nes: NES dataset for R Companion to Political Analysis, Third...

nesR Documentation

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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