The Washington Post Poll: Race Relations, 1992

<p>In addition to identifying the most important problems facing the country, evaluating the Bush presidency, and providing a snapshot of current voter preference for George Bush, Bill Clinton, and Ross Perot during the 1992 presidential campaign, this special topic poll focused on the issue of race relations. Respondents were asked if they had read or heard anything about the verdict in the Rodney King case in Los Angeles in which a group of white officers were accused of beating a Black man, whether the police officers should have been found guilty of a crime, and whether they approved of Bush's handling of the situation following the King verdict in Los Angeles. Those surveyed were asked if they thought the assistance programs for poor people begun in the 1960s and 1970s had helped or hurt poor people, whether government assistance programs had been the right way to help the poor, and whether the problems in America's inner cities were getting better. Respondents were also asked to identify the real causes of problems in the inner cities from a list of potential causes including the failure of President Bush and former President Ronald Reagan to deal with the problems of the inner cities, and the failure of social assistance programs to help inner-city residents. In addition, respondents were asked to identify what might be done to avoid racial violence and riots in America's cities from a list including more police, more activities for inner-city teenagers and young adults, and better schools and public education. Those surveyed were ultimately asked if the problems of the inner cities were so great that they would never be solved. Background information on respondents includes political alignment, voter registration status, education, age, Hispanic origin, household income, and sex.</p>
<p><strong>Please Note</strong>: This dataset is part of the historical CISER Data Archive Collection and is also available at the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at <a href="https://doi.org/10.25940/ROPER-31086756">https://doi.org/10.25940/ROPER-31086756</a>. We highly recommend using the Roper Center version as they may make this dataset available in multiple data formats in the future.</p>

本专题民意调查除了梳理美国当前面临的核心议题、评价乔治·H·W·布什政府的任期表现，并呈现1992年总统竞选期间选民对乔治·布什、比尔·克林顿与罗斯·佩罗的即时支持倾向外，还聚焦种族关系议题。受访者被问及是否听闻过洛杉矶罗德尼·金（Rodney King）案的判决——该案中多名白人警官被指控殴打一名黑人男子，是否认为涉案警官应当被判有罪，以及是否认可布什对洛杉矶罗德尼·金案判决后局势的处理方式。受访对象还被询问：他们认为20世纪60至70年代启动的贫困救助计划，究竟是帮助了还是损害了贫困群体；政府救助计划是否是帮助贫困人口的正确途径；美国城市内城的困境是否正在改善。此外，受访者需从一系列潜在原因中，选出美国城市内城问题的真正根源，其中包括布什总统与前总统罗纳德·里根未能解决城市内城的相关问题，以及社会救助计划未能惠及城市内城居民。除此之外，受访者还需从一系列备选方案中，选出可避免美国城市发生种族暴力与骚乱的应对措施，包括增加警力、为城市内城青少年与青年提供更多活动项目，以及改善学校与公共教育质量。最终，受访对象被问及美国城市内城的问题是否已经严重到永远无法解决的程度。受访者的背景信息涵盖政治倾向、选民登记状态、受教育程度、年龄、西班牙裔血统、家庭收入与性别。

请注意：本数据集隶属于历史CISER数据档案馆藏（CISER Data Archive Collection），同时可在罗珀公共舆论研究中心（Roper Center for Public Opinion Research）获取，永久链接为https://doi.org/10.25940/ROPER-31086756。我们强烈建议使用罗珀中心的版本，因其未来可能会推出该数据集的多种数据格式版本。