A subsample of respondents from the 1988 ANES Pre-Post Study was selected for telephone interviews in two waves. The sample (1988 Pre- and Post-election respondents with telephones) was stratified on level of political information. The sampling fraction for each stratum was proportional to predicted response rate. Wave I (July 6 to August 1) encompassed 614 interviews, and Wave II (September 6 to October 6) obtained 494 einterviews. Each wave used four questionnaires, Forms A through D.

New measures of religious affiliation, religiosity, and media exposure; questions about U.S. Senators and Representatives. EXPERIMENTS: Using a full 100-point feeling thermometer compared to a 10 point scale. Experimenting with use of seven point scales versus branching format (in which the respondent is asked to place him/herself in stages, with the first stage being a choice and the second stage being a strength or intensity followup of some kind). Unipolar versus bipolar question formats: that is, asking respondents to endorse or not endorse, in successive questions, opposite poles of an issue dimension, versus asking respondents to chose between bipolar opposites on an issue dimension. Interchanged order of recall of names of candidates for the House of Representatives with recall of Senate candidate names. Interchanged order of asking about contacts with Senators and Representatives. Half the sample received "Since January 1st" time frame for Congressional contact batteries; the other half received the standard ANES question (where "ever" is the implicit referent). Experiment with time frame of reported media usage: half sample were asked about usage "in the past week;" the other half about usage "in a typical week." Experiment with ways to reduce misreport of turnout: Half of the Rs were asked the usual ANES vote turnout question, while the other half were asked whether they "missed out" on voting. Framing experiment on two racial policy questions: "giving blacks advantages they haven't earned" versus "discrimination against whites". Experimenting with modifier in response options to liberal/conservative questions: half the sample received "very" liberal/conservative while the other half "extremely" liberal/conservative.

Special Content: New measures of religious affiliation, religiosity, and media exposure; questions about U.S. Senators and Representatives. A significant number of experiments question wording and formats, including: bi- vs. uni-, framed vs. stripped; branched vs. 7-point.

Design Features: A subsample of respondents from the 1988 ANES Pre-Post Study was selected for telephone interviews in two waves. The sample (1988 Pre- and Post- election respondents with telephones) was stratified on level of political information. The sampling fraction for each stratum was proportional to predicted response rate. Wave I (July 6 to August 1) encompassed 614 interviews, and Wave II (September 6 to October 6) obtained 494 reinterviews. Each wave used four questionnaires, Forms A through D.