Supplements

Tallies of Unweighted Counts


Item						Count


PES1	 1	Yes				39,512

	 2	No				38,041

	-2	Don't Know			1,974

	-3	Refused				776

	-9	No Response			3,773


PES2	 1	Yes				17,964

	 2	No 				19,787

	-2	Don't Know			2,300

	-3	Refused				710

	-9	No Response			3,803


PES3	 1	Too busy, conflicting work
		or school schedule		6,070

	 2	Not interested, felt my vote
		wouldn't make a diference	2,345

	 3	Illness or disability (own
		or family's)			2,085

	 4	Didn't like candidates or
		campaign issues			1,002

	 5	Out of town or away from home	1,619

	 6	Forgot to vote (or send in
		absentee ballot)		951

	 7	Transportation problems		336

	 8	Inconvenient polling place
		or hours or lines too long	195

	 9	Registration problems (i.e.,
		didn't receive absentee		608
		ballot, not registered in
		current location)

	10	Weather conditions		39

	11	Other				1,517

	-2	Don't know			343

	-3	Refused				41

	-9	No Response			1


PES4	 1	In person on election day	35,498

	 2	In person before election day	858

	 3	Voted by mail (absentee)	3,053

	-2	Don't know			80

	-3	Refused				21

	-9	No Response			2

PES5	 1	Yes				11,547

	 2	No				44,402

	-2	Don't know			1,475

	-3	Refused				45

	-9	No Response			7


PES6	 1	When driver's license
		was obtained/renewed		3,967

	 2	Some other way			6,941

	-2	Don't know			633

	-3	Refused				4

	-9	No Response			2


PES7	 1	At a public assistance
		agency (for example,		248
		Medicaid, AFDC, or Food
		Stamps office, an
		office serving disabled persons,
		or an unemployment office)

	 2	Registered by mail		1,075

	 3	At a school, hospital, or
		on campus			614

	 4	Went to a town hall or
		county/government		2,015
		registration office

	 5	Filled out form at a
		registration drive (library,	1,167
		post office, or someone came
		to your door)

	 6	Registered at polling place
		(on election or primary day)	902

	 7	Other				588

	-2	Don't know			329

	-3	Refused				3


PES8	 1	Less than 1 month		1,349

	 2	1-6 months			8,383

	 3	7-11 months			3,700

	 4	1-2 years			12,734

	 5	3-4 years			11,739

	 6	5 years or longer		46,847

	-2	Don't know			533

	-3	Refused				736

	-9	No Response			3,968


PUSCK4 	 1	Self				49,323

	 2	Other				36,695

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Author: Beth Eldridge-Lee-Census/DSD/CPSB
Contact: (cpshelp@info.census.gov) CPS Help-Census/DSD/CPSB
Last revised: July 28, 1999
URL: http://www.bls.census.gov/cps/vote/1998/sseltal.htm