VAR CF0713 R INTENT FOR PRESIDENTIAL VOTE (PRE)

VAR CF0713    R INTENT FOR PRESIDENTIAL VOTE (PRE)
              COLUMNS 568-568
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 0


        ALL YEARS EXC. 1948,1992:  Who do you think you will vote for in the
        election for President?

        1948:  On the coming Presidential election, do you plan to vote? (IF
        RESPONSE NOT 'NO':)  Do you plan to vote Republican, Democrat or
        something else?

        1992 and 1996: (PROBE:)  We all know the election is some time away
        and people are not certain at this point who they will vote for.
        Still, who do you think you will vote for in the election for
        President?
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.

        This is a pre var.

        From the original NES datasets 1952-1976, codes 1 and 3 also include
        presidential candidate vote intentions "with qualifications."   Codes
        for candidate vote intention "with qualifications" did not appear in
        NES after 1976.

        In 1952-1976, if R's response to the question "As far as you know, do
        you expect to vote in the elections this November?" was "yes,
        qualified" (think so/ guess so/ probably, etc.), then R was asked this
        question.  If R's response during the same years to "As far as you
        know, do you expect to vote in the elections this November?" was "no,
        qualified" (probably not, etc.) then R has been included in code 4 in
        VCF0713.  However, if R's response to the same question (intention to
        vote) during 1952-1976 was "pro-con," then VCF0713 has been coded 0.
        After 1976, no codes appeared for "yes, qualified," "no, qualified,"
        or "pro-con" when R was asked if s/he intended to vote.

             1.  Democratic candidate (with or without qualifications,
                     1952-1976)
             2.  Republican candidate (with or without qualifications,
                     1952-1976)
             3.  Undecided; DK (except 1964)
             4.  R does not intend to vote (incl. "no, qualified" if will
                     vote, 1952-1976)
             9.  Other candidate

             0.  DK (1964 only); NA; INAP, no pre IW (1948,1952,1960); DK/NA/
                 RF (1952-1976: or pro-con) if will vote; refused to say
                 who will vote for; will vote, but not for President;
                 question not used

        1948:  38,39         1952:  81           1956:  100
        1960:  101           1964:  160          1968:  133
        1972:  170           1976:  3044         1980:  137
        1984:  425           1988:  397          1992:  3805
        1996:  960548        2000:  000792-793


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