ABC News/Washington Post Poll, January 1993

This poll is 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. Respondents were asked their opinions on the direction in which the United States was heading, the major problem facing the country, expectations regarding the incoming Clinton presidency, the economy, President George Bush, health care, Congress, Bush's pardon of former Reagan Administration officials charged in the Iran/Contra affair, the situation with Iraq, the conflict between the former Yugoslavian republics of Serbia and Bosnia, and abortion. Other items concerned the Clinton family's decision to have Chelsea Clinton attend a private school, and Hillary Clinton's influence over Bill Clinton. Background information on respondents includes political party, voter registration status, vote choice in the 1992 presidential election, political orientation, education, religion, social class, marital status, household composition, labor union membership, employment status, Hispanic origin, race, age, household income, and sex.