VCF9080 President Placement: Liberal-Scale

QUESTION:
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We hear a lot of talk these days about liberals and conservatives.
I'm going to [1996-LATER: Here is a] show you a 7-point scale on which
the political views that people might hold are arranged from extremely
liberal to extremely conservative.  (7-POINT SCALE SHOWN TO R)
Where would you place [president] on this scale?

VALID_CODES:
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1.   Extremely liberal
2.   Liberal
3.   Slightly liberal
4.   Moderate; middle of the road
5.   Slightly conservative
6.   Conservative
7.   Extremely conservative

MISSING_CODES:
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8.   DK
9.   NA; no Post IW; forms III, IV (1972); R
     selected for branching version of this question
0.   DK/Haven't thought about self-rating on same 7pt
     scale [see above] (not 1996 or later)
Inap. question not used

NOTES:
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See note VCF9073.
2000 NOTE:
Telephone respondents were asked a branching series and are excluded 
here.

WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a

TYPE:
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Numeric  Dec 0

SOURCE_VARS:
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1972:  720653  
1974:  742306
1976:  763287  
1978:  780400 
1980:  800268  
1982:  820394
1984:  840371  
1986:  860387 
1988:  880236  
1990:  900408 
1992:  923514  
1994:  940841
1996:  960369  
1998:  980403 
2000:  000449
2004:  043087