budget Spending: Tightening border security
- fedspend.crime
PRE: SUMMARY: Federal Budget Spending: dealing with crime
- fedspend.environ
PRE: SUMMARY: Federal Budget Spending: protecting the environment
- fedspend.highways
PRE: SUMMARY: Federal Budget Spending: building and repairing highways
- fedspend.schools
PRE: SUMMARY: Federal Budget Spending: public schools
- fedspend.socsec
PRE: SUMMARY: Federal Budget Spending: Social Security
- fedspend.welfare
PRE: SUMMARY: Federal Budget Spending: welfare programs
- feminist
POST: Does R consider themself a feminist or anti-feminist
- feminist.import
POST: How important is being a feminist
- finance.lastyear
PRE: R how much better or worse off financially than 1 year ago
- finance.nextyear
PRE: R how much better or worse off financially next year
- financial.worried
PRE: How worried is R about current financial situation
- ft.asian.am
POST: Feeling thermometer: Asian-Americans
- ft.asians
POST: Feeling thermometer: Asians
- ft.biden.post
POST: Feeling thermometer: Democratic Presidential candidate: Joe Biden
- ft.biden.pre
PRE: Feeling Thermometer: Joe Biden, Democratic Presidential candidate
- ft.bigbiz
POST: Feeling thermometer: big business
- ft.blacks
POST: Feeling thermometer: blacks
- ft.blm
POST: Feeling thermometer: Black Lives Matter
- ft.capitalists
POST: Feeling thermometer: capitalists
- ft.cdc
POST: Feeling thermometer: Center for Disease Control (CDC)
- ft.christian.fund
POST: Feeling thermometer: Christian fundamentalists
- ft.christians
POST: Feeling thermometer: Christians
- ft.congress
POST: Feeling thermometer: congress
- ft.conservatives
POST: Feeling thermometer: conservatives
- ft.dem
PRE: Feeling Thermometer: Democratic Party
- ft.fauci
POST: Feeling thermometer: Dr. Anthony Fauci
- ft.fbi
POST: Feeling thermometer: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- ft.feminists
POST: Feeling thermometer: feminists
- ft.gays.lesbians
POST: Feeling thermometer: gay men and lesbians
- ft.harris.post
POST: Feeling thermometer: Democratic Vice Presidential candidate: Kamala Harris
- ft.harris.pre
PRE: Feeling Thermometer: Kamala Harris, Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate
- ft.hispanics
POST: Feeling thermometer: Hispanics
- ft.ice
POST: Feeling thermometer: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency
- ft.illegal.imm
POST: Feeling thermometer: illegal immigrants
- ft.jews
POST: Feeling thermometer: Jews
- ft.journalists
POST: Feeling thermometer: journalists
- ft.liberals
POST: Feeling thermometer: liberals
- ft.metoo
POST: Feeling thermometer: #MeToo movement
- ft.muslims
POST: Feeling thermometer: Muslims
- ft.nato
POST: Feeling thermometer: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
- ft.nra
POST: Feeling thermometer: National Rifle Association (NRA)
- ft.obama
PRE: Feeling Thermometer: Barack Obama
- ft.pence.post
POST: Feeling thermometer: Republican Vice Presidential candidate: Mike Pence
- ft.pence.pre
PRE: Feeling Thermometer: Mike Pence, Republican Vice-Presidential candidate
- ft.police
POST: Feeling thermometer: police
- ft.pp
POST: Feeling thermometer: Planned Parenthood
- ft.rep
PRE: Feeling Thermometer: Republican Party
- ft.rural
POST: Feeling thermometer: rural Americans
- ft.scientists
POST: Feeling thermometer: scientists
- ft.scotus
POST: Feeling thermometer: U.S. Supreme Court
- ft.socialists
POST: Feeling thermometer: socialists
- ft.transgender
POST: Feeling thermometer: transgender people
- ft.trump.post
POST: Feeling thermometer: Republican Presidential candidate: Donald Trump
- ft.trump.pre
PRE: Feeling Thermometer: Donald Trump, Republican Presidential candidate
- ft.un
POST: Feeling thermometer: United Nations (UN)
- ft.unions
POST: Feeling thermometer: labor unions
- ft.whites
POST: Feeling thermometer: whites
- ft.who
POST: Feeling thermometer: World Health Organization (WHO)
- gay.adopt
PRE: Should gay and lesbian couples be allowed to adopt
- gay.job.discrim
PRE: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose laws protect gays lesbians against job discrimination
- gay.marriage
PRE: R position on gay marriage
- gay.req.service
PRE: SUMMARY: Services to same sex couples
- gender
PRE: What is your (R) sex? [revised]
- gov.asst.blacks
PRE: 7pt scale gov assistance to blacks scale: self-placement
- govt.act.ineq
POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose government trying to reduce income inequality
- govt.act.warm.str
PRE: Government action about rising temperatures (STRENGTH)
- govt.act.warming
PRE: Government action about rising temperatures
- govt.corrupt
PRE: How many in government are corrupt
- govt.guar.job
PRE: 7pt scale guaranteed job-income scale: self-placement
- govt.hc.7pt
PRE: 7pt scale gov-private medical insurance scale: self-placement
- govt.help.hc
POST: SUMMARY: Increase/decrease government spending to help pay for health care
- govt.run.byfew
PRE: Government run by a few big interests or for benefit of all
- govt.services.7pt
PRE: 7pt scale spending & services: self-placement
- govt.under.media
PRE: How concerned government might undermine media
- govt.wastes.money
PRE: Does government waste much tax money
- govtreg.moreless
POST: Would it be good for society to have more or less government regulation
- grand.born.usa
PRE: How many grandparents born outside the US
- grew.up.where
PRE: Where R grew up
- gun.bg.checks
POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose background checks for gun puchases
- gun.buying
POST: Should federal government make it more difficult or easier to buy a gun
- gun.issue.imp
POST: How important is issue of gun access to R
- guns.owned
PRE: How many Guns owned
- happy.about.things
PRE: How happy R feels about how things are going in the country
- hardvote2020
POST: How difficult was it for R to vote
- harrassed.work
POST: Has R experienced harrassment at work
- harrassed.work.oft
POST: How often has R experienced harrassment at work
- has.daughter
POST: Does R have any sons or daughters - one or more daughters
- has.nokids
POST: Does R have any sons or daughters - no sons and no daughters
- has.son
POST: Does R have any sons or daughters - one or more sons
- have.health.ins
PRE: Does R have health insurance
- hc.pay.bills
PRE: How likely R able to pay all health care costs in next 12 months
- health
PRE: Health of R
- health.lose.ins
PRE: R concerned about losing health insurance
- health.pay.costs
PRE: R concerned about paying for health care
- help.with.science
POST: How much do people need help from experts to understand science
- hh.covid.symp
PRE: Anyone in household COVID-19 based on symptoms
- hh.covid.test
PRE: Anyone in household tested pos for COVID-19
- hh.family.mem
PRE: R living with how many family members
- hh.income
PRE-POST: SUMMARY: Total (family) income
- hh.income.pre
PRE: SUMMARY: Total (family) income
- hh.landline
PRE: Is there a working HH landline phone
- hh.num.child
PRE: How many children in HH age 0-17
- hh.partner.status
PRE: Domestic partnership status
- hh.union.mem
PRE: Anyone in HH belong to labor union
- housing.payments
PRE: How likely R able to make all housing payments in next 12 months
- hydrox.treat.covid
POST: Evidence that hydroxychloroquine is effective treatment for COVID-19 or no
- immig.crime
POST: SUMMARY: effect of illegal immiration on crime rate
- immig.levels
POST: What should immigration levels be
- immig.policy
PRE: US government policy toward unauthorized immigrants
- immig.take.jobs
POST: How likely immigration will take away jobs
- imp.govt.checks
PRE: How important branches of government keep one another from too much power
- imp.media.crit
PRE: How important that news organizations free to criticize
- imp.off.conseq
PRE: How important elected officials face serious consequences for misconduct
- imports.limit
POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose new limits on imports
- income.gap.change
PRE: SUMMARY: How much larger is income gap today
- income.gap.today
PRE: Income gap today more or less than 20 years ago
- ineq.worryless
POST: We'd be better off if worried less about equality
- intl.force
PRE: Force to solve international problems
- invest.stocks
PRE: Money invested in Stock Market
- laws.contrib.indiv
POST: Congress pass laws that benefit contributor individuals
- laws.contrib.org
POST: Congress pass laws that benefit contributor organization
- leader.compromise
PRE: Prefer government official who compromises or sticks to principles
- libcon3
PRE: 3pt scale liberal-conservative self-placement
- libcon7
PRE: 7pt scale liberal-conservative self-placement
- life.sat
PRE: How satisfied is R with life
- lifex.buyusa
POST: Life experience: does R choose products because they are made in America
- lifex.flyflag
POST: Life experience: has R displayed American flag on house in past year
- lifex.foodstamps
POST: Life experience: has R ever received food stamps or other public assistanc
- lifex.huntfish
POST: Life experience: has R gone hunting or fishing in past year
- lifex.knowimmig
POST: Life experience: does R know someone moved to U.S. from another country
- lifex.oweloans
POST: Life experience: does R currently owe money on student loans
- lifex.retireacct
POST: Life experience: does R a have pension or retirement account
- lifex.ridebus
POST: Life experience: has R used public transportation in past year
- lifex.sharkbite
POST: Life experience: has R ever been bitten by a shark
- lqb.friendfam
POST: R has family/neighbors/coworkers/friends who are gay, lesbian or bisexual
- marital
PRE: Marital status
- medical.putoff
PRE: Put off checkup and vaccines
- metoo.toofar
POST: SUMMARY: Attention to sexual harrassment as gone too far/not far enough
- middle.class.ext
POST: Is R lower middle class, middle class, upper middle class? [EGSS]
- min.wage.change
POST: Should the minimum wage be raised, kept the same, or lowered
- morals.adjust
POST: The world is changing & we should adjust view of moral behavior
- morechance.okay
POST: Not a big problem if some have more chance in life
- moreless.govt
POST:SUMMARY: Less or more government
- opioid.addiction
POST: SUMMARY Should federal govt do more/less about opioid drug addiction
- oth.race.concern
POST: How often does R have concerned feelings for other racial/ethnic groups
- oth.race.feel
POST: How often R imagines how they would feel before criticizing other groups
- oth.race.persp
POST: How often does R try to understand perpective of other racial/ethnic group
- oth.race.protect
POST: How often R feels protective of someone due to race or ethnicity
- paid.parent.leave
PRE: SUMMARY: Require employers to offer paid leave to parents of new children
- parents.born.usa
PRE: Native status of parents
- party.register
PRE-POST: SUMMARY: Party of registration
- partyid3
PRE: Party ID, 3 categories
- partyid7
PRE: SUMMARY: Party ID
- partyid.importance
PRE: Party identity importance
- people.fed.lies
POST: Much of what people hear in schools and media are lies by those in power
- people.too.sens
PRE: Need to be more sensitive talking or people too easily offended
- person.get.ahead
POST: How much opportunity in America for average person to get ahead
- pol.asian.infl
POST: How much influence do Asians have in US politics
- pol.black.infl
POST: How much influence do blacks have in US politics
- pol.dontcare
POST: [STD] Public officials don't care what people think
- pol.for.insiders
POST: Our political system only works for insiders with money and power
- pol.hispanic.infl
POST: How much influence do Hispanics have in US politics
- pol.hurt.fam
POST: How much have political differences hurt relationships w/family
- pol.nosay
POST: [STD] Have no say about what goverment does
- pol.oligarchy
POST: Business and politics controlled by few powerful people
- pol.toocomplex
POST: [REV] Politics/government too complicated to understand
- pol.understand
POST: [REV] How well does R understand important political issues
- pol.white.infl
POST: How much influence do whites have in US politics
- polact.givecand
POST: R contribute money to individual candidate running for public office
- polact.giveoth
POST: R contribute to any other group that supported or opposed candidates
- polact.giveparty
POST: R contribute money to political party during this election year
- polact.meetings
POST: R go to any political meetings, rallies, speeches, dinners
- polact.onlinemeet
POST: R attend online political meetings, rallies, speeches, fundraisers
- polact.othwork
POST: R do any (other) work for party or candidate
- polact.postsign
POST: R wear campaign button or post sign or bumper sticker
- polact.talkpol
POST: R ever discuss politics with family or friends
- polact.talkvote
POST: R talk to anyone about voting for or against a party or candidate
- police.bw.better
POST: SUMMARY: Police treat blacks or whites better
- police.stop.lastyr
POST: During past 12 months, R or any family members stopped by police
- police.useforce
POST: How often do police officers use more force than necessary
- political.violence
PRE: SUMMARY: Political violence compared to 4 yrs ago
- politics.attention
PRE: How often does R pay attention to politics and elections
- polquiz.fedspend
PRE: On which program does Federal government spend the least
- polquiz.german
POST: Office recall: German Chancellor - Angela Merkel [coded/scheme 1]
- polquiz.housemaj
PRE: Party with most members in House before election
- polquiz.russian
POST: Office recall: Russian President - Vladimir Putin [coded/scheme 1]
- polquiz.scotus
POST: Office recall: SCOTUS Chief Justice - John Roberts [coded/scheme 1]
- polquiz.sen.term
PRE: How many years in full term for US Senator
- polquiz.senatemaj
PRE: Party with most members in Senate before election
- polquiz.speaker
POST: Office recall: Speaker of the House - Nancy Pelosi [coded/scheme 1]
- polquiz.vp
POST: Office recall: Vice-President - Mike Pence [coded]
- postmat.1a
POST: Post materialism most important 1A
- postmat.1b
POST: Post materialism next most important 1B
- postmat.2a
POST: Post materialism most important 2A
- postmat.2b
POST: Post materialism next most important 2B
- pref.hiring.blacks
POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose preferential hiring/promotion of blacks
- pres.ask.foreign
PRE: Appropriate/inappropriate Pres ask foreign countries to investigate rivals
- pres.nochecks
PRE: SUMMARY: Helpful/harmful if Pres didn't have to worry about congress/courts
- presvote2020
PRE-POST: SUMMARY: 2020 Presidential vote
- primary.voter
PRE: Did R vote in a Presidential primary or caucus
- protestors.conduct
PRE: SUMMARY: Protestors actions been mostly violent or peaceful
- race.ethnicity
PRE: SUMMARY: R self-identified race/ethnicity
- reddit.polpost
POST: How often post political content on Reddit
- reddit.use
POST: How often use Reddit
- reg.greenhouse
POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose increased regulation on greenhouse emissions
- region
SAMPLE: Census region
- relig.ever.attend
PRE: Ever attend church or religious services
- relig.how.often
PRE: Attend religious services how often
- religion
PRE: What is present religion of R
- religion.group
PRE: SUMMARY: Major group religion summary
- religion.imp
PRE: Is religion important part of R life [revised]
- religious.id
PRE: Religious identification
- rep.libcon7
PRE: 7pt scale liberal-conservative: Republican party
- restrict.journalists
PRE: SUMMARY: Favor or oppose restricting journalist access
- rural.getmore
POST: SUMMARY: People in rural areas get more/less from government
- rural.influence
POST: SUMMARY: People in rural areas have too much/too little influence
- rural.respect
POST: SUMMARY: People in rural areas get too much/too little respect
- rural.urban
POST: Does R currently live in a rural or urban area
- rural.urban.id
POST: How important is urban or rural to R's identity
- russia.int.election
PRE: Likelihood of Russian interference in upcoming election
- russia.interfere
POST: Did Russia try to interfere in 2016 presidential election or not
- separate.children
POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose separating children of detained immigrants
- sexual.orient
PRE: Sexual orientation of R [revised]
- smoke.cig.life
POST: R smoked 100 cigarettes in life
- smoke.cig.now
POST: R currently smoking
- social.class
POST: How would R describe social class [EGSS]
- speak.english
PRE: How important to speak English in US
- split.ticket
PRE: Split-ticket voting
- state
SAMPLE: Sample location FIPS state
- stateabbr
SAMPLE: Sample location state postal abbreviation
- survey.serious
PRE: How often took survey seriously
- talkpol.week
POST: How many days in past week discussed politics with family or friends
- tax.rich
POST: Favor or oppose tax on millionaires
- terrorism.worry
POST: DHS: How worried about terrorist attack in near future
- threat.from.china
POST: How much is China a threat to the United States
- threat.from.germany
POST: How much is Germany a threat to the United States
- threat.from.iran
POST: How much is Iran a threat to the United States
- threat.from.japan
POST: How much is Japan a threat to the United States
- threat.from.mexico
POST: How much is Mexico a threat to the United States
- threat.from.russia
POST: How much is Russia a threat to the United States
- trad.fam.values
POST: Fewer problems if there was more emphasis on traditional family values
- trade.agreements
POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose free trade agreements
- trade.good.ir
POST: SUMMARY: Increasing trade good/bad for international relationships
- trade.jobs.abroad
POST: SUMMARY: International trade increaded/decreased jobs abroad
- trade.jobs.usa
POST: SUMMARY: International trade increased/decreased jobs in US
- trans.friendfam
POST: R has family/neighbors/coworkers/friends who are transgender
- trans.military
POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose transender people serve in military
- trans.policy
PRE: SUMMARY: Transgender policy
- treat.people.fair
POST: If people were treated more fairly we would have fewer problems
- trump.acquittal
PRE: SUMMARY: Favor or oppose Senate acquittal decision
- trump.cares
PRE: Republican Presidential Candidate trait: really cares
- trump.corruption
PRE: SUMMARY: Corruption increased or decreased since Trump
- trump.deport.more
POST: Did Trump administration deport more immigrants or did Obama
- trump.honest
PRE: Republican Presidential Candidate trait: honest
- trump.impeachment
PRE: SUMMARY: Favor or oppose House impeachment decision
- trump.knowledge
PRE: Republican Presidential Candidate trait: knowledgeable
- trump.libcon7
PRE: 7pt scale liberal-conservative: Republican Presidential candidate
- trump.strlead
PRE: Republican Presidential Candidate trait: strong leadership
- trump.ukraine
PRE: Did Trump ask Ukraine to investigate rivals
- trust.dc
PRE: How often trust government in Washington to do what is right [revised]
- trust.election.off
PRE: Trust election officials
- trust.experts
POST: SUMMARY: Trust ordinary people/experts for public policy
- trust.media
PRE: How much trust in news media
- trust.people
PRE: How often can people be trusted
- turnout2020
PRE-POST: SUMMARY: Voter turnout in 2020
- twitter.polpost
POST: How often post political content on Twitter
- twitter.use
POST: How often use Twitter
- unemploy.lastyear
PRE: SUMMARY: Unemployment better or worse in last year
- unemploy.nextyear
PRE: More or less unemployment in next year
- unemploy.rate.now
POST: What is the current unemployment rate
- univ.basic.income
POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose federal program giving citizens $12K/year
- urban.unrest
PRE: Best way to deal with urban unrest
- usa.better
POST: SUMMARY: US better or wose than most other countries
- usa.on.track
PRE: Are things in the country on right track
- usa.stay.home
PRE: SUMMARY: Country would be better off if we just stayed home
- usa.stronger
PRE: During last year, US position in world weaker or stronger
- vaccine.schools
POST: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose requiring vaccines in schools
- vaccines.autism
POST: Does most scientific evidence show vaccines cause autism or not
- vaccines.risk
POST: SUMMARY: Health benefits of vaccinations outweigh risks
- violence.justified
PRE: Justified to use violence
- vote.pres.str
POST: Preference strong for Presidential candidate for whom R vote
- vote.when.decide
POST: How long before election R made decision Presidential vote [coded]
- votes.accurate
PRE: Votes counted accurately
- votes.faircount
POST: How often are votes counted fairly
- voting.duty.choice
PRE: SUMMARY: Voting as duty or choice
- voting.felons
PRE: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose allowing felons to vote
- voting.id
PRE: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose requiring ID when voting
- voting.mail
PRE: SUMMARY: Favor/oppose vote by mail
- voting.rts.denied
PRE: How often people denied right to vote
- waitvote2020
POST: How long was wait time at polling place
- whenvote2020
POST: When R voted in 2020 election
- whites.revdiscrim
POST: How likely whites unable to find jobs because employers hiring minorities
- wom.complain.prob
POST: Do women complaining about discrimination cause more problems
- wom.control.men
PRE: Women seek to gain power by getting control over men
- wom.equal.spfav
POST: Do women demanding equality seek special favors
- wom.interp.sexist
PRE: Women interpret innocent remarks as sexist
- women.stay.honme
POST: SUMMARY: Better/worse if man works and woman takes care of home
- work.employer
PRE: Describe R's employment
- work.hoursweek
PRE: How many hours R worked per week
- work.lastweek
PRE: R worked for pay last week
- work.mom.bond
POST: SUMMARY: Easier/harder for working mother to bond with child
- work.status
PRE: SUMMARY: R occupation status 1 digit
- world.like.usa
POST: Better if rest of world more like America
- world.temp.rising
POST: Have world temperatuers have risen on average or last 100 years or not
- wt
Full sample pre-election weight
- wt.post
Full sample post-election weight
Source
2020 American National Election Survey. See Appendix of printed textbook for further information
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