VAR CF0713 R INTENT FOR PRESIDENTIAL VOTE (PRE) COLUMNS 481 - 481 NUMERIC MD EQ 0 ALL YEARS EXC. 1948,1992: Who do you think you will vote for in the election for President? 1948: On the coming Presidential election, do you plan to vote? (IF RESPONSE NOT 'NO':) Do you plan to vote Republican, Democrat or something else? 1992 and 1996: (PROBE:) We all know the election is some time away and people are not certain at this point who they will vote for. Still, who do you think you will vote for in the election for President? ------------------------------------------------------------------- USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B. This is a pre var. From the original NES datasets 1952-1976, codes 1 and 3 also include presidential candidate vote intentions "with qualifications." Codes for candidate vote intention "with qualifications" did not appear in NES after 1976. In 1952-1976, if R's response to the question "As far as you know, do you expect to vote in the elections this November?" was "yes, qualified" (think so/ guess so/ probably, etc.), then R was asked this question. If R's response during the same years to "As far as you know, do you expect to vote in the elections this November?" was "no, qualified" (probably not, etc.) then R has been included in code 4 in VCF0713. However, if R's response to the same question (intention to vote) during 1952-1976 was "pro-con," then VCF0713 has been coded 0. After 1976, no codes appeared for "yes, qualified," "no, qualified," or "pro-con" when R was asked if s/he intended to vote. 1. Democratic candidate (with or without qualifications, 1952-1976) 2. Republican candidate (with or without qualifications, 1952-1976) 3. Undecided; DK (except 1964) 4. R does not intend to vote (incl. "no, qualified" if will vote, 1952-1976) 9. Other candidate 0. DK (1964 only); NA; INAP, no pre IW (1948,1952,1960); DK/NA/ RF (1952-1976: or pro-con) if will vote; refused to say who will vote for; will vote, but not for President; question not used 1948: 38,39 1952: 81 1956: 100 1960: 101 1964: 160 1968: 133 1972: 170 1976: 3044 1980: 137 1984: 425 1988: 397 1992: 3805 1996: 960548 ==============================