The Pacific Poll 01-3

Title:  The Pacific Poll 01-3: Orange County Voter Attitudes on Local Political 
Representation,North/South County Differences and Immigration

Sponsor:        Pacific Opinions

Field Dates:    July 27-August 3, 2001

Sample:         A random sample of registered voters in Orange County, California

Sample Size:    637 

Sample Notes:   Conducted in English and Spanish.

Interview Method:       Telephone


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The recommended bibliographic citation for this data collection is:
        
“The Pacific Poll 01-3: Orange County Voter Attitudes on Local Political Representation, North/South 
County Differences and Immigration"”, July 27-August 3, 2001. Pacific Opinions. Irvine, CA. Pacific 
Opinions [distributor], 2001

 
Data Disclaimer


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Data Collection Description

SUMMARY: The purpose of this study was to assess voter attitudes in Orange County toward immigration and 
local political representation.  Among the survey questions are measures about the levels of voter trust 
in the County Board of Supervisors in four areas: 1) the future of the Marine Corps Air Station at El 
Toro; 2) issues concerning ethnic minorities; 3) redistricting; 4) and issues concerning the residents of 
South Orange County.  The survey also includes a knowledge measure about the number of supervisors that 
voters believe sit on the board and a question about whether they believe five supervisors can 
effectively represent Orange County.  The survey also contains questions about whether voters believe 
there are significant differences between North and South Orange County as well as support or opposition 
to a hypothetical proposal to expand the number of seats on the Board of Supervisors.  The second part of 
the survey focuses on attitudes toward guest worker and amnesty programs for immigrants currently living 
illegally in the United States.  Demographic questions in the study include: internet usage, education, 
length of time living in the United States and Orange County, age, income, ethnic group affiliation, 
marital status and number of children living at home.  The datafile includes recoded summary variables 
for region of Orange County in which the respondent lives (North or South) based on zipcode, as well as a 
weighting variable to account for minor variations between sample partisan and demographic 
characteristics and those of the county population as a whole.