VAR CF0504 REPUBLICANS- LIBERAL/CONSERVATIVE SCALE
COLUMNS 392 - 392
NUMERIC
MD EQ 0
REPUBLICAN PARTY - R'S RATING OF PARTY ON LIBERAL/CONSERVATIVE SCALE
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USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.
1998: All respondents were asked this question, regardless of
the status of self-placement.
1984-1996: If R responded "DK," NA or "haven't thought much
about it" to self-placement on the liberal/conservative 7-point scale
(VCF0803) AND if s/he responded "DK" or NA (1996: or 'refused to
choose') to the followup, "If you had to choose, would you consider
yourself a liberal or a conservative?" (VCF0849), then R was not asked
for Democratic party or Republican party placements on the 7-point
1972-1982: Self-placement had no follow-up question in these years
("if you had to choose..."): if the single self-placement var was
"DK," NA or "haven't thought much" then R was not asked for party
placements.
This var was present in 1980 in both the pre and post. The pre
version is represented here.
In 1996 and 1998, the order in which this rating was administered
for the 2 major parties was randomized.
1. Extremely liberal
2. Liberal
3. Slightly liberal
4. Moderate, middle of the road
5. Slightly conservative
6. Conservative
7. Extremely conservative
0. DK party placement; NA party placement; DK/NA self-placement
(1984-1996); refused to choose self-placement (1996);
INAP, no post IW (1972); form III or IV (1972); question
not used
1972: 657 1974: 2310 1976: 3290
1978: 402 1980: 278 1982: 404
1984: 374 1986: 394 1988: 234
1990: 414 1992: 3517 1994: 848
1996: 960380 1998: 980412
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