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QUESTION:
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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/her 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 points 2,3,4,5 or 6.)
Where would you place the Democratic Party {on this scale}? (7-POINT
SCALE SHOWN TO R)
VALID_CODES:
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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
MISSING_CODES:
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8. DK party placement
9. NA party placement
0. DK/NA/haven't thought much about self-
placement; form III,IV (1972); form II and no Post IW
(1972); no Post IW; short form or Spanish language
(1992); telephone IW (2000)
Inap. question not used
NOTES:
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See also: VCF0512.
GENERAL NOTE:
Prior to 2000, Rs with self-placement "DK," NA or "haven't thought
much about it" were not asked for party placements on this scale.
1972 NOTE:
Form I respondents were asked this question in the Pre, form II
respondents in the Post
2000 NOTE 1:
Telephone respondents were asked a branching series and telephone data
are not included.
2000 NOTE 2:
The order in which Democratic and Republican party placements
were administered was randomized.
2004 NOTE:
The order in which Democratic and Republican party placements
were administered was randomized.
WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a
TYPE:
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Numeric Dec 0
SOURCE_VARS:
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1972: 720176,720617
1974: 742269
1976: 763244
1978: 780359
1980: 801122
1982: 820427
1984: 840417
1988: 880329
1992: 923722
1994: 940934
2000: 000631
Walter Mebane
2005-11-03