VAR CF0738a PRE - PARTY OF REGISTRATION

VAR CF0738a   PRE - PARTY OF REGISTRATION
              COLUMNS 596-596
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 0 OR GE 9

        (IF R IS REGISTERED) Are you registered as being a Republican, a
        Democrat or anything else?
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.

        This is a pre-election variable.

               1. Democratic party
               5. Republican party
               6. No party/none (1976 also includes: none required)
               8. Other

               9. DK; NA; INAP, DK/NA if R registered; form II (1972)
               0. R was not registered

        1972:  720164-165        1976:  763032-3033


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