VAR CF0451 STRENGTH -APPROVE PRES PERFORMANCE COLUMNS 385 - 385 NUMERIC MD EQ 0 Do you approve or disapprove of the way that <the president> is handling his job as President? Do you (approve/disapprove) {of the president's performance} strongly or not strongly? ------------------------------------------------------------------- USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B. This var appeared in both the pre and post in 1984 and 1988. The pre versions are represented here. 1. Approve, strongly 2. Approve, not strongly 3. Disapprove, not strongly 4. Disapprove, strongly 0. DK; NA; INAP, form II (1972); question not used 1980: 63 1982: 66 1984: 259 1986: 97 1988: 141 1990: 99 1992: 3320 1994: 202 1996: 960296 1998: 980217 ==============================