VAR CF0504 REPUBLICANS- LIBERAL/CONSERVATIVE SCALE COLUMNS 392 - 392 NUMERIC MD EQ 0 REPUBLICAN PARTY - R'S RATING OF PARTY ON LIBERAL/CONSERVATIVE SCALE ------------------------------------------------------------------- USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B. 1998: All respondents were asked this question, regardless of the status of self-placement. 1984-1996: If R responded "DK," NA or "haven't thought much about it" to self-placement on the liberal/conservative 7-point scale (VCF0803) AND if s/he responded "DK" or NA (1996: or 'refused to choose') to the followup, "If you had to choose, would you consider yourself a liberal or a conservative?" (VCF0849), then R was not asked for Democratic party or Republican party placements on the 7-point 1972-1982: Self-placement had no follow-up question in these years ("if you had to choose..."): if the single self-placement var was "DK," NA or "haven't thought much" then R was not asked for party placements. This var was present in 1980 in both the pre and post. The pre version is represented here. In 1996 and 1998, the order in which this rating was administered for the 2 major parties was randomized. 1. Extremely liberal 2. Liberal 3. Slightly liberal 4. Moderate, middle of the road 5. Slightly conservative 6. Conservative 7. Extremely conservative 0. DK party placement; NA party placement; DK/NA self-placement (1984-1996); refused to choose self-placement (1996); INAP, no post IW (1972); form III or IV (1972); question not used 1972: 657 1974: 2310 1976: 3290 1978: 402 1980: 278 1982: 404 1984: 374 1986: 394 1988: 234 1990: 414 1992: 3517 1994: 848 1996: 960380 1998: 980412 ==============================