VAR CF9027 PARTY OF VOTE IN PREVIOUS PRES ELECTION

VAR CF9027    PARTY OF VOTE IN PREVIOUS PRES ELECTION
              COLUMNS 911-911
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 0 OR GE 9


        1948:   Do you remember whether you voted in <year> when
        <Democratic presidential candidate> ran against <Republican
        Presidential candidate>?  (IF YES:)  Whom did you vote for then?

        1952-1962:  (1958,1962: Two years ago,) In <year>, you remember that
        <Democratic presidential candidate> ran against <Republican
        presidential candidate> (1958: for the 2nd time).  Do you remember for
        sure whether or not you voted in that election?  (IF YES, VOTED:)
        Which one did you vote for?/  (1958: Did you vote for <Democratic
        presidential candidate> or <Republican presidential candidate>?)

        1964 (FORM 1):  Now, the last presidential election was four years
        ago, in 1960.  Do you remember for sure whether or not you voted in
        that election?  (IF YES, VOTED:) Did you vote Republican or Democratic
        in that election?

        1964 (FORM 2),1966-1972,1976,1980,1982,1988 and later:  In <year>,
        {you remember that} <Republican presidential candidate> ran on the
        Republican ticket against <Democratic presidential candidate> for the
        Democrats/  (1970,1972: against Mr. Humphrey on the Democratic ticket
        and Mr. Wallace on the Independent ticket; 1982: against Jimmy Carter
        for the Democrats and John Anderson as an independent candidate).  Do
        you remember for sure whether or not you voted for in that election?
        (IF YES, VOTED:) Which one did you vote for?
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.

        In presidential year studies, this question referred to the
        presidential election held 4 years prior; in non-presidential year
        studies, this question referred to the presidential election held 2
        years prior.

        For 1952, VCF9027 code 9 contains 9 cases of respondents who replied
        that they "thought" they had voted Democratic in 1948 and 3 cases of
        respondents who replied that they "thought" they had voted Republican
        in 1948.  Also, in the original 1956 dataset all cases (unknown
        number) of Rs who only "thought" they voted for any particular
        candidate in 1952 were combined with other missing data:  these cases
        are coded 9 here.
        In the original 1952 dataset, 1948 presidential votes for two
        specified nonmajor party candidates were individually coded, and there
        also appeared a combination category labeled "other or NA or DK who"
        (9 cases).  Rs who said they had voted for the specified nonmajor
        party candidates in 1948 have been coded 5 here, while Rs from the
        combination category of the original 1952 dataset have been coded 3
        here.

        In 1952-1960,1964-1972,1976,1980, if R answered the filter,
            "In the elections for president since you have been old enough to
            vote, would you say that you have voted in all of them, most of
            them, some of them, or none of them?"
        with "none of them" or answered that s/he was never before able to
        vote because s/he was previously not a citizen or old enough, then
        this question was not asked, and 0 has been coded here.  In addition,
        in 1956, 1960, 1976 and 1980, if it was NA whether R had ever voted,
        then this question was not asked and 9 has been coded here.  In 1968,
        if R DK whether s/he had ever voted, then this question was not asked
        and R is coded 9 here.

        In 1962, 1982, 1988, 1990 and 1992 no filter was used, but Rs who did
        not vote in the previous presidential election because of age or
        citizenship ineligibility (or for any other reason) were simply coded
        "did not vote" and are coded 0 here.

        NOTE for 1956, 1958, 1960, and 1964:  The original codebooks'
        documentation during these years stated that residents of Washington
        D.C. were INAP for this question; however, in checking the actual
        data, it appears that some Washington D.C. residents were INAP while
        others were not.  Any responses to this question from Washington
        D.C. residents during these years have been retained in this variable.
        Unfortunately, the remaining Washington D.C. residents who appeared
        in the original data during these years as INAP for this question
        (and whose vote in the previous presidential election was NA, and
        who should have been coded here as 9) were also were combined with
        another type of INAP Rs, those who were INAP because they had never
        before voted due to prior ineligibility.  It is therefore unclear
        whether the latter set of Washington D.C. cases in fact appeared as
        INAP because they were from Washington D.C. or because they had
        actually never voted before.  Rs who had never voted before are
        coded 0 in VCF9027:  this recoding scheme necessitated for 1956-
        1960,1964 the inclusion of the INAP Washington D.C. cases about whom
        it was somewhat unclear whether or not "has never voted" actually
        applies:
           YEAR  #DC CASES  # DC RESPONSES  # DC INAP  #DC CASES 0 IN VCF9027
           1956   2 cases    1 response      1 INAP      1 case
           1958   3 cases    1 response      2 INAP      2 cases
           1960   1 case     no response     1 INAP      1 case
           1964  11 cases    3 responses     8 INAP      8 cases

               1. VOTED:  DEMOCRATIC PRES. CANDIDATE
               2. VOTED:  REPUBLICAN PRES. CANDIDATE
               3. VOTED:  DK/NA/REFUSED WHICH PRES. CANDIDATE
               5. VOTED:  OTHER CANDIDATE

               9. DK/NA/refused to say if voted in previous presidential
                  election; INAP, no post IW (1988); no pre IW (1952); short
                  form or Spanish language IW (1992); NA if R has ever voted
                  before (1956,1960,1976,1980); DK if R has ever voted before
                  (1968); question not used
               0. R did not vote in previous election; R has never voted

      1948:  28             1952:  76              1954:  14
      1956:  96             1958:  74              1960:  97
      1962:  38             1964:  156             1966:  85
      1968:  129            1970:  199,200         1972:  159,160
      1976:  3182,3183      1980:  353,354         1982:  292,293
      1988:  630,631        1990:  166,167         1992:  3107,3108
      1994:  324,325        1996:  960204,960203   1998:  980214, 980215
      2000:  000303,000304


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