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VCF0712 Timing of R Presidential Vote Decision

QUESTION:
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How long before the election did you decide that you were going to
vote the way you did?

VALID_CODES:
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1.  Knew all along (incl.: always vote for same party;
    1948 ONLY: all pre-convention cases)
2.  When candidate announced (exc. 1948)
3.  During conventions
4.  Post-convention period
5.  Last two weeks of campaign
6.  On election day

MISSING_CODES:
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0.  DK; NA; unspecified 'other'; R did not vote; DK/NA
    if voted; refused to say if voted; voted, but not
    for president; no Post IW; form III,IV
    (1972); abbrev. telephone IW (1984: see VCF0015);
    voted but DK/NA/refused to say for whom (1964-1988
    only)
Inap. question not used

NOTES:
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See Appendix note "PRESIDENTIAL VOTE DECISION".
1948 NOTE:
No code corresponding to code 2 was used; code 1 includes all pre-
convention mentions (no cases coded 2).

WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a

TYPE:
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Numeric  Dec 0

SOURCE_VARS:
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1948:  480019
1952:  520183 
1956:  560206
1960:  600204 
1964:  640288
1968:  680318
1972:  720479
1976:  763666
1980:  800996
1984:  840790 
1988:  880765
1992:  925611
1996:  961084
2000:  001251


Walter Mebane 2005-11-03