ANES 1988 Time Series Study: U.S. Presidential Election Survey

The ANES 1988 Time Series Study is a national survey from a collection fielded continuously since 1952. It captures Americans' social backgrounds, political values, policy opinions, and participation related to the 1988 presidential election. The dataset includes post-election vote validation data and a 1991 revalidation survey, and was authored by Warren E. Miller of the Institute for Social Research.

Use Cases

• Modeling presidential vote choice based on social background and political predisposition variables.
• Analyzing trends in public policy opinions on topics like the budget deficit, health insurance, and foreign policy.
• Studying the reliability of voter turnout reporting using post-election vote validation and revalidation data.
• Investigating perceptions of presidential candidates and evaluations of specific issues like the environment and crime.

Strengths

• Part of a continuous time-series collection of national surveys dating back to 1952.
• Includes post-election vote validation and a 1991 revalidation survey to assess data reliability.
• Covers a wide range of topics including social backgrounds, political values, candidate evaluations, and specific policy issues.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Institute for Social Research

Collection Method

National survey

Time Range

1988, with a 1991 revalidation component

Geography

United States