VAR CF0545 DEM PARTY -COOPERATE W/USSR 7PT SCALE COLUMNS 415 - 415 NUMERIC MD EQ 0 1980: Some people feel it is important for us to try very hard to get along with Russia. Others feel it is a big mistake to try too hard to get along with Russia. 1984,1988: Some people feel it is important for us to try to cooperate more with Russia, while others believe we should be much tougher in our dealings with Russia. ALL YEARS: Where would you place the Democratic Party on this scale? (7-PT SCALE SHOWN TO R) DEMOCRATIC PARTY - R's RATING OF PARTY ON COOPERATE WITH RUSSIASCALE ------------------------------------------------------------------- USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B. Rs who responded "DK," NA or "haven't thought much about it" to self- placement on the 7-point cooperate-with-Russia scale were not asked for party placements on this scale and have been coded 0 in VCF0545 and VCF0546. 1. Cooperate more/get along with Russia 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Get much tougher/big mistake 0. DK party placement; NA party placement; DK/NA/haven't thought much about self-placement; INAP, no post IW (1980); question not used 1980: 1090 1984: 411 1988: 374 ==============================