ANES Time Series Cumulative Data File (1948-2012)

This collection pools common variables from each of the biennial National Election Studies conducted since 1948 up until 2012. The election studies are designed to present data on Americans' social backgrounds, enduring political predispositions, social and political values, perceptions and evaluations of groups and candidates, opinions on questions of public policy, and participation in political life. The data provided in this cumulative file include a series of demographic variables and measures of social structure, partisanship, candidate evaluation, retrospective and incumbent presidential evaluation, public opinion, ideological support for the political system, mass media usage, and egalitarianism and post-materialism. Additional items provide measures of political activity, participation, and involvement, and voting behavior and registration, including results of voter validation efforts.

本数据集汇集了自1948年以来每两年一次的全国选举研究中的常见变量，直至2012年。这些选举研究旨在呈现有关美国社会背景、持久政治倾向、社会政治价值观、对群体和候选人的认知与评价、公共政策问题的观点以及对政治生活参与的资料。该累积文件提供了一系列人口统计学变量和社会结构、党派性、候选人评价、前任和现任总统评价、公众舆论、对政治体制的意识形态支持、大众媒体使用以及平等主义和后物质主义等方面的测量。此外，还包括政治活动、参与和投入的测量，以及投票行为和登记情况，包括选民验证努力的结果。