VAR CF0738 PARTY OF REGISTRATION
COLUMNS 505 - 505
NUMERIC
MD EQ 0 OR GE 9
Were you registered in this election as being a Republican, a
Democrat, an Independent or what?
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USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.
This is a post var, asked of voters and of registered non-voters (and
also asked of Rs who did not know if they voted but who stated that
they were registered).
REPORTED VOTER OR REGISTERED NONVOTER WHO STATED THATREGISTRATION DID
NOT REQUIRE DECLARATION OF PARTY in R's area or if R was a (reported)
voter who stated that voters were not required to register: 6 has
been coded.
NOT REGISTERED: Nonvoter Rs who replied that voters were not required
to register in their area have been coded 9. Nonvoter Rs who replied
"DK" or NA when asked if they were registered have also been coded 9.
Nonvoter Rs who replied that they were registered but, when asked for
party of registration, replied that voters were not required to
register in their areas have been coded 9.
If R was a non-voter who replied that s/he was registered but, when
asked for party of registered, replied that s/he was not registered, 0
has been coded.
1. Democratic party
5. Republican party
6. Voters: not required to declare party (VOLUNTEERED);
voters: not required to register (VOLUNTEERED);
non-voters: registered, not required to declare party
(VOLUNTEERED)
7. Independent
8. Other party
9. DK, absentee voter; NA; INAP, nonvoter who declares that
voters are not required to register; NA if voted; refused
to say if voted; DK if registered; NA if registered; R
voted but stated s/he was not registered (VOLUNTEERED:
3 cases in 1978, 1 case in 1980, 5 cases in 1982, 1 case
in 1984, 2 cases in 1986); no post IW (1980,1984); abbrev.
telephone IW (1984); question not used
0. R was not registered
1978: 471,485 1980: 989,1012 1982: 502,520
1984: 784,803 1986: 262,277
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