VAR CF0426 REP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE THERMOMETER

VAR CF0426    REP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE THERMOMETER
              COLUMNS 420-421
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 98 OR GE 99


        REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE 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 Nixon for 1968 and 1972, Ford for 1976,
        Reagan for 1980 and 1984, George Bush for 1988 and 1992, Dole for
        1996, and George W. Bush 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:  480        1972:  255         1976:  3299
        1980:  155        1984:  290         1988:  154
        1992:  3305       1996:  960273      2000:  000361


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