Voter News Service Presidential Primary Exit Polls, 1996

For this data collection, voters were interviewed as they left their polling places after voting in either the Democratic or Republican primary in 29 states in March 1996. Respondents were asked a series of questions covering presidential choice and were asked to identify the most important issues and factors that influenced that choice. Other topics included the Religious Right, education, abortion, immigration, affirmative action, and United States trade. The national primary files (Parts 32-35) are a combination of the state sample precincts for primary elections taking place on March 5, March 12, March 19, and March 26, 1996. Demographic information includes sex, race, age, family income, religion, education, and party identification.