Entry:

Ferguson, Thomas and Rogers, Joel, "The Myth of America's Turn to the Right," Atlantic Monthly, 257 (May, 1986), 43-53.

Abstract:

Survey data show that the economy was the key issue in 1980 and 1984 Presidential elections and that Democratic defeat is attributable to the public's lack of confidence in the Democrats' program for the economy.

1976-1978, 1980, 1982-1983

Other Data Sets:

Gallup; ABC/WP 1984; BLS; Economic Report of the President