VAR CF0549 DEM PARTY -DEFENSE SPENDING 7PT SCALE COLUMNS 417 - 417 NUMERIC MD EQ 0 Some people believe that we should spend much less money for defense. (1996: Suppose these people are at one end of a scale, at point 1.) Others feel that defense spending should be greatly increased. (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 DEFENSE SPENDING SCALE ------------------------------------------------------------------- USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B. In 1980-1984, 1990, Rs who responded "DK," NA or "haven't thought much about it" to self-placement on the 7-point defense spending scale were not asked for party placements on this scale and have been coded 0 in VCF0549 and VCF0550. In 1986, 1988 and 1992, 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 VCF0549,VCF0550 have been coded 0. In 1996, the order in which this rating was administered for the 2 major parties was randomized. 1. Greatly decrease defense spending 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Greatly increase defense spending. 0. DK party placement; NA party placement; DK/ haven't thought much about self-placement (1980-1984,1990); NA self-placement (exc. 1986); INAP, short form or Spanish language (1992); question not used 1980: 287 1982: 409 1984: 398 1986: 412 1988: 316 1990: 443 1992: 3711 1996: 960477 ==============================