Gallup surveys dating to 1958 contain untapped racial-attitude and preference data

Evidence

The lack of data on racial attitudes and political preferences spanning the 1960s Civil Rights era has hampered research on this central question of American political economy. We uncover and employ such data, drawn from Gallup surveys dating back to 1958. — Ilyana Kuziemko and Ebonya Washington, Why Did the Democrats Lose the South?…, 7

Categorization

• DEFINE: Identifies the quasi-experimental data source the reader needs to operationalize a threatened-privilege test on this historical case.
• XREF: connects to: Older opinionation screens inflated apparent nonresponse among whites — Christopher Tarman and David O. Sears, The Conceptualization and Measurement…, 225; Question wording and historical context make cross-year race-attitude survey items non-comparable. — Ilyana Kuziemko and Ebonya Washington, Why Did the Democrats Lose the South?…, 1330

Broader Connections

• Older opinionation screens inflated apparent nonresponse among whites #qualifies (0.72) — Christopher Tarman and David O. Sears, The Conceptualization and Measurement…, 225
• Question wording and historical context make cross-year race-attitude survey items non-comparable. #complicates (0.70) — Ilyana Kuziemko and Ebonya Washington, Why Did the Democrats Lose the South?…, 1330