VAR 000441a G1bx. Summary: comb FTF/phone-lib-con MD1: EQ 0, MD2: GE 8 COLUMNS: 1309 - 1309 Numeric G1bx. IF R SELECTED FOR 7-POINT SCALE VERSION OF LIB-CON SERIES: FTF: Where would you place yourself on this scale, or haven't you thought much about this? If you had to choose, would you consider yourself a liberal or a conservative? 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? If you had to choose, would you consider yourself a liberal or a conservative? SUMMARY: 3-CATEGORY LIB-CON SELF-PLACEMENT FROM 7PT-SCALE SERIES: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Built from G1ax and G1b. This is the traditional summary used in 7-pt scale FTF administration in previous years. Recode values used for each category appear in the order: G1a,G1b. 1. Liberal (1/2/3,0; 0/4/8,1) 3. Moderate (0/4/8,5; 4,7/8/9/NA) 5. Conservative (5/6/7,0; 0/4/8,3) 7. Refused to choose (0/8,7) 8. DK (0/8,8) 9. NA/RF to entire question series (RF/NA,0) 0. NA to follow up question G4aa (0/8,9/NA) 1 3 5 7 8 9 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Count 302 51 453 52 8 941 ==============================