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VAR CF0427 REP VICE-PRES CANDIDATE THERMOMETER

VAR CF0427    REP VICE-PRES CANDIDATE THERMOMETER                             
              COLUMNS 346  - 347                                              
              NUMERIC                                                         
              MD EQ 98 OR GE 99                                               

        REPUBLICAN VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE THERMOMETER                    
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.                        
                                                                              
        SEE VCF0201 FOR QUESTION TEXT.                                        
                                                                              
        For years where this variable appears in both the Pre and Post, the   
        Pre versions are represented here.                                    
                                                                              
        In 1968 "don't know"s were coded 50 on thermometers; groups about     
        which the respondent "didn't know much" were also placed at 50 degrees
        during these years.                                                   
                                                                              
        In 1972-1976, the respondent was not asked to give thermometer ratings
        for individuals about which R "didn't know much" or "didn't know too  
        much."  However, it is unclear whether such cases were coded DK or    
        NA:  even within a single study year, "don't know much/too much" may  
        not have been coded consistently to one MD category.                  
                                                                              
        This variable referred to Agnew for 1968 and 1972, Dole for 1976, Bush
        for 1980 and 1984, Quayle for 1988 and 1992, and Kemp for 1996.       
                                                                              
        In 1996, the order of thermometers for all individuals except         
        Presidential candidates was randomized.                               
                                                                              
            00-96.  Degrees as coded                                          
               97.  97-100 Degrees                                            
                                                                              
               98.  DK rating (exc.1968); don't recognize                     
                         (1980,1984,1988,1992, 1996)                          
               99.  NA; INAP, no post IW (1968); question not used            
                                                                              
        1968:  488        1972:  265         1976:  3312                      
        1980:  162        1984:  292         1988:  160                       
        1992:  3308       1996:  960276                                       
                                                                              
                                                                              
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Walter Mebane
Mon Nov 12 02:55:58 EST 2001