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QUESTION:
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We hear a lot of talk these days about liberals and conservatives.
Here is a 7-point scale on which the political views that people might
hold are arranged from extremely liberal to extremely conservative.
Where would you place [the Republican U.S. House Candidate] on this
scale? (7-POINT SCALE SHOWN TO R)
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/Don't Recognize (incl. no recognition on
thermometer)
9. NA; no Post IW; R selected for branching
series version of this question (2000)
0. R self-rating was DK or "haven't thought much about
it" (see above); no Republican candidate in
district race (incl. Washington D.C.)
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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1978: 780405
1980: 801050
1982: 820402
1986: 860389
1990: 900410
1994: 940845
1996: 960377
1998: 980409
2000: 001380a
2004: 045047,045120
Walter Mebane
2005-11-03