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? ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ==============================