VAR CF0713 R INTENT FOR PRESIDENTIAL VOTE (PRE)

VAR CF0713    R INTENT FOR PRESIDENTIAL VOTE (PRE)                            
              COLUMNS 481  - 481                                              
              NUMERIC                                                         
              MD EQ 0

        ALL YEARS EXC. 1948,1992:  Who do you think you will vote for in the  
        election for President?                                               
                                                                              
        1948:  On the coming Presidential election, do you plan to vote? (IF  
        RESPONSE NOT 'NO':)  Do you plan to vote Republican, Democrat or      
        something else?                                                       
                                                                              
        1992 and 1996: (PROBE:)  We all know the election is some time away   
        and people are not certain at this point who they will vote for.      
        Still, who do you think you will vote for in the election for         
        President?                                                            
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.                        
                                                                              
        This is a pre var.                                                    
                                                                              
        From the original NES datasets 1952-1976, codes 1 and 3 also include  
        presidential candidate vote intentions "with qualifications."   Codes 
        for candidate vote intention "with qualifications" did not appear in  
        NES after 1976.                                                       
                                                                              
        In 1952-1976, if R's response to the question "As far as you know, do 
        you expect to vote in the elections this November?" was "yes,         
        qualified" (think so/ guess so/ probably, etc.), then R was asked this
        question.  If R's response during the same years to "As far as you    
        know, do you expect to vote in the elections this November?" was "no, 
        qualified" (probably not, etc.) then R has been included in code 4 in 
        VCF0713.  However, if R's response to the same question (intention to 
        vote) during 1952-1976 was "pro-con," then VCF0713 has been coded 0.  
        After 1976, no codes appeared for "yes, qualified," "no, qualified,"  
        or "pro-con" when R was asked if s/he intended to vote.               
                                                                              
             1.  Democratic candidate (with or without qualifications,        
                     1952-1976)                                               
             2.  Republican candidate (with or without qualifications,        
                     1952-1976)                                               
             3.  Undecided; DK (except 1964)                                  
             4.  R does not intend to vote (incl. "no, qualified" if will     
                     vote, 1952-1976)                                         
             9.  Other candidate                                              
                                                                              
             0.  DK (1964 only); NA; INAP, no pre IW (1948,1952,1960); DK/NA/ 
                 RF (1952-1976: or pro-con) if will vote; refused to say      
                 who will vote for; will vote, but not for President;         
                 question not used                                            
                                                                              
        1948:  38,39    1952:  81      1956:  100                             
        1960:  101      1964:  160     1968:  133                             
        1972:  170      1976:  3044    1980:  137                             
        1984:  425      1988:  397     1992:  3805                            
        1996:  960548                                                         
                                                                              
                                                                              
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