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Issues in the year 1998

America at the Polls: 1998

A statistical review of the issues and outcomes of Election 1998. Also, tracking the campaign contribution trail, and assessing the political party system since the realignment of the 1960s.

Vol. 10, No. 1, December/January 1999

     

The Kennedy Presidency: 35 Years Later

JFK was and continues to be an immensely popular president, but some of the luster has worn off with time. Most Americans still believe others were involved in his assassination. Also, divisions over presidential character and the Clinton presidency, and a preview of Election 1998.

Vol. 9, No. 6, October/November 1998

     

From Coffin Nails to Save the Kids, A History of Thinking, and Emoting, about Smoking

50 years of polling finds most people don't like tobacco use, but tolerate it. Also, California struggles to repair its troubled schools, can pollsters be politically active, and religious views and human origins.

Vol. 9, No. 5, August/September 1998

     

America's States and Regions: How Similar? Where Different?

In many ways, regional differences are not eroding but simply changing. Also, most Americans seem satisfied with managed care health coverage, and problems in poll measurements of gender roles.

Vol. 9, No. 4, June/July 1998

     

The American Electorate in Campaign 1998

Handicapping the midterm election; rating the political parties by gender, income and age. Also, comparing the problems of Bill Clinton and Richard Nixon, and the growing use of the internet.

Vol. 9, No. 3, April/May 1998

     

American Opinion in the 1990s

Thinking about social values, government, the political process, ethnicity, race, the economy, and the biggest hurdles for polls and polling.

Vol. 9, No. 2, February/March 1998

     

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