
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
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