VAR CF0541 DEM PARTY -GOVT SERVICE/SPEND 7PT SCALE COLUMNS 413 - 413 NUMERIC MD EQ 0 Some people think the government should provide fewer services, even in areas such as health and education, in order to reduce spending. (1996 and later: Suppose these people are at one end of a scale, at point 1). Other people feel that it is important for the government to provide many more services even if it means an increase inSpending. (1996: Suppose these people are at the other end, at point 7. And, of course, some other people have opinions somewhere in between, at points 2,3,4,5 or 6.) Where would you place the Democratic Party {on this scale}? (7-POINT SCALE SHOWN TO R) DEMOCRATIC PARTY - R's RATING OF PARTY ON GOVERNMENT SERVICES/ SPENDING SCALE ------------------------------------------------------------------- USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B. In 1982-1984, 1990, 1994, 1996, Rs who responded "DK," NA or "haven't thought much about it" to self-placement on the 7-point services/spending scale were not asked for party placements on this scale and have been coded 0 in VCF0541 and VCF0542. In 1986, 1988, 1992, 1998, Rs were asked for party placements even if their self-placements were "DK" or "haven't thought much about it" [in 1986: or NA]. If R's self-placement was NA in 1988 and 1992, then R was not asked for party placements and VCF0541,VCF0542 have been coded 0. The 1980 version of this question was not comparable. In 1996 and 1998, the order in which this rating was administered for the 2 major parties was randomized. 1. Government should provide many fewer services: reduce spending a lot 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Government should provide many more services: increase spending a lot 0. DK party placement; NA party placement; DK/haven't thought much about self-placement (1982-1984,1990, 1994); NA self- placement (exc. 1986); INAP, short form or Spanish language (1992); question not used 1982: 445 1984: 378 1986: 455 1988: 308 1990: 456 1992: 3705 1994: 944 1996: 960461 1998: 980468 ==============================