POLI 300 STUDENT POLITICAL ATTITUDES SURVEY FALL 2008 (with Fall 2007)

POLI 300STUDENT POLITICAL ATTITUDES SURVEY

FALL 2008 (with Fall 2007)

Party Identification (Q1)

Generally speaking, do you think of yourself as a Republican, a Democrat, an Independent, or what?

F08 F07

25 24 (1) Democrat

9 13 (2) Independent

12 10 (3) Republican

0 2 (4) Other; minor party

1 0 (5) Don't know

1 1 (9) [Missing Data]

Party ID Follow-up (Q2)[If Q1 = 1] Would you call yourself a strong Democrat or a not very

strong Democrat?(1) Strong Democrat(2) Not very strong Democrat

[If Q1 = 2] Do you think of yourself as closer to the Democratic Party or the Republican Party?

(1) Closer to Democratic Party (2) Closer to Republican Party(3) Neither

[If Q1 = 3] Would you call yourself a strong Republican or a not very strong Republican?

(1) Strong Republican(2) Not very strong Republican

Party ID – Seven-Point Scale (Q1 + Q2)

Party ID – Seven-Point Scale15 15 (1) Strong Democrat

10 9 (2) Weak Democrat

3 8 (3) Democratic Leaner

1 0 (4) Pure Independent

5 5 (5) Republican Leaner

3 3 (6) Weak Republican

8 5 (4) Strong Republican

3 5 (9) Other, DK, or inconsistent

Party ID – Seven-Point Scale Recoded

Party ID – Seven-Point Scale Recoded

28 32 (1) Democrat

1 0 (2) Independent

16 13 (3) Republican

3 5 (9) Other, DK, or inconsistent

Recalled Father’s Party ID (Q3)

To the best of your knowledge, does (or did) your father generally think of himself as a Republican, a Democrat, an Independent, or what?

22 16 (1) Democrat 1 5 (2) Independent17 21 (3) Republican

0 1 (4) Other; minor party 8 6 (5) Don't know; not applicable

0 1 (9)

Recalled Mother’s Party ID (Q4)

To the best of your knowledge, does (or did) your mother generally think of herself as a Republican, a Democrat, an Independent, or what?

24 22 (1) Democrat 7 9 (2) Independent10 9 (3) Republican

0 2 (4) Other; minor party 7 8 (5) Don't know; not applicable

Presidential Approval (Q5)

Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as President?

1 1 (1) Strongly approve

6 7 (2) Approve \ 14 15 (3) Disapprove

23 27 (4) Strongly disapprove

4 0 (5) No opinion

Gallup, 8/7-10/08 33% Approve 61% Disapprove

Gallup, 8/13-16/07 32% Approve 63% Disapprove

Watched Debates? (Q6)

Thinking back to the 2004 Presidential election, did you watch the televised Presidential debates between Bush and Kerry that year?

16 15 (1) Yes, most or all of the debates.

22 29 (2) Yes, at least one debate

7 5 (3) No, I did not watch any of the debates

3 1 (4) Don't know; don't remember

Voted? (Q7)

In surveys about elections, it is often found that a lot of people were not able to vote because they weren't registered, they were sick, or they just didn't have time. How about you — did you vote in the last Presidential election in November 2004?

28 21 (1) I was not eligible to vote at the time of the 2004 election (not 18 years of age, not a citizen, etc.)

17 23 (2) Yes, I did vote 3 6 (3) No, I didn't vote (though I was

eligible) 0 0 (4) Don't know; don't remember

Presidential Preference in 2004 (Q8)

Regardless of whether you voted or not, whom did you prefer for President in the 2004 election?

19 14 (1) George W. Bush

24 27 (2) John F. Kerry

1 4 (3) Ralph Nader

0 3 (4) Other minor party candidate

4 2 (5) Don't know; no preference

Campaign Interest (Q9)

Some people don't pay much attention to political campaigns. How about you? How interested are you in the [upcoming] 2008 Presidential election campaign?

3 1 (1) Not much interested

15 22 (2) Somewhat interested

30 27 (3) Very much interested

Republican Nomination Preference (Q10)

At the present time, which (possible) candidate do you prefer for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination?

5 16 (1) Rudy Giuliani

3 3 (2) Mike Huckabee [Fred Thompson]

21 10 (3) John McCain

6 4 (3) Mitt Romney

12 17 (5) Other candidate; don’t know; no preference

Democratic Nomination Preference (Q11)

At the present time, which (possible) candidate do you prefer for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination? 9 9 (1) Hillary Clinton 2 8 (2) John Edwards

30 16 (3) Barack Obama 1 7 (4) Bill Richardson [Al Gore]

5 10 (5) Other candidate; don’t know; no preference

1 0 (9)

Presidential Preference (Q12)

At the present time, whom do you prefer for President? [If an election were held today between John McCain and Barack Obama, whom would you prefer for President?]

10 14 (1) John McCain

33 32 (2) Barack Obama

1 4 (3) Other; no preference; don't know

3 0 (4) No preference; don’t know

Abortion Opinion (Q13)With regard to the issue of abortion, which statement best agrees with

your view?

4 3 (1) By law, abortion should never be permitted.

11 9 (2) The law should permit abortion only in case of rape, incest, or when the

woman's life is in danger. 7 9 (3) The law should permit abortion for

other reasons than rape, incest, or danger to the woman's life, but only after the need for the abortion has been clearly established.

25 29 (4) By law, a woman should always be able to obtain an abortion as a

matter of personal choice. 1 0 (9)

Health Insurance Opinion (Q14)With regard to the matter of the government's role in health

insurance, where would you place yourself on the following scale?

15 17 (1) There should be a government insurance plan that would cover all medical and hospital costs for everyone.

5 13 (2) Mixture but mostly government.

15 11 (3) Mixture about even between government and private.

8 5 (4) Mixture but mostly private. 5 4 (5) All medical expenses should

be paid by individuals and through private insurance plans like Blue Cross or other company paid plans.

Democratic Party Thermometer Scale (Q15)

On a scale of 0 degrees to 100 degrees, how cool (unfavorable) or warm (favorable) do feel toward the Democratic Party?

4 5 (1) 0-20 degrees

6 11 (2) 21-40 degrees

16 9 (3) 41-60 degrees

12 12 (4) 61-80 degrees

9 13 (5) 81-100 degrees

1 0 (9)

Republican Party Thermometer Scale (Q16)

On a scale of 0 degrees to 100 degrees, how cool (unfavorable) or warm (favorable) do feel toward the Republican Party?

12 22 (1) 0-20 degrees15 11 (2) 21-40 degrees

6 6 (3) 41-60 degrees 9 7 (4) 61-80 degrees 5 4 (5) 81-100 degrees

1 0 (9)

Follow Public Affairs (Q17)

How often would you say that you follow what is going on in government and public affairs?

26 29 (1) Most of the time

19 17 (2) Some of the time

1 3 (3) Little

2 1 (4) Very little

Government Wastes $$$ (Q18)

Do you think that people in the government waste a lot of the money we pay in taxes or waste just some or very little of it?

33 43 (1) Waste a lot

15 7 (2) Waste some or little

Government Does What’s Right (Q19)

How much of the time do you think that you can trust the government in Washington to do what is right?

36 38 (1) Some of the time

11 12 (2) Most of the time

1 0 (9)

Big Interests vs. People (Q20)

Would you say the government is pretty much run by a few big interests looking out for themselves or that it is run for the benefit of all the people?

34 40 (1) For few big interests

13 9 (2) Benefit of all

0 1 (3) = (9)?

1 0 (9)

People Have Say (Q21)

Do you agree or disagree with the statement, "People like me don't have any say about what the government does"?

7 6 (1) Agree

14 22 (2) Neutral

27 14 (3) Disagree

Public Officials Care (Q22)

Do you agree or disagree with the statement, "I don't think public officials care much what people like me think"?

14 14 (1) Agree

16 22 (2) Neutral

18 14 (3) Disagree

Politics Too Complicated (Q23)

Do you agree or disagree with the statement, "Sometimes politics and government seem so complicated that a person like me can't really understand what's going on"?

5 8 (1) Agree

9 6 (2) Neutral

34 36 (3) Disagree

R’s Own Ideology (Q24)

We hear a lot of talk these days about liberals and conservatives. Where would you place yourself in these terms?

14 19 (1) Liberal 15% 8 13 (2) Slightly liberal 10%14 6 (3) Moderate/middle of road 33%

3 5 (4) Slightly conservative 16% 8 7 (5) Conservative 26%

ANES 2004 [SETUPS]

Bush Ideology (Q25)

Where would you place George W. Bush in these terms?

0 2 (1) Liberal

0 3 (2) Slightly liberal

3 3 (3) Moderate/middle of road

10 4 (4) Slightly conservative

34 38 (5) Conservative

1 0 (9)

Bill Clinton [Giuliani] Ideology (Q26)

Where would you place Bill Clinton [Rudy Giuliani] in these terms?

18 2 (1) Liberal





1 0 (9)

Hillary Clinton Ideology (Q27)

Where would you place Hillary Clinton in these terms?

20 22 (1) Liberal





1 0 (9)

McCain Ideology (Q28)

Where would you place John McCain in these terms?

1 3 (1) Liberal





1 0 (9)

Obama Ideology (Q29)

Where would you place Barack Obama in these terms?

31 25 (1) Liberal





1 0 (9)

Ralph Nader Ideology (Q30)

Where would you place Ralph Nader in these terms?

20 27 (1) Liberal





1 0 (9)

Schwarzenegger Ideology (Q31)

Where would you place Arnold Schwarzenegger in these terms?

4 4 (1) Liberal





1 0 (9)

Democratic Party Ideology (Q32)

Where would you place the Democratic Party in these terms?

24 16 (1) Liberal





1 0 (9)

Republican Party Ideology (Q33)

Where would you place the Republican Party in these terms?

0 2 (1) Liberal





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