VAR CF9080 PRESIDENT-7PT LIBERAL/CONSERVATIVE SCALE COLUMNS 821 - 821 NUMERIC MD EQ 0 OR GE 8 We hear a lot of talk these days about liberals and conservatives. I'm going to [1996-later: Here is a] show you a 7-point scale on which the political views that people might hold are arranged from extremely liberal to extremely conservative. (7-POINT SCALE SHOWN TO R) Where would you place <president> on this scale? LIBERAL/CONSERVATIVE-- PRESIDENT'S RATING ON 7-POINT SCALE ------------------------------------------------------------------- USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B. The presidents referred to in each year are: 1972: RICHARD NIXON 1974: GERALD FORD 1976: GERALD FORD 1978: JIMMY CARTER 1980: JIMMY CARTER 1982-1988: RONALD REAGAN 1990: GEORGE BUSH 1992: GEORGE BUSH 1994: BILL CLINTON 1996: BILL CLINTON 1998: BILL CLINTON NO SELF-PLACEMENT INAPS 1972-1982: If R replied DK or "haven't thought much about it" in rating self on same 7-point scale, then R was not asked this question. [Note that in 1972-1982 there was no follow-up question ('if you had to choose.') for self-rating.] NO SELF-PLACEMENT INAPS 1984-1990,1994: If R's response to the follow-up for self-placement ('if you had to choose.') was DK, then R was not asked this question and R has been coded 0 here. In 1996, since the incumbent President was also the Democratic Presidential candidate, administration for this var was affected by the fact that randomization occurred for the order of the 3 major Presidential candidate names for this placement. 1. EXTREMELY LIBERAL 2. LIBERAL 3. SLIGHTLY LIBERAL 4. MODERATE; MIDDLE OF THE ROAD 5. SLIGHTLY CONSERVATIVE 6. CONSERVATIVE 7. EXTREMELY CONSERVATIVE 8. DK 9. NA; INAP, no post IW (1972); forms III,IV (1972); question not used 0. DK/Haven't thought about self-rating on same 7-point scale [see above] (not 1996 or later) 1972: 653 1974: 2306 1976: 3287 1978: 400 1980: 268 1982: 394 1984: 371 1986: 387 1988: 236 1990: 408 1992: 3514 1994: 841 1996: 960369 1998: 980403 ==============================