VAR 001367 F5. R follows govt and public affairs MD1: EQ 0, MD2: GE 8 COLUMNS: 2487 - 2487 Numeric F5. Some people seem to follow what's going on in government and public affairs most of the time, whether there's an election going on or not. Others aren't thatinterested. Would you say you follow what's going on in government and public affairs most of the time, some of the time, only now and then, or hardly at all? --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. MOST OF THE TIME 2. SOME OF THE TIME 3. ONLY NOW AND THEN 4. HARDLY AT ALL 8. DK 9. RF 0. NA; INAP, no Post interview 0 1 2 3 ----- ----- ----- ----- Count 252 339 569 423 4 8 9 ----- ----- ----- Count 212 11 1 ............................................................................ G1/G1.T. FTF: Please look at page 2 of the booklet. We hear a lot of talk these days about liberals and conservatives. Here is a seven-point scale on which the political views that people might hold are arranged from extremely liberal to extremely conservative. TELEPHONE: We hear a lot of talk these days about liberals and conservatives. ==============================