VAR CF0611 ARE PARTIES ONLY INTERESTED IN VOTES

VAR CF0611    ARE PARTIES ONLY INTERESTED IN VOTES
              COLUMNS 513-513
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 0 OR GE 9


        'Parties are only interested in people's votes but not in their
        opinions.'
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.

        SEE INTRODUCTORY TEXT OF VCF0609.

        The order in which questions VCF0609-VCF0618 appear may vary from
        year to year.

               1.  Agree
               2.  Disagree

               9.  DK; it depends; can't say; refused to say
               0.  NA; INAP, no post IW (1968,1976,1980); question not used

        1968:  523    1970:  149(type 0)   1972:  274
        1974:  2227   1976:  3820          1978:  356
        1980:  1035


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