VAR CF0513 DEM PARTY - GUARANTEED JOB 7PT SCALE
COLUMNS 397 - 397
NUMERIC
MD EQ 0 OR GE 8
Some people feel that the government in Washington should see to it
that every person has a job and a good standard of living. (1972-
1978): Suppose these people are at one end of a scale, at point
1). Others think the government should just let each person get ahead
on his/their own. (1972-1978: Suppose these people are at the other
end, at point 7. And, of course, some other people have opinions
somewhere in between, at pints 2,3,4,5 or 6.)
Where would you place the Democratic party {on this scale}? (7-POINT
SCALE SHOWN TO R)
DEMOCRATIC PARTY - R's RATING OF PARTY ON JOBS/STD OF LIVING SCALE
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USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.
SEE ALSO: VCF0512.
Rs who responded "DK," NA or "haven't thought much about it" to self-
placement on the 7-point jobs/std living scale were not asked for
party placements on this scale and have been coded 0 in VCF0513 and
VCF0514.
In 1972, form I respondents were asked this question in the pre-
election survey while form II respondents were asked in the post-
election survey.
1. Government see to job and good standard of living
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7. Government let each person get ahead on his own
8. DK party placement
9. NA party placement
0. DK/NA/haven't thought much about self-placement; form III or
form IV (1972); INAP, form II and no post IW (1972); no
post IW (1980); short form or Spanish language (1992);
question not used
1972: 176,617 1974: 2269 1976: 3244
1978: 359 1980: 1122 1982: 427
1984: 417 1988: 329 1992: 3722
1994: 934
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