Description
The mission of the non-partisan Paul Simon Public Policy Institute polling is to provide citizens, policy-makers, and academic researchers with objective information about trends and issues facing society.
The 2012 Simon Poll interviewed 1,261 registered voters across Illinois. For the entire sample, the statistical margin for error is plus or minus 2.77 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level.. Poll conducted from September 4-10, 2012.
Areas covered:
General outlook, Illinois 2012 General Election, Presidential Race, Legislative Redistricting, Financial disclosure in politics, Special Interest influence, Corruption, Political reform, Wealth in the U.S., abortion, and gay marriage. Demographic information is also included, covering age, race, gender, income, political party affiliation, political ideology, employment, household income, and religious activities. Respondents ZIP Codes and area codes are included. FIPS, County, Primary City, Latitude and Longitude constructed from ZIP Code.
Date created
10-2012
Geographic coverage
Illinois, statewide
Keywords
Illinois Politics, Illinois Polling, Simon Poll, Election Polling, 2014 Illinois General Election, Presidential Election, Romney, Obama, Wealth in the U.S., Special interests, abortion, gay marriage Legislative Redistricting, Presidential Race, Legislative Redistricting, Financial disclosure in politics, Special Interest influence, Corruption, Political reform, Financial disclosure, 2014 election, Illinois Budget, inequality, wealth inequality, income, income inequality, redistricting
Simon Poll, 2012. SPSS dataset
SimonPoll.dataset.2012.csv (232 kB)
Simon Poll, 2012. dataset csv
SimonPoll.Metadata.2012.csv (13 kB)
Simon Poll, 2012. Metadata, csv
Crosstabs.SimonPoll 2012.pdf (1295 kB)
Recommended Citation
Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, "The Simon Poll, 2012. Illinois Statewide" (2012). Paul Simon Public Policy Institute Statewide Polls. Paper 4.
https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/ppi_statepolls/4
Comments
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