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Appendix II - 1988 and 1992 survey items used in the analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 August 2009

Clifford W. Brown
Affiliation:
Union College, Rhode Island
Lynda W. Powell
Affiliation:
University of Rochester, New York
Clyde Wilcox
Affiliation:
Georgetown University, Washington DC
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1988 SURVEY ITEMS USED IN ANALYSIS

Issue and ideological items

The issue and ideological items were asked in three different formats, as follows:

Agree–disagree items:

For the first set of items, respondents were given the following five choices: agree strongly; agree somewhat; neither agree nor disagree; disagree somewhat; disagree strongly. These items included

  • Reducing the budget deficit should be the next president's top priority.

  • The next president should raise taxes to help balance the budget.

  • Free trade is important, even if it results in the loss of U.S. jobs.

  • This country would be better off if it returned to the gold standard.

  • The government should provide a program of health insurance for those not currently insured.

  • Mandatory death penalty for murder should be the law.

  • Defense spending should be reduced.

  • We should have mandatory prayer in the public schools.

  • The government should not regulate what adults read, even if that includes pornography.

  • Child care is the parents' responsibility; government should not be involved.

  • Students or teachers should not be required to pledge allegiance to the flag.

  • Businesses should have the right to test any employee for drug use whenever they choose.

  • The government should prohibit abortion.

Seven- point issue and ideological scales

The second set of items used a seven- point scale. Many of those items were replicated from the National Election Study (NES) items. On the liberalism–conservatism scales each of the seven scale points was labeled as shown below. On the other items, only the end points were labeled, as is the practice in the NES for these items.[…]

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Serious Money
Fundraising and Contributing in Presidential Nomination Campaigns
, pp. 152 - 160
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 1995

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