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VAR CF9023 NONVOTER PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE

VAR CF9023    NONVOTER PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE                                
              COLUMNS 745  - 745                                              
              NUMERIC                                                         
              MD EQ 0 OR GE 9                                                 

        (ALL YEARS:  ASKED OF Rs WHO DID NOT VOTE):                           
                                                                              
        1948,1952,1956,1960,1964,1968:  Who (1948: whom) would you have voted 
        for if you had voted?                                                 
                                                                              
        1980,1984,1988,1992,1996:  How about the election for president?  Did 
        you prefer one of the candidates for president?  (IF YES:) Who did you
        prefer?                                                               
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.                        
                                                                              
        THISVAR IS A FOLLOWUP TO VCF0704-706.                                 
                                                                              
        In 1952,1956,1960,1964 no category appeared (coded) for "no           
        preference."                                                          
        Although a category appeared for "no preference" in 1968, R was not   
        asked the filter question, "Did you prefer one of the candidates for  
        president?" and the absence of this filter was reflected in the small 
        1968 "no preference" N (presumably volunteered responses).            
        In 1980, 1984, 1988 and 1992 Rs who replied "no" to the filter        
        question were coded 7 here.                                           
                                                                              
        In 1956, one case originally coded in the dual category "nonvoter, NA 
        preference; voted but not for president" has been coded 9 in this     
        variable.  In 1968, one case originally coded "Nixon or Wallace" has  
        been coded 9 in this variable.                                        
                                                                              
               1.   PREFERENCE:  DEMOCRATIC                                   
               2.   PREFERENCE:  REPUBLICAN                                   
               3.   PREFERENCE:  OTHER                                        
               7.   NO PREFERENCE (1968 and later)                            
                                                                              
               9.   DK; NA; refused; INAP, no post IW (all presidential years 
                    exc. 1948, 1956); question not used                       
               0.   R voted or DK/NA/refused to say if voted (for president)  
                                                                              
        1948:  24              1952:  178               1956:  203            
        1960:  201             1964:  286               1968:  316            
        1980:  1014, 1015      1984:  805, 806          1988:  774, 775       
        1992:  5634            1996:  961098,961099                           
                                                                              
                                                                              
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Walter Mebane
Mon Nov 12 02:55:58 EST 2001