VAR CF0427 REP VICE-PRES CANDIDATE THERMOMETER

VAR CF0427    REP VICE-PRES CANDIDATE THERMOMETER
              COLUMNS 422-423
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 98 OR GE 99


        REPUBLICAN VICE-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 1996, the order of thermometers for all individuals except
        Presidential candidates was randomized.  In 2000, the order of
        administration of feeling thermometers was randomized for the vice-
        presidential candidates from the 2 major parties.

        This variable referred to Agnew for 1968 and 1972, Dole for 1976,
        George Bush for 1980 and 1984, Quayle for 1988 and 1992, Kemp for
        1996, and Cheney 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:  488        1972:  265         1976:  3312
        1980:  162        1984:  292         1988:  160
        1992:  3308       1996:  960276      2000:  000367


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