VCF9099 Democratic House Candidate: Govt Services/Spending Scale

QUESTION:
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2004:
Please look at page [page] of the booklet.
Some people think the government should provide fewer
services even in areas such as health and education
in order to reduce spending. Suppose these people are at
one end of a scale, at point 1. Other people feel it is 
important for the government to provide many more services 
even if it means an increase in spending.  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 house candidate] 
(on this issue)?
ALL YEARS:
Some people think the government should provide fewer services, even
in areas such as health and education in order to reduce spending.
Other people feel it is important for the government to provide many
more services even if it means an increase in spending.
Where would you place [the Democratic U.S. House Candidate] on this
scale? (7-POINT SCALE SHOWN TO R)

VALID_CODES:
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1.   Gov't provide many fewer services, reduce spending
     a lot
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.   Gov't provide many more services, increase spending
     a lot

MISSING_CODES:
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8.   DK/Don't Recognize (incl. no recognition on
       thermometer)
9.   NA; telephone (1984); no Post IW; telephone
       IW (2000)
0.   R self-rating was DK or "haven't thought much about
       it"; no Democratic candidate in district race
       (incl. Washington DC)
Inap. question not used

NOTES:
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See note VCF9097.
1996 NOTE 1:
Randomization occurred for the order of the 2 major party House 
candidate names for this placement.
1996 NOTE 2:
If R did not recognize the name of the Democratic candidate for the 
thermometer rating, then this question was not asked.
2000 NOTE:
This question was administered as a 7-point scale to FTF respondents 
only; telephone respondents were administered 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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1982:  820447  
1984:  841031  
1986:  860450  
1990:  900454  
1994:  940942  
1996:  960459
1998:  980466  
2000:  001391a
2004:  045046,045122