VAR 000439a G1a.T. Self placement lib-con scale phone MD1: EQ 0, MD2: GE 8 COLUMNS: 1306 - 1306 Numeric G1a.T. IF R SELECTED FOR 7-POINT SCALE VERSION OF LIB-CON SERIES: TELEPHONE: When it comes to politics, do you usually think of yourself as extremely liberal, liberal, slightly liberal; moderate or middle of the road, slightly conservative, conservative, extremely conservative, or haven't you thought much about this? --------------------------------------------------------------------- See Form description item Pre-Admin.2d (V000005e) for a general description of the administration of liberal- conservative placements. Phone respondents were randomly selected to be administered the 7-point scale (G1.T-G5.T) or branching format (G6.E-G10.E). For the FTF version of the 7-point scale, see G1a; for telephone (and FTF) branching format, see G6.E (V000442) 1. EXTREMELY LIBERAL --> Skip to G2 2. LIBERAL --> Skip to G2 3. SLIGHTLY LIBERAL --> Skip to G2 4. MODERATE; MIDDLE OF THE ROAD --> G1b 5. SLIGHTLY CONSERVATIVE --> Skip to G2 6. CONSERVATIVE --> Skip to G2 7. EXTREMELY CONSERVATIVE --> Skip to G2 8. DK --> G1b 9. RF; NA; INAP, FTF mode; R selected for branching version 0. HAVEN'T THOUGHT MUCH [DO NOT PROBE] --> G1b 0 1 2 3 4 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Count 77 8 48 37 90 5 6 7 8 9 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Count 48 72 15 5 1407 ==============================