VAR CF9022 STRENGTH- PRESIDENTIAL VOTE PREFERENCE

VAR CF9022    STRENGTH- PRESIDENTIAL VOTE PREFERENCE
              COLUMNS 906-906
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 0 OR GE 8


        (ASKED OF Rs WHO VOTED):  How about the election for president? Did
        you vote for a candidate for president?  (IF YES) Who did you vote
        for?  Would you say that your preference for this candidate was strong
        or not strong?
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.

        THISVAR IS A FOLLOWUP TO VCF0704-706.

        In the original 1980 and 1984 (only) datasets, Rs who refused to
        identify who they voted for or who DK/NA who voted for had valid codes
        in this variable, which are retained.

             1.   STRONG
             5.   NOT STRONG

             8.   DK
             9.   NA; INAP, no post IW (1980,1984,1988,1992,1996,2000);
                  abbrev. telephone IW (1984); question not used
             0.   R did not vote or DK/NA/refused to say if voted; R voted but
                  did not vote (or DK/NA/refused to say if voted) for
                    president; R voted for president but DK/NA/refused to say
                    who voted for (1988 only)

        1980:  995      1984:  789        1988:  764
        1992:  5610     1996:  961083     2000:  001250


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