Long-Term Support for the National Elections Studies 1998-2001

该奖项将继续支持基金会对国家选举研究（NES）的长期承诺。美国国家科学基金会的政治科学计划支持NES研究计划，以维持和加强对美国投票、民意和政治参与进行基础研究的多样化数据库。目前的奖项为1998年国会选举和2000年总统选举提供支持。该奖项提供了核心时间序列数据收集的延续，该数据收集自1970年以来部分由美国国家科学基金会支持，自1978年以来全部由美国国家科学基金会支持。监督委员会将继续在研究规划方面作为一个真正的合作伙伴发挥作用，并将保持其作为受托人和代表更大的国家信息系统数据用户群体的充分作用。不同的国家社会团体有机会直接参与新环境研究的设计和执行。有资源用于提高核心NES时间序列数据的质量，并用于测试理论、测量和数据收集方面的创新。这一研究构成了研究美国政治和美国政治行为的最重要的数据基础。

This award provides continued support of the Foundation's long-term commitment for the National Election Studies (NES). The National Science Foundation's Political Science Program supports the NES research program to sustain and enhance the diversified data base that undertakes basic research on voting, public opinion, and political participation in the United States. The current award provides support for the 1998 Congressional elections and the 2000 Presidential election. The award provides for continuation of the core time-series data collection which has been supported in part by the NSF since 1970 and completely since 1978. The Board of Overseers will continue to function as a very real partner in study planning and will maintain its full role as trustee and representative of the larger community of users of the NES data. There are opportunities for the diverse national social community to participate directly in the design and execution of NES studies. There are resources for improving the quality of the core NES time-series data and for testing innovations in theory, measurement, and data collection. This research constitutes the most important data base for the study of American politics and American political behavior.