Completion of Data Entry for Large and Small Presidential Campaign Contributors in 1999-2000

这项调查是一个更大项目的一部分，该项目涉及对九名候选人中每一位的捐款者进行随机抽样调查，这些候选人在2000年7月31日之前筹集了500万美元以上，并寻求两个主要政党的提名。 这项调查是第一次同时包括大捐助者（200美元以上）和小捐助者（200美元以下）。 研究的主要论题包括：作为公众子样本的贡献者群体的代表性、候选人和贡献者的态度对贡献决策的影响以及贡献者政治活动的动机。 该研究的核心理论主张有望大大提高我们对这一主题的理解。这些资金使研究人员能够确保他们收到的完整问卷能够迅速编码，便于及时分析数据。将产生的数据集将对许多对这一主题感兴趣的学者产生重大兴趣。

This investigation is part of a larger project involving a survey of a random sample of contributors to each of the nine candidates who raised over five million dollars before July 31, 2000 and who sought either of the two major party nominations. This survey is the first of its kind to include both large ($200 and more) and small (under $200) donors. The main theses being investigated involve the representativeness of the contributor pool as a subsample of the public, the impacts of candidate and contributor attitudes on the contribution decision, and the motivations for contributor' political activism. The central theoretical claims of the research promise to enhance substantially our understanding of this topic.These funds allow the investigators to ensure that the completed questionnaires that they have received can be coded promptly, facilitating timely analysis of the data.The dataset to be produced will be of significant interest to numerous scholars interested in this topic.