» CUMULATIVE DATA FILE - VARIABLE DESCRIPTION LIST

       Variables preceded by ** are represented in the tables of the Guide 
       to Public Opinion and Electoral Behavior found at the NES Web site,
       http://www.umich.edu/~nes.

       Variables are not sorted by variable number but organized topically 
       into the following general groupings (by variable numbber within
       groupings:)

         ADMINISTRATION/PROCESSING
         DEMOGRAPHICS 
         GROUP THERMOMETERS
         PARTISANSHIP; PARTY MEASURES
         PRESIDENTIAL LEVEL EVALUATIONS
         MASS SUPPORT OF THE POLITICAL SYSTEM (and trust in media /people)
         TURNOUT, VOTE, PARTICIPATION, MEDIA EXPOSURE
         RESPONDENT IDEOLOGY AND ISSUE POSITIONS/VIEWS
         CONGRESSIONAL LEVEL MEASURES (and Senate)
         VOTE VALIDATION