VAR CF0424 DEM PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE THERMOMETER

VAR CF0424    DEM PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE THERMOMETER
              COLUMNS 416-417
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 98 OR GE 99


        DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE -- FEELING THERMOMETER
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.

        SEE VCF0201 FOR QUESTION TEXT

        For years where this variable appears in both the Pre and Post, the
        Pre versions are represented here.

        In 1968 "don't know"s were coded 50 on thermometers; groups about
        which the respondent "didn't know much" were also placed at 50 degrees
        during these years.

        In 1972-1976, the respondent was not asked to give thermometer ratings
        for individuals about which R "didn't know much" or "didn't know too
        much."  However, it is unclear whether such cases were coded DK or
        NA:  even within a single study year, "don't know much/too much" may
        not have been coded consistently to one MD category.

        In 2000, the order in which Presidential candidate names were
        administered for thermometer ratings was randomized.

        This variable referred to Humphrey for 1968, Nixon for 1972, Carter
        for 1976 and 1980, Mondale for 1984, Dukakis for 1988, Clinton for
        1992 and 1996, and Gore for 2000.

               00-96.  Degrees as coded
               97.  97-100 Degrees

               98.  DK rating (exc.1968); don't recognize (1980 and later)

               99.  NA; INAP, no post IW (1968); question not used

        1968:  479        1972:  254        1976:  3298
        1980:  154        1984:  301        1988:  155
        1992:  3306       1996:  960272     2000:  000360


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