| VCF1041a |
1972-2004 Mention 3: Dislike About Republican U.S. House Cand |
| VCF1041b |
1972-2004 Mention 3: Dislike About Republican U.S. House Cand COLLAPSED |
| VCF1042a |
1972-2004 Mention 4: Dislike About Republican U.S. House Cand |
| VCF1042b |
1972-2004 Mention 4: Dislike About Republican U.S. House Cand COLLAPSED |
| VCF1043a |
1972-2004 Mention 5: Dislike About Republican U.S. House Cand |
| VCF1043b |
1972-2004 Mention 5: Dislike About Republican U.S. House Cand COLLAPSED |
| VCF9001 |
Length of Residence in Community |
| VCF9002 |
Length of Residence in Home |
| VCF9003 |
Thermometer - Evangelical Groups |
| VCF9004 |
Thermometer - Elderly |
| VCF9005 |
Thermometer - Supreme Court |
| VCF9006 |
Thermometer - Women |
| VCF9007 |
Thermometer - Jesse Jackson |
| VCF9008 |
Which Party Would Best Handle Pollution and Protecting Environment |
| VCF9009 |
Approve of President Performance on Economy |
| VCF9010 |
Which Would Best Handle Inflation |
| VCF9011 |
Which Would Best Handle Unemployment |
| VCF9012 |
Which Party Would Best Handle Most Important Problem |
| VCF9013 |
Society Ensure Equal Opportunity to Succeed |
| VCF9014 |
We Have Gone Too Far Pushing Equal Rights |
| VCF9015 |
Big Problem that Not Everyone Has Equal Chance |
| VCF9016 |
Not Big Problem if Some Have More Chance in Life |
| VCF9017 |
Should Worry less about How Equal People Are |
| VCF9018 |
U.S. Fewer Problems if Everyone Treated Equally |
| VCF9019 |
Most Desirable Goal for the Nation: #1 |
| VCF9020 |
Most Desirable Goal for the Nation: #2 |
| VCF9021 |
Did Anyone Talk to R about Voting or Registering |
| VCF9022 |
Voter Strength of Preference- Presidential Cand |
| VCF9023 |
Nonvoter Preference- Presidential Cand |
| VCF9024 |
Voter Strength of Preference- U.S. House Cand |
| VCF9025 |
Vote for Governor- Party |
| VCF9026 |
Vote in Presidential year Primary- Party |
| VCF9027 |
Vote in Previous Presidential Election - Party |
| VCF9028 |
Which Presidential Candidate Will Win in State |
| VCF9029 |
Which Presidential Race in State Be Close |
| VCF9030 |
Contacted By Which Major Party |
| VCF9030a |
Contacted By Any Major Party |
| VCF9030b |
Contacted By Democratic Party |
| VCF9030c |
Contacted By Republican Party |
| VCF9031 |
Contacted By Anyone Other than Parties |
| VCF9032 |
Hear Programs about Campaigns on the Radio 4-Category |
| VCF9033 |
Number of Days Read Newspaper in Last Week |
| VCF9034 |
Read Daily Newspaper |
| VCF9035 |
Number of Days Watched National TV News in Past Week |
| VCF9036 |
Party with Senate Majority Before the Election |
| VCF9037 |
Government Should Ensure Fair Jobs for Blacks |
| VCF9038 |
Guaranteed Equal Opportunity Is Not Government Job |
| VCF9039 |
Conditions Make it Difficult for Blacks to Succeed |
| VCF9040 |
Blacks Should Not Have Special Favors to Succeed |
| VCF9041 |
Blacks Must Try Harder to Succeed |
| VCF9042 |
Blacks Gotten Less than They Deserve Over the Past Few Years |
| VCF9043 |
School Prayer Allowed 4-Category |
| VCF9043a |
Strength of Opinion When School Prayer Allowed 4-Category |
| VCF9044 |
Effect of Federal Economic Policies 7-Category |
| VCF9044a |
Effect of Federal Economic Policies 3-Category |
| VCF9045 |
Position of the U.S. Weaker/Stronger in the Past Year |
| VCF9046 |
Federal Spending- Food Stamps |
| VCF9047 |
Federal Spending- Improve and Protect the Environment |
| VCF9048 |
Federal Spending- Space/Science/Technology |
| VCF9049 |
Federal Spending- Social Security |
| VCF9050 |
Federal Spending- Assistance to Blacks |
| VCF9051 |
School Prayer Allowed 2-Category |
| VCF9052 |
Are Things in U.S. Going Well or Not |
| VCF9053 |
Income Kept Up with Costs in Last Year |
| VCF9054 |
Senate Race in State |
| VCF9055 |
Type of U.S. Senate Race |
| VCF9056 |
Thermometer - Senate Democratic Candidate |
| VCF9057 |
Thermometer - Senate Republican Candidate |
| VCF9058 |
Thermometer - Senate Incumbent Candidate |
| VCF9059 |
Thermometer - Senate Challenger |
| VCF9060 |
Thermometer - Senator in State with Senate Race |
| VCF9061 |
Thermometer - Senator 1 in State with No Senate Race) |
| VCF9062 |
Thermometer - Senator 2 in State with No Senate Race) |
| VCF9063 |
Recall Names of U.S. Senate Candidates |
| VCF9064 |
Recall Correct Name of U.S. Senate Candidate |
| VCF9065 |
Recall Correct Name of U.S. Senate Candidate |
| VCF9066 |
Recall Correct Name of U.S. Senate Candidate |
| VCF9067 |
Number of Recalled Names of U.S. Senate Candidates |
| VCF9069 |
Strength Approve/Disapprove Running U.S. House Incumbent |
| VCF9070 |
Agreement w/ Running House Incumbent's Legislative Votes |
| VCF9071 |
Remember Running U.S. House Incumbent Vote on Any Bill |
| VCF9072 |
Agree With Running U.S. House Incumbent Vote on Bill |
| VCF9073 |
President on Defense Spending Scale |
| VCF9074 |
President on Cooperation with USSR Scale |
| VCF9075 |
President on Women's Equal Role Scale |
| VCF9076 |
President on Aid to Blacks Scale |
| VCF9077 |
President on Government Health Insurance Scale |
| VCF9078 |
President on Government Spending/Services Scale |
| VCF9079 |
President on Guaranteed Jobs and Living Scale |
| VCF9080 |
President on Liberal-Conservative Scale |
| VCF9081 |
Democratic Presidential Cand- Defense Spending Scale |
| VCF9082 |
Democratic Presidential Cand- Cooperation with U.S.S.R. Scale |
| VCF9083 |
Democratic Presidential Cand- Women Equal Role Scale |
| VCF9084 |
Democratic Presidential Cand- Aid to Blacks Scale |
| VCF9085 |
Democratic Presidential Cand- Government Health Insurance Scale |
| VCF9086 |
Democratic Presidential Cand- Government Services-Spending Scale |
| VCF9087 |
Democratic Presidential Cand- Guaranteed Jobs and Living Scale |
| VCF9088 |
Democratic Presidential Cand- Liberal-Conservative Scale |
| VCF9089 |
Republican Presidential Cand- Defense Spending Scale |
| VCF9090 |
Republican Presidential Cand- Cooperation with U.S.S.R. Scale |
| VCF9091 |
Republican Presidential Cand- Women Equal Role Scale |
| VCF9092 |
Republican Presidential Cand- Aid to Blacks Scale |
| VCF9093 |
Republican Presidential Cand- Government Health Insurance Scale |
| VCF9094 |
Republican Presidential Cand- Government Services-Spending Scale |
| VCF9095 |
Republican Presidential Cand- Guaranteed Jobs and Living Scale |
| VCF9096 |
Republican Presidential Cand- Liberal-Conservative Scale |
| VCF9097 |
Democratic U.S. House Cand- Women Equal Role Scale |
| VCF9098 |
Democratic U.S. House Cand- Aid to Blacks Scale |
| VCF9099 |
Democratic U.S. House Cand- Government Services-Spending Scale |
| VCF9100 |
Democratic U.S. House Cand- Guaranteed Jobs and Living Scale |
| VCF9101 |
Democratic U.S. House Cand- Liberal-Conservative Scale |
| VCF9102 |
Republican U.S. House Cand- Women Equal Role Scale |
| VCF9103 |
Republican U.S. House Cand- Aid to Blacks Scale |
| VCF9104 |
Republican U.S. House Cand- Government Services-Spending Scale |
| VCF9105 |
Republican U.S. House Cand- Guaranteed Jobs and Living Scale |
| VCF9106 |
Republican U.S. House Cand- Liberal-Conservative Scale |
| VCF9107 |
Incumbent U.S. House Cand- Women Equal Role Scale |
| VCF9108 |
Incumbent U.S. House Cand- Aid to Blacks Scale |
| VCF9109 |
Incumbent U.S. House Cand- Government Services-Spending Scale |
| VCF9110 |
Incumbent U.S. House Cand- Guaranteed Jobs and Living Scale |
| VCF9111 |
Incumbent U.S. House Cand- Liberal-Conservative Scale |
| VCF9112 |
Challenger to Incumbent U.S. House Cand- Women Equal Role Scale |
| VCF9113 |
Challenger to Incumbent U.S. House Cand- Aid to Blacks Scale |
| VCF9114 |
Challenger to Incumbent U.S. House Cand- Government Services-Spending Scale |
| VCF9115 |
Challenger to Incumbent U.S. House Cand- Guaranteed Jobs and Living Scale |
| VCF9116 |
Challenger to Incumbent U.S. House Cand- Liberal-Conservative Scale |
| VCF9117 |
Federal Government on Cooperation with USSR Scale |
| VCF9118 |
Federal Government on Defense Spending Scale |
| VCF9119 |
Federal Government on Aid to Blacks Scale |
| VCF9120 |
Federal Government on Government Services/Spending Scale |
| VCF9121 |
Federal Government on Guaranteed Jobs and Living Scale |
| VCF9122 |
Number of Politically Eligible Adults in HH |
| VCF9123 |
Number of Pre-Election Interviewer Calls |
| VCF9124 |
Number of Post-Election Interviewer Calls |
| VCF9125 |
Post-Election Persuasion Letter 1978-2012 |
| VCF9131 |
Less Government Better OR Government Do More |
| VCF9132 |
Govt Handle Economy OR Free Market Can Handle |
| VCF9133 |
Govt Too Involved in Things OR Problems Require |
| VCF9134 |
More Important to Be Cooperative OR Self-reliant |
| VCF9149 |
Election Office Number |
| VCF9150 |
R Registration Status (Self-reported) |
| VCF9151 |
R Turnout (Self-reported) |
| VCF9152 |
Attempted Validation of Registration |
| VCF9153 |
Status of Office Voting Records |
| VCF9154 |
Was R Registration Validated |
| VCF9155 |
Was R Vote Validated |
| VCF9201 |
CSES: Like-dislike (11pt) scale placement for Democratic party |
| VCF9202 |
CSES: Like-dislike (11pt) scale placement for Republican party |
| VCF9203 |
CSES: Do any of the parties in the U.S. represent R's view reasonably well |
| VCF9204 |
CSES: Which political party is it that represents R's views best |
| VCF9205 |
Which party would do a better job handling the nation's economy |
| VCF9206 |
Better when one party controls both the Presidency and U.S. Congress or when control is split |
| VCF9207 |
CSES: Like-dislike (11pt) scale placement for Democratic Presidential candidate |
| VCF9208 |
CSES: Like-dislike (11pt) scale placement for Republican Presidential candidate |
| VCF9209 |
How well does _provides strong leadership_ describe: Democratic Presidential candidate (no RB, 5 cat) |
| VCF9210 |
How well does _really cares about people like you_ describe: Democratic Presidential candidate (no RB, 5 cat) |
| VCF9211 |
How well does _knowledgeable_ describe: Democratic Presidential candidate (no RB, 5 cat) |
| VCF9212 |
How well does _honest_ describe: Democratic Presidential candidate (no RB, 5 cat) |
| VCF9213 |
How well does _provides strong leadership_ describe: Republican Presidential candidate (no RB, 5 cat) |
| VCF9214 |
How well does _really cares about people like you_ describe: Republican Presidential candidate (no RB, 5 cat) |
| VCF9215 |
How well does _knowledgeable_ describe: Republican Presidential candidate (no RB, 5 cat) |
| VCF9216 |
How well does _honest_ describe: Republican Presidential candidate (no RB, 5 cat) |
| VCF9217 |
Does R approve or disapprove of the way current U.S. President is handling foreign relations |
| VCF9218 |
Does R approve or disapprove of the way current U.S. President is handling health care |
| VCF9219 |
Current U.S. President retrospective: U.S. more or less secure, or not changed |
| VCF9220 |
Current U.S. President retrospective (since beginning of term): economy better, worse, or same |
| VCF9221 |
CSES: How good or bad a job has the government done in general over the last term of the current administration |
| VCF9222 |
Are things in this country on the right track or have things seriously gotten off on the wrong track |
| VCF9223 |
How likely is it that recent immigration levels will take jobs away from people already here |
| VCF9224 |
Is R invested in the stock market |
| VCF9225 |
Has unemployment in the country gotten better, stayed the same, or gotten worse in the past year |
| VCF9226 |
Much or somewhat that the level of unemployment has gotten better/worse |
| VCF9227 |
Does R think the difference in incomes between rich and poor in the U.S. is larger, smaller, or about the same as 20 years ago |
| VCF9228 |
Much or somewhat larger/smaller gap in incomes between rich and poor in the U.S. than 20 years ago |
| VCF9229 |
Will unemployment get better, stay the same, or get worse in the next 12 months |
| VCF9230 |
Should the federal government encourage or discourage American companies to replace U.S. workers with foreign workers, or stay out |
| VCF9231 |
Does R favor or oppose placing limits on imports to protect American jobs (or haven't you thought much about this) |
| VCF9232 |
Does R favor or oppose the U.S. government torturing people who are suspected of being terrorists, to try to get information |
| VCF9233 |
How much does R favor/oppose use of U.S. govt torture [of those suspected of being terrorists] |
| VCF9234 |
Abortion issue placement for Democratic Presidential candidate |
| VCF9235 |
Abortion issue placement for Republican Presidential candidate |
| VCF9236 |
Does R favor or oppose the death penalty for persons convicted of murder |
| VCF9237 |
R strongly or not strongly favor/oppose the death penalty for persons convicted of murder |
| VCF9238 |
Should the government make it more difficult or easier to buy a gun, or should the rules stay the same as they are now |
| VCF9239 |
How important is gun control issue to R |
| VCF9240 |
CSES: Left-right (11pt) scale placement for R |
| VCF9241 |
CSES: Left-right (11pt) scale placement for Democratic party |
| VCF9242 |
CSES: Left-right (11pt) scale placement for Republican party |
| VCF9243 |
Would R call self a born-again Christian /consider self a born-again Christian / had the deep religious experience described as being born again |
| VCF9244 |
How often can R trust people |
| VCF9245 |
How satisfied is R with R's life |
| VCF9246 |
Which is more important for a child to have: curiosity or good manners |
| VCF9247 |
Which is more important for a child to have: obedience or self-reliance |
| VCF9248 |
Which is more important for a child to be: considerate or well-behaved |
| VCF9249 |
Which is more important for a child to have: independence or respect for elders |
| VCF9250 |
CSES: Who votes for makes a big diffence - (5pt) scale placement for R |
| VCF9251 |
How well does R understand the important political issues facing our country |
| VCF9252 |
How often do politics and government seem so complicated that R can't really understand what's going on |
| VCF9253 |
CSES: Make big difference who is in power (5pt) scale placement for R |
| VCF9254 |
CSES: How satisfied is R with the way democracy works in the U.S. (4cat: satisfied-not at all satisfied) |
| VCF9255 |
CSES: How satisfied is R with the way democracy works in the U.S. (4cat: very satisfied-not at all satisfied) |
| VCF9256 |
Was R able to devote any time to volunteer work in the last 12 months |
| VCF9257 |
Has R worked with others to deal with issue in community during the past 12 months |
| VCF9258 |
Did R attend a meeting about an issue in community or schools during the past 12 months |
| VCF9259 |
How often does R follow information about politics and government |
| VCF9260 |
What job or office is held by named Speaker of the U.S. House |
| VCF9261 |
What job or office is held by named Vice-President |
| VCF9262 |
What job or office is held by named Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court |
| VCF9263 |
What was the party of the running candidate to which R gave money |
| VCF9264 |
What was the political party to which R gave money |
| VCF9265 |
PRE-ELECTION: Did R vote in the state Presidential primary election or caucus |
| VCF9266 |
(HISPANIC Rs) For information about politics does R get the most information from Spanish or English language television, radio, and newspapers |
| VCF9267 |
Thermometer for: Muslims |
| VCF9268 |
Thermometer for: rich people |
| VCF9269 |
Thermometer for: Christians |
| VCF9270 |
Hardworking-lazy (7pt) scale placement for whites |
| VCF9271 |
Hardworking-lazy (7pt) scale placement for blacks |
| VCF9272 |
Hardworking-lazy (7pt) scale placement for Hispanic-Americans |
| VCF9273 |
Hardworking-lazy (7pt) scale placement for Asian Americans |
| VCF9274 |
In American life and politics, do blacks have too much, about the right amount of, or too little influence |
| VCF9275 |
In American politics, do blacks have too much, about the right amount of, or too little influence |
| VCF9277 |
Does working/temporarily laid off R work for someone else, self, or what |
| VCF9278 |
Does working/temporarily laid off R work for the federal, state, or local government |
| VCF9279 |
Does R consider self to be heterosexual or straight, homosexual or [gay/lesbian], or bisexual |
| VCF9280 |
Does R know anyone among family and friends who is bisexual or gay |
| VCF9281 |
Does R have any (1994: some) kind of health insurance |
| VCF9282 |
Is R living with family members |
| VCF9999 |
Weight: post-election weight full sample |
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