VAR CF0350 DEM PRES CAND INTELLIGENT -TRAIT COLUMNS 286 - 286 NUMERIC MD EQ 0 OR GE 8 I am going to read a list of words and phrases people may use to describe political figures... (1996: For each, tell me whether the word or phrase describes the candidate I name.) Think about <the Democratic presidential candidate>. The first phrase is "intelligent." In your opinion, does the phrase "intelligent" describe <the Democratic presidential candidate> extremely well, quite well, not too well or not well at all? DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TRAIT - INTELLIGENT ------------------------------------------------------------------- USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B. For 1984, this is the pre version of this question. Democratic Presidential candidate trait questions referred to Jimmy Carter in 1980, to Walter Mondale in 1984, to Michael Dukakis in 1988, and to Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996. In 1996, Democratic Presidential candidate traits were asked in random order. In addition, randomization occurred for the order in which the 3 major Presidential candidate names were administered for the set of traits and affects questions; note that for each candidate traits preceded affects and all traits and affects questions were administered for one candidate before questions concerning the next candidate were begun. 1. Extremely well 2. Quite well 3. Not too well 4. Not well at all 8. DK 9. NA 0. INAP, question not used 1984: 339 1988: 284 1992: 3644 1996: 960421 ==============================