VCF0549 Democratic Party Placement: Defense Spending Scale

QUESTION:
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Some people believe that we should spend much less money for defense.
(1996,2004: Suppose these people are at one end of a scale, at point 
1.) Others feel that defense spending should be greatly increased.
(1996,2004:  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.  Greatly decrease defense spending
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.  Greatly increase defense spending.

MISSING_CODES:
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8.  DK party placement
0.  NA party placement; DK/haven't thought much 
    about self-placement (1980,1984,1990); NA self-
    placement (exc. 1986); short form or Spanish language
    (1992); telephone IW (2000)
Inap. question not used

NOTES:
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GENERAL NOTE:
In 1980-1984,1990, Rs who responded "DK," NA or "haven't thought much
about it" for self-placement were not asked for party placements on 
this scale.
1988 NOTE:
If R's self-placement was NA then R was not asked for party placements.
1992 NOTE:
same as 1988.
1996 (and later) NOTE:
The order in which this rating was administered for the 2 major parties 
was randomized.
2000 NOTE 1:
Telephone respondents were asked a branching series, and 2000 telephone 
data are not included.
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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1980:  800287
1982:  820409
1984:  840398
1986:  860412  
1988:  880316
1990:  900443
1992:  923711
1996:  960477  
2000:  000598
2004:  043146