CBS News/New York Times Call-Back Poll, October 2008

This call-back poll, fielded October 17-19, 2008, is a part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicit public opinion on the presidency and on a range of other political and social issues. This call-back poll reinterviewed 518 respondents who had participated in a CBS News poll conducted September 21-24, 2008. This dataset contains responses to the call-back questions as well as to questions in the original poll, which asked how much attention respondents were paying to the 2008 presidential campaign, their opinions of the candidates, their vote in the primaries, the likelihood that they would vote for president in the general election, for whom they would vote if the election were held that day, and the effect of the vice-presidential candidates on their vote. Additional questions asked about the condition of the national economy, respondent's personal finances, and whether the federal government should provide financial help to homeowners who were having trouble repaying their mortgages. In the call-back poll, respondents were reinterviewed about how much attention they were paying to the 2008 presidential campaign, their opinions of the candidates, the likelihood that they would vote in the presidential election, the effect of the presidential debates and the vice-presidential candidates on their vote, whether their opinions of the candidates had changed since the last poll, and if so, why they had changed their mind. Those who had already voted in the presidential election were asked for whom they had voted. Views were also sought on the condition of the national economy. Demographic variables include sex, age, race, education level, marital status, household income, employment status, political party affiliation, political philosophy, voter registration status and participation history, religious preference, frequency of religious attendance, whether respondents considered themselves to be a born-again Christian, and whether a child under 18 years of age was living in the household.

本回访调查（call-back poll）于2008年10月17日至19日开展，是月度持续调查系列的一部分，旨在征集公众对总统职位及一系列其他政治与社会议题的意见。本次回访调查再次采访了518名曾参与2008年9月21日至24日开展的CBS新闻调查的受访者。

本数据集（dataset）包含受访者对回访问题及原始调查问题的回答，原始调查问题涉及：受访者对2008年总统竞选的关注程度、对候选人的看法、其在初选中的投票情况、在大选中投票给总统的可能性、若当天举行选举会投票给哪位候选人，以及副总统候选人对其投票决策的影响。附加问题涉及国民经济状况、受访者个人财务状况，以及联邦政府是否应向难以偿还抵押贷款的房主提供经济援助。

在回访调查中，受访者被再次问及以下内容：对2008年总统竞选的关注程度、对候选人的看法、在大选中投票的可能性、总统辩论及副总统候选人对其投票决策的影响、自上次调查以来对候选人的看法是否发生变化，以及若有变化，改变想法的原因。对于已在总统选举中投票的受访者，调查询问了其投票对象。调查还征集了受访者对国民经济状况的看法。

人口统计学变量包括：性别、年龄、种族、教育程度、婚姻状况、家庭收入、就业状况、政党归属、政治理念、选民登记状态及投票参与史、宗教偏好、宗教活动参与频率、是否自认为是重生基督徒（born-again Christian），以及家庭中是否有18岁以下儿童。