WCVI Phone Survey of Latino Registered Voters
California, N=560
September 27-October 4, 2000
+/-4.1%
	FREQ N=560
Language Survey was conducted:
English	52.8%
Spanish	47.2%
II. SURVEY QUESTIONS
Are you:
1. Female	49.3%
2. Male	50.7%
Do you define yourself as a:
1.Mexican-American / Mexican / Chicano	88.4%
2. Puerto Rican / Boricua	1.5%
3. Cuban / Cuban-American	0.8%
4. Dominican / Dominicano	0.2%
5. El Salvadoran	3.7%
6. Colombian	0.2%
7. Other Central American _____________(specify)	3.1%
8. Other South American _____________(specify)	0.6%
9. Other Latino or Hispanic _____________(specify)	1.4%
98. DON'T KNOW	0.2%
What is your party identification: [CHANGE ORDER WITH EACH INTERVIEW]
1. Democrat
2. Republican	79.9%
3. Green	12.0%
4. Reform	1.1%
5. Independent	2.7%
6. Other (specify): ___________________________	4.2%
In what category do you see your political views closest to: [CHANGE ORDER WITH EACH INTERVIEW]
1. Liberal	27.9%
2. Moderate	30.7%
3. Conservative	29.0%
98. DON’T KNOW	12.4%
Did you vote in the 1996 Presidential Election?
1. Yes	68.1%
2. No (SKIP TO Q. 9)	31.9%
If yes, for whom did you vote?
1. Bill Clinton	85.5%
2. Bob Dole	9.6%
3. Ross Perot	1.4%
4. Other (specify)	0.3%
98. DON’T KNOW	3.2%
Did you vote in the 2000 primary?
1. Yes	71.0%
2. No	29.0%
Are you likely to vote in the 2000 Presidential Election in November?
1. Yes	96.9%
2. No	3.1%
If the election were held today, for whom would you vote: [CHANGE ORDER WITH EACH INTERVIEW]
1. George W. Bush/Dick Cheney	15.8%
2. Al Gore/Joe Lieberman	67.8%
3. Patrick Buchanan/Ezola Foster	0.0%
4. Ralph Nader/Winona La Duke	2.2%
5. Undecided	14.1%
6. Other (specify): ___________________________	0.0%
Senatorial Question
If the election for U.S. Senator were held today, for whom whould you vote for:
[CHANGE ORDER WITH EACH INTERVIEW]
1. Dianne Feinstein	50.1%
2. Tom Campbell	8.1%
3. Other (specify):___________________________	6.8%
4. Undecided	35.0%
Congressional Question
If the election for your U.S. Congress person were held today, for whom would you vote:
[CHANGE ORDER WITH EACH INTERVIEW]
1. Democratic Candidate	71.7%
2. Republican Candidate	11.3%
3. Other (specify): _______________________	0.9%
4. Undecided	16.1%
Proposition Questions
Prop. 36 would provide for mandatory drug treatment for certain non-violent drug
users instead of sending them to prison.  Given what you about this proposition,
would you:
1. Strongly favor	35.0%
2. Somwhat favor	16.7%
3. Somewhat oppose	12.4%
4. Strongly oppose	10.9%
5. Undecided	24.9%
Prop. 38 would allow parents to choose a $4,000 voucher to remove their children
from any public school and use it to send them a private or religious school.  Given
what you know about this proposition, would you:
1. Strongly favor	25.7%
2. Somwhat favor	17.1%
3. Somewhat oppose	14.2%
4. Strongly oppose	24.6%
5. Undecided	18.4%
Prop. 39 would allow for the repair, construction, or replacement of school facilities
with a local vote of 55% as compared to the current 2/3 or 67% local vote.  Given
what you know about this proposition, would you:
1. Strongly favor	40.2%
2. Somwhat favor	18.7%
3. Somewhat oppose	8.9%
4. Strongly oppose	7.3%
5. Undecided	24.9%
Which ONE of the following media sources do you get MOST of your information about politics and community issues from:
1. English Language TV	38.1%
2. English Language Radio	5.1%
3. English Language Newspaper	13.2%
4. Spanish Language TV	24.4%
5. Spanish Language Radio	3.1%
6. Spanish Language Newspaper	2.9%
7. Internet	2.0%
8. Multiple Responses  - Other (specify): ___________________________	6.5%
9. All of the above	3.9%
98. DON’T KNOW	0.8%
As far as current campaigning methods by candidates and parties are concerned, which ONE method  MOST motivates you to vote:
1. A phone call	7.6%
2. Mailers	16.0%
3. TV advertisements	43.1%
4. Radio advertisements	6.2%
5. A Personal visit	16.8%
6. Other (specify)	4.7%
98. DON’T KNOW	5.7%
Government and Elected Officials
Overall, how would you rate the job President Clinton has done?
1. Excellent	42.4%
2. Good	37.9%
3. Fair	14.8%
4. Poor	2.0%
5. Very Bad	2.2%
98. DON’T KNOW	0.7%
Do you approve of the way Congress has done its job over the last 2 years?
1. Approve	57.4%
2. Disapprove	24.8%
98. DON’T KNOW	17.9%
This Presidential Election, many analysts believe that Latinos will determine the next President of the United States.  Please choose ONE of the following items you think is MOST important in determining how you will vote for President: [CHANGE ORDER WITH EACH INTERVIEW]
1. Leadership	22.1%
2. Honesty	44.2%
3. Choice of running mate	1.7%
4. Experience in Domestic Affairs	15.4%
5. Experience in Foreign Affairs	2.9%
6. Candidates moral values	10.0%
7. Military Experience	1.9%
8. Religion	1.9%
As you may know, the federal government is running a budget surplus this year. In your opinion, which ONE of the following should be done with the money from the surplus? Should the money be used: [CHANGE ORDER WITH EACH INTERVIEW]
1. To reduce the national debt	7.5%
2. To help make social security more stable	42.6%
3. To provide an across-the-board tax cut	5.8%
4. On defense, education, health care, and other domestic programs	40.0%
5. No opinion	4.1%
Crime
How do you feel about the death penalty?
1. Strongly support	18.8%
2. Support	28.1%
3. Oppose	21.4%
4. Strongly oppose	11.3%
5. Undecided	19.0%
98. DON’T KNOW	1.5%
Gun Control
In general, do you feel that the laws covering the sale of firearms should be made:
1. More strict	82.6%
2. Kept the same	12.3%
3. Less strict	3.6%
98. DON’T KNOW	1.4%
Do you favor or oppose laws requiring that all guns be sold with a trigger lock, which must be unlocked before the gun can be fired?
1. Favor	84.2%
2. Oppose	10.7%
98. DON’T KNOW	5.1%
War on Drugs Policy
Do you believe that the United States’ “War on Drugs Policy” has been effective in curbing the drug flow into the U.S.?
1. Yes	31.4%
2. No	61.1%
98. DON’T KNOW	7.5%
In your opinion, are drugs a larger or smaller issue as compared to 10 years ago?
1. Larger	66.8%
2. Smaller	14.9%
3. About the same	16.1%
98. DON’T KNOW	2.2%
Currently, there is a ban on federal funding of needle exchange programs. As 50% of AIDS deaths among Latinos are injection-related, some people feel a needle exchange program will help reduce the spread of the virus. Some people believe that providing needles send signals of approval to drug users. Do you believe the U.S. Government should lift its ban on Federal funding of needle exchange programs?
1. Yes, they should lift ban	43.4%
2. No, they should not lift ban	36.4%
3. No opinion	20.2%
On July 13, President Clinton signed into law a bill that will provide $1.32 billion for counter-drug   activities in the Andean region of Columbia.  About three-quarters of the money will be used for Columbia’s military and police?  Do you approve or disapprove of this policy?
1. Approve	39.6%
2. Disapprove	46.5%
3. No opinion	13.8%
U.S.-Cuba Relations
U.S. Policy towards Cuba, including the 40-year-old trade embargo, is officially unchanged.  Some people feel that this policy should remain in place while Fidel Castro remains in power. Others feel that a recent series of events, such as the strengthening of U.S.-China trade, and the Senate vote on the issue of U.S.-Cuba Policy has broadened the debate. In your opinion:
Do you think the United States should lift the 40-year-old trade embargo against Cuba?
1. Yes	46.7%
2. No	30.3%
3. No Opinion	23.1%
Do you think that the United States should include or not include food and medicine in the embargo against Cuba?
1. Include	36.0%
2. Not include	48.4%
3. No opinion	15.6%
Do you think that the United States should immediately re-establish diplomatic relations with Cuba?
1. Yes	51.0%
2. No	31.0%
3. No opinion	18.0%
Overall, did the Elian Gonzalez custody case heighten your awareness to current U.S.-Cuba relations?
1. Very much heightened	22.9%
2. Somewhat heightened	24.1%
3. Did not heighten too much	14.1%
4. Did not heighten at all	27.8%
5. No opinion	11.2%
Immigration Reform
Currently Congress is proposing legislation that would legalize approximately 1 million undocumented persons currently living in the U.S.  Do you support these efforts?
1. Strongly support	67.6%
2. Somewhat support	15.6%
3. Somwhat Oppose	5.3%
4. Strongly oppose	4.0%
5. No opinion	7.6%
Do you support proposals to provide legal status to other Central Americans and Haitians who arrived in the U.S. before 1995, similar to a law enacted in 1997 to benefit Cubans and Nicaraguans?
1. Strongly support	55.1%
2. Somewhat support	20.1%
3. Somewhat oppose	7.8%
4. Strongly oppose	5.3%
5. No opinion	11.8%
Do you support granting green cards to all undocumented workers who have lived in the U.S. since  before 1986 and who have not been convicted of serious criminal offenses?
1. Strongly support	82.4%
2. Somewhat support	10.3%
3.Somewhat oppose	2.9%
4. Strongly oppose	1.6%
5. No opinion	2.9%
Minimum Wage
Currently, there is a debate in Congress over elevating incomes for working to
families to levels above the poverty level.
1. The government should immediately raise the minimum wage from $5.15
an hour to $6.15 an hour	25.0%
2. The government should raise the minimum wage from $5.15 an hour to $6.15
an hour over a 2 year period	20.3%
3. The government should raise the minimum wages from $5.15 an hour
to a living wage of $8.00 an hour	51.4%
4. None of the above	3.4%
Education
Do you think in the past 8 years, the quality of public schools and education has:
1. Increased	30.5%
2. Decreased	29.8%
3. Stayed the same	32.7%
98. DON’T KNOW	7.1%
	0.0%
Thinking about the public school system, please tell me which ONE of the following statements do you most agree with:
1. Public schools are fine and no reform is needed.	4.7%
2. Public schools need only minor reforms	19.3%
3. Public schools are in need of major reforms	67.3%
4. Public schools are broken and can’t be fixed.	3.8%
98. DON’T KNOW	4.9%
In areas where the local public schools are not improving, would you support or oppose the federal government giving parents money to send their children to private or religious schools instead?
1. Support	40.4%
2. Oppose	47.8%
3. No Opinion	11.8%
Which ONE of the following BEST represents your views about abortion?
1. The choice on abortion should be left up to the woman and her doctor	35.4%
2. Abortion should be legal only in cases in which pregnancy results from rape or
incest or when the life of the woman is at risk	38.8%
3. Abortion should be illegal in all circumstances	19.3%
4. Not sure	6.5%
In the past eight years, do you think the U.S. military has gotten stronger, gotten weaker, or stayed about the same?
1. Stronger	30.2%
2. Weaker	22.6%
3. Same	35.6%
4. No opinion	11.6%
Demographic Questions
When did you register to vote?
1. Before or during 1996	63.8%
2. After 1996	34.0%
98. DON’T KNOW	2.2%
What age group best describes you:
1. 18-24	16.6%
2. 25-29	9.5%
3. 30-34	7.5%
4. 35-39	8.9%
5. 40-44	12.0%
6. 45-49	9.7%
7. 50-54	7.3%
8. 55-59	5.8%
9. 60-64	6.4%
10. 65 or older	16.2%
Are you presently working in a fulltime or part-time job?
1. Yes, fulltime (SKIP TO Q.  53)	48.8%
2. Yes, part-time (SKIP TO Q.  53)	13.8%
3. Not employed	37.2%
98. DON'T KNOW (SKIP TO Q. 53)	0.2%
If unemployed, are you:
1. Retired (SKIP TO Q. 54)	49.5%
2. Disabled/unable to work (SKIP TO Q. 54)	24.2%
3. Not currently employed (SKIP TO Q. 54)	26.3%
Do you work for yourself (are you self-employed), or do you work for someone else?
1. Yes- self employed	15.6%
2. No- employed by someone else	84.4%
What is the highest grade in school you completed?
1. Some high school or less	35.2%
2. High school graduate or equivalent	26.1%
3. Some college / vocational	24.0%
4. College graduate	11.6%
5. Graduate Education or higher	2.9%
98. DON’T KNOW	0.0%
If you added together your entire household's income would it be:
1. Under $10,000	11.3%
2. $10,001-$20,000	19.3%
3. $20,001-$30,000	25.5%
4. $30,001-$40,000	13.1%
5. $40,001-$50,000	9.7%
6. $50,001-$60,000	8.0%
7. $60,001-$70,000	3.7%
8. $70,001-$100,000	6.2%
9. Over $100,000	3.3%
Are you?
1. Married	60.1%
2. Single	22.3%
3. Divorced	4.5%
4. Widowed	6.5%
5. Separated	3.8%
6. Living with someone	2.7%
Would you say that you currently live in a neighborhood that is predominantly:
1. Latino / Hispanic	42.1%
2. African-American / Black	2.7%
3. Asian	2.4%
4. White	8.4%
5. Mixed	44.4%
Do you have children under 18 living at home?
1. Yes	47.4%
2. No (SKIP TO Q. 60)	52.6%
Do your children attend public school, private or parochial school?
1. Public school	76.9%
2. Private or Parochial school	7.1%
3. Both	7.5%
4. Not Applicable	8.6%
In what country were you born?
1. United States	50.9%
2. Puerto Rico	2.6%
3. Mexico	40.4%
4. Cuba	1.1%
5. Dominican Republic	0.0%
6. El Salvador	2.6%
7. Colombia	0.2%
8. Other Central American country	1.3%
9. Other South American country	0.6%
10. Other country	0.2%
In general, which language do you use MOST often?
1. Spanish only	27.2%
2. English only	23.4%
3. Both English and Spanish	49.4%
Are you or anyone in your household a member of a union?
1. Yes	31.8%
2. No	67.3%
98. DON’T KNOW	0.9%
Do you own a computer?
1. Yes	54.1%
2. No	45.9%
Do you use the Internet?
1. Yes	46.2%
2. No	53.8%
Do you have access to the Internet:
1. Yes	53.1%
2. No	45.5%
98. DON’T KNOW	1.4%