VAR CF9022 STRENGTH- PRESIDENTIAL VOTE PREFERENCE
COLUMNS 744 - 744
NUMERIC
MD EQ 0 OR GE 8
(ASKED OF Rs WHO VOTED): How about the election for president? Did
you vote for a candidate for president? (IF YES) Who did you vote
for? Would you say that your preference for this candidate was strong
or not strong?
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USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.
THISVAR IS A FOLLOWUP TO VCF0704-706.
In the original 1980 and 1984 (only) datasets, Rs who refused to
identify who they voted for or who DK/NA who voted for had valid codes
in this variable, which are retained.
1. STRONG
5. NOT STRONG
8. DK
9. NA; INAP, no post IW (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996); abbrev.
telephone IW (1984); question not used
0. R did not vote or DK/NA/refused to say if voted; R voted but
did not vote (or DK/NA/refused to say if voted) for
president; R voted for president but DK/NA/refused to say
who voted for (1988 only)
1980: 995 1984: 789 1988: 764
1992: 5610 1996: 961083
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