Understanding America Study

UAS 155

2018 Midterm Pre-Election tracking poll 1 of 3 (October 14-20)

Politics

Survey Experiments:

Auxiliary Randomization

Section	Description
Base	Base questions
Demographics	Demographics
poll	2018 Midterm Elections
background	Background
additional	Additional Questions
Closing	Closing questions

Metadata
Survey codebook
UAS155 Methodology Topline
Publications associated with this survey David Lauter, "With the midterm campaign in its final weeks, poll signals a Democratic edge for the House and widespread doubts about Kavanaugh" Los Angeles Times October 22 (2018) Mirta Galesic, "And the winner is... Why we’re using ‘crowd wisdom’ and ‘truth serum’ to forecast the election" Psychology Today November 2 (2018)

Data
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UAS 155 - Response Overview	#
Size of selected sample	4711
Completed the survey	4044
Started but did not complete the survey	19
Did not start the survey	648
Response rate	85.84%

Timing Distribution

Additional Information
Sample selection	All active respondents who agreed to participate in the 2018 midterm pre-election poll in UAS149.
Language(s)	English/Spanish
Field dates	October 14, 2018 to October 20, 2018
Under embargo	No
Average Time	3 minutes