Research Catalog

Title

American representation study, 1958 [electronic resource] : candidates.

Author

Miller, Warren E. (Warren Edward), 1924-1999.

Publication

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political Research [producer and distributor], [197-?]

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Additional Authors

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79141035
• Stokes, Donald E.

Summary

This dataset belongs to a three-part study on American representation conducted shortly before and after the 1958 congressional election (see also AMERICAN REPRESENTATION STUDY, 1958: CANDIDATE AND CONSTITUENT, PARTY [ICPSR 7292] and ICPSR AMERICAN REPRESENTATION STUDY, 1958: CANDIDATE AND CONSTITUENT, INCUMBENCY [7293]). This data collection concentrates on the candidates and includes interviews with 251 candidates -- both incumbents and their opponents -- from 146 districts. The questions were designed to elicit information on what the candidates considered to be the most important issues of the campaign, their views on these issues, and their perceptions of the positions of their constituents. The candidates were also asked what influenced them and what they felt influenced the outcome of the campaign. Derived measures calculate 85th Congress roll-call scores on social welfare, foreign involvement, and civil rights issues. Roll-call data and information on committee activities of the congressmen are also provided. The two combined candidate and constituent files (ICPSR 7292 and 7293) contain the same candidate information as this collection, but are structured around the district as the unit of analysis. Demographic information on candidates includes sex, race, year of birth, size of birthplace, highest graduate degree, prior occupations, public offices previously held, several indices of spatial mobility, religious preference, and ethnic background.

Series Statement

ICPSR ; 7226

Uniform Title

ICPSR (Series) ; 7226.

Subject

• Campaign issues
• Campaign strategies
• Candidates
• Charities
• Civil rights
• Communication
• Congressional candidates
• Congressional districts
• Congressional elections (US House)
• Decision making
• Demographic characteristics
• Election districts
• Elections > United States
• Electoral behavior
• Foreign policy
• Government elites
• Legislators > United States > Attitudes
• Legislators
• National elections
• Party membership
• Perceptions
• Political affiliation
• Political elites
• Political ideologies
• Political issues
• Political partisanship
• Political perceptions
• Political representation
• Politicians
• Representative government and representation > United States
• Roll call data
• United States Congress
• United States House > Public opinion
• United States House of Representatives
• Voting behavior

Genre/Form

• dataset – 1958.
• dataset.

Note

• Codebook available in print and electronic format.
• Title from title screen (viewed on May 2, 2008).

Access (note)

• Use of these data is restricted to Princeton University students, faculty, and staff for non-commercial statistical analysis and research purposes only.

File Type (note)

• Extent of collection: 1 data file + machine-readable documentation (PDF) + OSIRIS dictionary + SAS data definition statements + SPSS data definition statements.

Event (note)

• Date(s) of collection: November 1958-March 1959.
• Time period: 1958.

Coverage (note)

• Geographic coverage: United States.

Cite As (note)

• Miller, Warren E., and Donald E. Stokes. AMERICAN REPRESENTATION STUDY, 1958: CANDIDATES [Computer file]. Conducted by University of Michigan, Survey Research Center. ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 197?.

System Details (note)

• Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library