VAR CF9023 NONVOTER PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE
COLUMNS 745 - 745
NUMERIC
MD EQ 0 OR GE 9
(ALL YEARS: ASKED OF Rs WHO DID NOT VOTE):
1948,1952,1956,1960,1964,1968: Who (1948: whom) would you have voted
for if you had voted?
1980,1984,1988,1992,1996: How about the election for president? Did
you prefer one of the candidates for president? (IF YES:) Who did you
prefer?
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USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.
THISVAR IS A FOLLOWUP TO VCF0704-706.
In 1952,1956,1960,1964 no category appeared (coded) for "no
preference."
Although a category appeared for "no preference" in 1968, R was not
asked the filter question, "Did you prefer one of the candidates for
president?" and the absence of this filter was reflected in the small
1968 "no preference" N (presumably volunteered responses).
In 1980, 1984, 1988 and 1992 Rs who replied "no" to the filter
question were coded 7 here.
In 1956, one case originally coded in the dual category "nonvoter, NA
preference; voted but not for president" has been coded 9 in this
variable. In 1968, one case originally coded "Nixon or Wallace" has
been coded 9 in this variable.
1. PREFERENCE: DEMOCRATIC
2. PREFERENCE: REPUBLICAN
3. PREFERENCE: OTHER
7. NO PREFERENCE (1968 and later)
9. DK; NA; refused; INAP, no post IW (all presidential years
exc. 1948, 1956); question not used
0. R voted or DK/NA/refused to say if voted (for president)
1948: 24 1952: 178 1956: 203
1960: 201 1964: 286 1968: 316
1980: 1014, 1015 1984: 805, 806 1988: 774, 775
1992: 5634 1996: 961098,961099
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