Illinois lobbyists study, 1964

The data were collected by mail questionnaires sent in March and April 1964, to 398 persons who were registered as lobbyists in Illinois in 1963. Usable returns were obtained from 229 lobbyists. The data contain information on personal background and demographic variables, governmental experiences, motivation, lobbyists' perceptions of the legislative process and their role within it, and their policy stands on several state, national, and international questions from which a liberal-conservative index was constructed.