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VCF0405 Likes Number of Mentions: Republican Presidential Cand

QUESTION:
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Now I'd like to ask you about the good and bad points of the two (1996
and later: the major) candidates for President.
Is there anything in particular about [Republican presidential 
candidate] that might make you want to vote for him?  What is that?
Anything else?

VALID_CODES:
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0.  Zero positive mentions (likes)
1.  One positive mention (likes)
2.  Two positive mentions (likes)
3.  Three positive mentions (likes)
4.  Four positive mentions (likes)
5.  Five positive mentions (likes)

MISSING_CODES:
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9.  No Pre IW; form II (1972); abbrev. IW form    
    (1980)
Inap. question not used

NOTES:
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GENERAL NOTE:
Five possible mentions were coded in all original ANES datasets.
MD category 9 comprises cases of systematic question exclusion,
i.e., when a question was not present within a form or wave. 
Rs who responded "no" to "Is there anything in particular that 
you like about [Republican Presidential candidate]?" have been 
coded here as 0 mentions; Rs coded DK or NA in response have 
also been coded here as 0 mentions.  In addition, Rs who 
responded "yes" BUT who provided no mentions (DK or NA in first 
mention) have been coded 0. Republican Presidential Candidates: 
Eisenhower 1952,1956; Nixon 1960, 1968, 1972; Goldwater 1964; 
Ford 1976; Reagan 1980,1984; George Bush Sr. 1988,1992; Dole 
1996; George W. Bush 2000,2004.
1996 NOTE:
The order in which the set of likes/dislikes questions was administered 
for the 2 major parties was randomized ('likes' always preceding 
dislikes).
2000 NOTE:
see 1996 note.
2004 NOTE:
see 1996 note.

WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a

TYPE:
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Numeric  Dec 0

SOURCE_VARS:
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1952:  520029 
1956:  560021  
1960:  600026
1964:  640027 
1968:  680034  
1972:  720043
1976:  763124,763125,763126,763127,763128
1980:  800078,800079,800080,800081,800082 
1984:  840082,840083,840084,840085,840086
1988:  880104,880105,880106,880107,880108  
1992:  923110,923111,923112,923113,923114  
1996:  960218,960219,960220,960221,960222
2000:  000318,000319,000320,000321,000322
2004:  043007


Walter Mebane 2005-11-03