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November 1963 · Harris/Newsweek Survey

Survey Explorer

Descriptive views of the released data

What were Americans thinking in November 1963? Browse the raw survey responses — see how people answered each question, which questions moved together, and how one group compared to another.

Frequencies, cross-tabs, and correlations. Use this to orient before turning to the explanatory tools — descriptive prominence and what actually moves the headline are not always the same thing.

How to Use This Tool

Pick what you want to know, then which respondents and variables, and click Run Analysis. Expand for details.

1. Pick what you want to know

How did people answer? — Frequencies. Which questions moved together? — Correlations. How did one group compare to another? — Crosstabs (pick exactly two questions).

2. Pick respondents and variables

Optionally restrict to a subgroup, then check the survey questions you want to look at. The published-model predictors are pre-checked; use the search box, category buttons, or "Restore defaults" to find or reset.

3. Run and read

Click Run Analysis. Results appear below — scroll down. All numbers use the survey's design weights, so they reflect the full U.S. likely-voter population, not just the raw sample.

Advanced features

Pin runs to compare

Click Pin this run in the results header to save a snapshot. Pinned runs collect at the bottom — expand to compare previous results side by side.

Filter and search

Search by keyword or question code (e.g. "q31" or "Khrushchev"). Category buttons narrow the list by topic. Click × on any active filter chip to clear it.

Go deeper

Variables you find here can go straight into the Model Builder to test what predicted Kennedy's approval. The Explorer is a good first step before modeling.

What do you want to know?

Pick the kind of look at the data; variable choices follow from this.

Whose data?

By default, all respondents. Optionally restrict to a subgroup or single entity.

One subgroup variable at a time. Only levels with at least 100 respondents are shown.

Which variables?

Select by category: (Click to highlight & select all variables in a category; click again to deselect.)
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