VAR 000469 G9.E. Bush placement lib-con branch MD1: EQ 0, MD2: GE 8 COLUMNS: 1345 - 1345 Numeric G9.E. IF R SELECTED FOR BRANCHING VERSION OF LIB-CON SERIES: What about George W. Bush? (Is George W. Bush a liberal, a conservative, or a moderate?) --------------------------------------------------------------------- [DO NOT PROBE 'DK'] See Form description item Pre-Admin.2d (V000005e) for a general description of the administration of liberal- conservative placements. See also G4 and G4.T (V000465 and V000465a). Respondents were randomly selected to be administered the 7-point scale (G1-G5/G1.T-G5.T) or branching format (G6.E-G10.E) The order in which G8.E, G9.E, and G10.E were administered was randomized. Randomization: Randomization is documented within the collection of randomization variables that appear at the end of the Pre survey vars. The question numbers for randomization variables closely follow survey question numbers, preceded by "Rand" [e.g. for questions A4/A5 there is a randomization variable Rand.A4/A5]. 1. LIBERAL --> G9a.E 2. CONSERVATIVE --> SKIP TO G9b.E 3. MODERATE --> SKIP TO G9c.E 8. DON'T KNOW --> SKIP TO NEXT NAME IN RANDOMIZATION 9. RF 0. NA; INAP, R selected for 7-point scale version 0 1 2 3 8 9 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Count 868 113 464 209 151 2 ==============================