1996 Time Series Study
Post-election Wave
View the 1996 Post-election Respondent Booklet
View the 1996 Post-election Questionnaire
View the 1996 Post-election Questionnaire
Administration of the 1996 Post-election Respondent Booklet:
| Question | Card/Page | Variables | Description |
| B1a-B1c, B1a1-B1c1; B1d-B1h, B1j-B1n,B1p-B1x | Page 1 | V961019-V961043 | Feeling Thermometer for 6 individuals; Feeling Thermometer for 19 groups |
| H6c | Page 2 | V961199 | 5-point scale (Agree/Disagree) on mothers staying home and not working |
| J4a-J4d | Page 3 | V961210-V961213 | 7-point scale (Gov’t should help blacks/blacks should help themselves) on Gov’t help for blacks – placement for self, 3 individuals |
| J5 | Page 4 | V961214 | School prayer (4 options) |
| L1a-L1f; L2a-L2d; M1a-M1c; M2a-M2d | Page 5 | V961229-V961238, V961244-V961250 | 5-point scale (Agree/Disagree) on equal opportunity; 5-point scale on helping others; 5-point scale (Agree/Disagree) on political efficacy of R; 5-point scale (Agree/Disagree) on moral traditionalism |
| N11a, N11b, N11c, N11e, N11f | Page 6 | V961269, V961273, V961275, V961277, V961279 | 7-point scale (Liberal/Conservative) – placement of self, 4 individuals |
| N14, N14a-N14c | Page 7 | V961283-V961286 | Opinion on 15% Tax Cut (6 options) – placement for self, three individuals |
| P1a-P1h, P1j, P1k, P1m, P1n, P1p-P1t | Page 8 | V961294-V961310 | Closeness to 17 groups |
| P2a-P2c | Page 9 | V961311-V961313 | 7-point scale (Hardworking/Lazy) on 3 groups |
| P3a-P3c | Page 10 | V961314-V961316 | 7-point scale (Intelligent/Unintelligent) on 3 groups |
| P4a-P4c | Page 11 | V961317-V961319 | 7-point scale (Trustworthy/Untrustworthy) on 3 groups |
| P5 | Page 12 | V961320 | 7-point scale (Reduce income differences/Shouldn’t concern itself) on governmental wealth redistribution – placement for self |
| Q9a; Q11; Q12 | Page 13 | V961334, V961337, V961338 | Attention to campaigns (Presidential and Congressional) in various media (5 options) |
| Q14 | Page 14 | V961340 | Opinion on two-party system (3 options) |
| T2 | Page 15 | V961460 | 5-point scale (Fairly/Unfairly) on last election |
| T4 | Page 16 | V961468 | 5-point scale (Care/Don’t care) on political parties caring what ordinary people think |
| T5 | Page 17 | V961469 | 5-point scale (Needed/Not needed) on whether political parties are needed in the United States |
| T7a-T7c; T8a-T8c | Page 18 | V961470-V961475 | 11-point scale (Dislike/Like) on R’s feelings about 3 parties; 11-point scale (Dislike/Like) on R’s feelings about 3 candidates |
| T11 | Page 19 | V961479 | 5-point scale (Care/Don’t care) on Congress caring what ordinary people think |
| T13 | Page 20 | V961481 | 5-point scale (Difference/No difference) on who is in power |
| T14 | Page 21 | V961482 | 5-point scale (Makes a difference/Makes no difference) on who people vote for |
| T15 | Page 22 | V961483 | 5-point scale (Say what think/Hide what think) on whether people say what they think about politics in the United States |
| T16 | Page 23 | V961484 | 11-point scale (Left/Right) on R’s political self-placement |
The Guide currently contains data from 1948 through 2012.
Displays in the Guide are organized into nine topics:
Displays in the Guide are organized into nine topics:
- Social and Religious Characteristics of the Electorate (such as age, race, gender, education, and religion)
- Partisanship and Evaluation of the Political Parties
- Ideological Self-Identification
- Public Opinion on Public Policy Issues (such as health care, affirmative action, abortion, the military and the economy)
- Support for the Political System (such as trust in government and government responsiveness)
- Political Involvement and Participation in Politics (such as voter turnout, campaign contributions and other activities, attention to the campaign in the media, and interest in politics)
- Evaluation of the Presidential Candidates
- Evaluation of Congressional Candidates
- Vote Choice (for president, for U.S. House of Representatives, and split-ticket voting)
Questions represented in the Guide are a small but significant portion of the questions that have been asked in the American National Election Studies time series. Guide data have been produced from the ANES Cumulative Data File, which combines data from the individual ANES time series studies for selected questions.
To download the ANES Cumulative Data File, visit the ANES Data Center.