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