CBS News/New York Times election surveys, 1980

The New York Times and CBS News were equal partners in a series of election surveys covering the 1980 election year. The contents of this data collection generally concern the Presidential preference of respondents, their reasons for choosing a particular candidate as well as their reactions to political and social issues of the campaign. A set of background variables, including categorization of age, sex, income, race, ethnicity, and occupation, is part of each dataset. There are 28 datasets in the collection, which may be logically divided into three categories: the Primary Day Surveys, the National monthly interviews, and the Election Day Survey. The data processing for the entire collection was carried out as a cooperative effort between the Election and Survey Unit of CBS News and ICPSR. The Primary Day Surveys were conducted in eleven states on the day of the primary at the polling place among a random sample of people who had just voted in either the Democratic or Republican presidential primaries. The questionnaires were self-administered.