Variable catalog Subject A detail
AA Republican candidates
AB Democratic candidates
AC Independent candidates
AE Incumbent federal officials
AF Other political figures
AAg Rudy Giuliani
AAh Mike Huckabee
AAm John McCain
AAp Sarah Palin
AAr Mitt Romney
AAt Fred Thompson
AAz Republican candidates overall
Recognize picture of Giuliani
Schedule
Wave 1
10/2/07 11/30/07
For the following picture, please pick the name of the person from the list. If you've seen this person before, but don't know the person's name, just click on "familiar, but don't know name." If the person does not look familiar at all, just check "not familiar with this person."
[Show picture of Rudy Giuliani.]
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Fred Thompson
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John McCain
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Deval Patrick
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Chuck Hagel
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Rudy Giuliani
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John Edwards
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Al Sharpton
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Joe Biden
9
Mitt Romney
10
Newt Gingrich
11
Barack Obama
12
Bill Richardson
13
Chris Dodd
14
Mike Huckabee
15
Dennis Kucinich
16
Familiar but don't know name
17
Not familiar with this person
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Skipped
Favorability of Giuliani
Schedule
Wave 1
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All dates
1/1/08 1/29/08
Please rate the following person on a thermometer that runs from 0 to 100 degrees: Rudy Giuliani. Rating above 50 means that you feel favorable and warm toward the person. Rating below 50 means that you feel unfavorable and cool toward the person.
[Show response scale as thermometer from 0 to 100.]
Number:
0 100
0 = unfavorable
100 = favorable
101
Don't know who person is
102
Don't know enough about person
999
Skipped
Like/dislike about Giuliani
Schedule
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All dates
Is there anything in particular that you like or dislike about Rudy Giuliani? If so, please fill in the boxes below.
Multiple answers accepted:
AAg03rA
I like (verbatim answer in AAg03rAv)
AAg03rB
I dislike (verbatim answer in AAg03rBv)
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Gave answer
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Did not give answer
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Nothing in particular
4
Don't know enough about this person
999
Skipped
Familiarity with Giuliani
Schedule
Wave 1
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All dates
1/25/08 1/29/08
How much would you say you know about the following person: Rudy Giuliani? Please tell us whether you know quite a lot, a fair amount, a little, or almost nothing at all about this person.
1
Quite a lot
2
A fair amount
3
A little
4
Almost nothing
999
Skipped
Giuliani is conservative liberal
Schedule
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All dates
1/1/08 1/29/08
Using this scale that ranges from extremely liberal to extremely conservative, where would you place the following candidate: Rudy Giuliani? Just click "don't know" if you don't know enough to rate the person.
1
Extremely liberal
2
Liberal
3
Slightly liberal
4
Moderate, middle of the road
5
Slightly conservative
6
Conservative
7
Extremely conservative
8
Don't know
999
Skipped
Favorability of Huckabee
Schedule
Wave 1
Wave 2
12/1/07 1/1/08
1/1/08 3/5/08
Please rate the following person on a thermometer that runs from 0 to 100 degrees: Mike Huckabee. Rating above 50 means that you feel favorable and warm toward the person. Rating below 50 means that you feel unfavorable and cool toward the person.
[Show response scale as thermometer from 0 to 100.]
Number:
0 100
0 = unfavorable
100 = favorable
101
Don't know who person is
102
Don't know enough about person
999
Skipped
Familiarity with Huckabee
Schedule
Wave 2
1/25/08 3/5/08
How much would you say you know about the following person: Mike Huckabee? Please tell us whether you know quite a lot, a fair amount, a little, or almost nothing at all about this person.
1
Quite a lot
2
A fair amount
3
A little
4
Almost nothing
999
Skipped
Huckabee is conservative liberal
Schedule
Wave 1
Wave 2
12/1/07 1/1/08
1/1/08 3/5/08
Using this scale that ranges from extremely liberal to extremely conservative, where would you place the following candidate: Mike Huckabee? Just click "don't know" if you don't know enough to rate the person.
1
Extremely liberal
2
Liberal
3
Slightly liberal
4
Moderate, middle of the road
5
Slightly conservative
6
Conservative
7
Extremely conservative
8
Don't know
999
Skipped
Favorability of McCain
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Please rate the following person on a thermometer that runs from 0 to 100 degrees: John McCain. Rating above 50 means that you feel favorable and warm toward the person. Rating below 50 means that you feel unfavorable and cool toward the person.
[Show response scale as thermometer from 0 to 100.]
Number:
0 100
0 = unfavorable
100 = favorable
101
Don't know who person is
102
Don't know enough about person
999
Skipped
Like/dislike about McCain
Schedule
Wave 2
Wave 3
Wave 4
Wave 5
1/31/08 3/31/08
All dates
All dates
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Is there anything in particular that you like or dislike about John McCain? If so, please fill in the boxes below.
Multiple answers accepted:
AAm02rA
I like (verbatim answer in AAm02rAv)
AAm02rB
I dislike (verbatim answer in AAm02rBv)
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Gave answer
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Did not give answer
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Nothing in particular
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Don't know enough about this person
999
Skipped
Familiarity with McCain
Schedule
Wave 2
Wave 3
Wave 5
1/25/08 3/31/08
6/11/08 8/29/08
11/5/08 11/14/08
How much would you say you know about the following person: John McCain? Please tell us whether you know quite a lot, a fair amount, a little, or almost nothing at all about this person.
1
Quite a lot
2
A fair amount
3
A little
4
Almost nothing
999
Skipped
McCain is conservative liberal
Schedule
Wave 1
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Wave 3
Wave 4
Wave 5
12/1/07 1/1/08
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Using this scale that ranges from extremely liberal to extremely conservative, where would you place the following candidate: John McCain? Just click "don't know" if you don't know enough to rate the person.
1
Extremely liberal
2
Liberal
3
Slightly liberal
4
Moderate, middle of the road
5
Slightly conservative
6
Conservative
7
Extremely conservative
8
Don't know
999
Skipped
McCain is trustworthy
Schedule
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Wave 5
7/26/08 8/29/08
All dates
11/5/08 11/14/08
Where would you rate John McCain on this scale?
[Show response scale as horizontal slider with "extremely trustworthy" at left, "extremely untrustworthy" at right. Do not display numeric equivalents to respondent.]
Number:
0 100
0 = extremely trustworthy
100 = extremely untrustworthy
999
Skipped
Favorability of Palin
Schedule
Wave 4
Wave 5
All dates
11/5/08 11/14/08
Please rate the following person on a thermometer that runs from 0 to 100 degrees: Sarah Palin. Rating above 50 means that you feel favorable and warm toward the person. Rating below 50 means that you feel unfavorable and cool toward the person.
[Show response scale as thermometer from 0 to 100.]
Number:
0 100
0 = unfavorable
100 = favorable
101
Don't know who person is
102
Don't know enough about person
999
Skipped
Recognize picture of Romney
Schedule
Wave 1
All dates
For the following picture, please pick the name of the person from the list. If you've seen this person before, but don't know the person's name, just click on "familiar, but don't know name." If the person does not look familiar at all, just check "not familiar with this person."
[Show picture of Mitt Romney.]
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Fred Thompson
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John McCain
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Deval Patrick
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Chuck Hagel
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Rudy Giuliani
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John Edwards
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Al Sharpton
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Joe Biden
9
Mitt Romney
10
Newt Gingrich
11
Barack Obama
12
Bill Richardson
13
Chris Dodd
14
Mike Huckabee
15
Dennis Kucinich
16
Familiar but don't know name
17
Not familiar with this person
999
Skipped
Favorability of Romney
Schedule
Wave 1
Wave 2
All dates
1/1/08 2/7/08
Please rate the following person on a thermometer that runs from 0 to 100 degrees: Mitt Romney. Rating above 50 means that you feel favorable and warm toward the person. Rating below 50 means that you feel unfavorable and cool toward the person.
[Show response scale as thermometer from 0 to 100.]
Number:
0 100
0 = unfavorable
100 = favorable
101
Don't know who person is
102
Don't know enough about person
999
Skipped
Like/dislike about Romney
Schedule
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2/1/08 2/7/08
Is there anything in particular that you like or dislike about Mitt Romney? If so, please fill in the boxes below.
Multiple answers accepted:
AAr03rA
I like (verbatim answer in AAr03rAv)
AAr03rB
I dislike (verbatim answer in AAr03rBv)
1
Gave answer
2
Did not give answer
3
Nothing in particular
4
Don't know enough about this person
999
Skipped
Familiarity with Romney
Schedule
Wave 1
Wave 2
All dates
1/25/08 2/7/08
How much would you say you know about the following person: Mitt Romney? Please tell us whether you know quite a lot, a fair amount, a little, or almost nothing at all about this person.
1
Quite a lot
2
A fair amount
3
A little
4
Almost nothing
999
Skipped
Romney is conservative liberal
Schedule
Wave 1
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All dates
1/1/08 2/7/08
Using this scale that ranges from extremely liberal to extremely conservative, where would you place the following candidate: Mitt Romney? Just click "don't know" if you don't know enough to rate the person.
1
Extremely liberal
2
Liberal
3
Slightly liberal
4
Moderate, middle of the road
5
Slightly conservative
6
Conservative
7
Extremely conservative
8
Don't know
999
Skipped
Recognize picture of Thompson
Schedule
Wave 1
All dates
For the following picture, please pick the name of the person from the list. If you've seen this person before, but don't know the person's name, just click on "familiar, but don't know name." If the person does not look familiar at all, just check "not familiar with this person."
[Show picture of Fred Thompson.]
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Fred Thompson
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John McCain
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Deval Patrick
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Chuck Hagel
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Rudy Giuliani
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John Edwards
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Al Sharpton
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Joe Biden
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Mitt Romney
10
Newt Gingrich
11
Barack Obama
12
Bill Richardson
13
Chris Dodd
14
Mike Huckabee
15
Dennis Kucinich
16
Familiar but don't know name
17
Not familiar with this person
999
Skipped
Favorability of Thompson
Schedule
Wave 1
Wave 2
All dates
1/1/08 1/8/08
Please rate the following person on a thermometer that runs from 0 to 100 degrees: Fred Thompson. Rating above 50 means that you feel favorable and warm toward the person. Rating below 50 means that you feel unfavorable and cool toward the person.
[Show response scale as thermometer from 0 to 100.]
Number:
0 100
0 = unfavorable
100 = favorable
101
Don't know who person is
102
Don't know enough about person
999
Skipped
Like/dislike about Thompson
Schedule
Wave 1
All dates
Is there anything in particular that you like or dislike about Fred Thompson? If so, please fill in the boxes below.
Multiple answers accepted:
AAt03rA
I like (verbatim answer in AAt03rAv)
AAt03rB
I dislike (verbatim answer in AAt03rBv)
1
Gave answer
2
Did not give answer
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Nothing in particular
4
Don't know enough about this person
999
Skipped
Familiarity with Thompson
Schedule
Wave 1
All dates
How much would you say you know about the following person: Fred Thompson? Please tell us whether you know quite a lot, a fair amount, a little, or almost nothing at all about this person.
1
Quite a lot
2
A fair amount
3
A little
4
Almost nothing
999
Skipped
Thompson is conservative liberal
Schedule
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All dates
1/1/08 1/8/08
Using this scale that ranges from extremely liberal to extremely conservative, where would you place the following candidate: Fred Thompson? Just click "don't know" if you don't know enough to rate the person.
1
Extremely liberal
2
Liberal
3
Slightly liberal
4
Moderate, middle of the road
5
Slightly conservative
6
Conservative
7
Extremely conservative
8
Don't know
999
Skipped
Overall impression of Republican candidates
Schedule
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All dates
1/1/08 3/5/08
Overall, what's your impression of the candidates running for the Republican presidential nomination? As a group, would you say they are an excellent group of candidates, a good group of candidates, a fair group of candidates, or a poor group of candidates?
1
An excellent group of candidates
2
A good group of candidates
3
A fair group of candidates
4
A poor group of candidates
999
Skipped
ABb Joe Biden
ABc Hillary Clinton
ABe John Edwards
ABo Barack Obama
ABz Democratic candidates overall
Favorability of Biden
Schedule
Wave 4
Wave 5
All dates
11/5/08 11/14/08
Please rate the following person on a thermometer that runs from 0 to 100 degrees: Joe Biden. Rating above 50 means that you feel favorable and warm toward the person. Rating below 50 means that you feel unfavorable and cool toward the person.
[Show response scale as thermometer from 0 to 100.]
Number:
0 100
0 = unfavorable
100 = favorable
101
Don't know who person is
102
Don't know enough about person
999
Skipped
Recognize picture of Clinton
Schedule
Wave 1
10/2/07 11/30/07
For the following picture, please pick the name of the person from the list. If you've seen this person before, but don't know the person's name, just click on "familiar, but don't know name." If the person does not look familiar at all, just check "not familiar with this person."
[Show picture of Hillary Clinton.]
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Ann Richards
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Elizabeth Edwards
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Janet Reno
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Nancy Pelosi
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Kay Bailey Hutchison
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Donna Rice
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Dianne Feinstein
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Hillary Clinton
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Olympia Snowe
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Barbara Boxer
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Nancy Kassebaum
13
Teresa Heinz Kerry
14
Elizabeth Dole
15
Madeleine Albright
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Familiar but don't know name
17
Not familiar with this person
999
Skipped
Favorability of Clinton
Schedule
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Please rate the following person on a thermometer that runs from 0 to 100 degrees: Hillary Clinton. Rating above 50 means that you feel favorable and warm toward the person. Rating below 50 means that you feel unfavorable and cool toward the person.
[Show response scale as thermometer from 0 to 100.]
Number:
0 100
0 = unfavorable
100 = favorable
101
Don't know who person is
102
Don't know enough about person
999
Skipped
Like/dislike about Clinton
Schedule
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All dates
2/1/08 3/31/08
4/2/08 6/10/08
Is there anything in particular that you like or dislike about Hillary Clinton? If so, please fill in the boxes below.
Multiple answers accepted:
ABc03rA
I like (verbatim answer in ABc03rAv)
ABc03rB
I dislike (verbatim answer in ABc03rBv)
1
Gave answer
2
Did not give answer
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Nothing in particular
4
Don't know enough about this person
999
Skipped
Familiarity with Clinton
Schedule
Wave 1
Wave 2
All dates
1/25/08 3/31/08
How much would you say you know about the following person: Hillary Clinton? Please tell us whether you know quite a lot, a fair amount, a little, or almost nothing at all about this person.
1
Quite a lot
2
A fair amount
3
A little
4
Almost nothing
999
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Clinton is conservative liberal
Schedule
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Using this scale that ranges from extremely liberal to extremely conservative, where would you place the following candidate: Hillary Clinton? Just click "don't know" if you don't know enough to rate the person.
1
Extremely liberal
2
Liberal
3
Slightly liberal
4
Moderate, middle of the road
5
Slightly conservative
6
Conservative
7
Extremely conservative
8
Don't know
999
Skipped
Recognize picture of Edwards
Schedule
Wave 1
All dates
For the following picture, please pick the name of the person from the list. If you've seen this person before, but don't know the person's name, just click on "familiar, but don't know name." If the person does not look familiar at all, just check "not familiar with this person."
[Show picture of John Edwards.]
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Fred Thompson
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John McCain
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Deval Patrick
4
Chuck Hagel
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Rudy Giuliani
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John Edwards
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Al Sharpton
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Joe Biden
9
Mitt Romney
10
Newt Gingrich
11
Barack Obama
12
Bill Richardson
13
Chris Dodd
14
Mike Huckabee
15
Dennis Kucinich
16
Familiar but don't know name
17
Not familiar with this person
999
Skipped
Favorability of Edwards
Schedule
Wave 1
Wave 2
All dates
1/1/08 1/29/08
Please rate the following person on a thermometer that runs from 0 to 100 degrees: John Edwards. Rating above 50 means that you feel favorable and warm toward the person. Rating below 50 means that you feel unfavorable and cool toward the person.
[Show response scale as thermometer from 0 to 100.]
Number:
0 100
0 = unfavorable
100 = favorable
101
Don't know who person is
102
Don't know enough about person
999
Skipped
Like/dislike about Edwards
Schedule
Wave 1
10/2/07 11/30/07
Is there anything in particular that you like or dislike about John Edwards? If so, please fill in the boxes below.
Multiple answers accepted:
ABe03rA
I like (verbatim answer in ABe03rAv)
ABe03rB
I dislike (verbatim answer in ABe03rBv)
1
Gave answer
2
Did not give answer
3
Nothing in particular
4
Don't know enough about this person
999
Skipped
Familiarity with Edwards
Schedule
Wave 1
Wave 2
All dates
1/25/08 1/29/08
How much would you say you know about the following person: John Edwards? Please tell us whether you know quite a lot, a fair amount, a little, or almost nothing at all about this person.
1
Quite a lot
2
A fair amount
3
A little
4
Almost nothing
999
Skipped
Edwards is conservative liberal
Schedule
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All dates
1/1/08 1/29/08
Using this scale that ranges from extremely liberal to extremely conservative, where would you place the following candidate: John Edwards? Just click "don't know" if you don't know enough to rate the person.
1
Extremely liberal
2
Liberal
3
Slightly liberal
4
Moderate, middle of the road
5
Slightly conservative
6
Conservative
7
Extremely conservative
8
Don't know
999
Skipped
Recognize picture of Obama
Schedule
Wave 1
10/2/07 11/30/07
For the following picture, please pick the name of the person from the list. If you've seen this person before, but don't know the person's name, just click on "familiar, but don't know name." If the person does not look familiar at all, just check "not familiar with this person."
[Show picture of Barack Obama.]
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Fred Thompson
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John McCain
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Deval Patrick
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Chuck Hagel
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Rudy Giuliani
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John Edwards
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Al Sharpton
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Joe Biden
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Mitt Romney
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Newt Gingrich
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Barack Obama
12
Bill Richardson
13
Chris Dodd
14
Mike Huckabee
15
Dennis Kucinich
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Familiar but don't know name
17
Not familiar with this person
999
Skipped
Favorability of Obama
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Please rate the following person on a thermometer that runs from 0 to 100 degrees: Barack Obama. Rating above 50 means that you feel favorable and warm toward the person. Rating below 50 means that you feel unfavorable and cool toward the person.
[Show response scale as thermometer from 0 to 100.]
Number:
0 100
0 = unfavorable
100 = favorable
101
Don't know who person is
102
Don't know enough about person
999
Skipped
Like/dislike about Obama
Schedule
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All dates
2/1/08 3/31/08
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Is there anything in particular that you like or dislike about Barack Obama? If so, please fill in the boxes below.
Multiple answers accepted:
ABo03rA
I like (verbatim answer in ABo03rAv)
ABo03rB
I dislike (verbatim answer in ABo03rBv)
1
Gave answer
2
Did not give answer
3
Nothing in particular
4
Don't know enough about this person
999
Skipped
Familiarity with Obama
Schedule
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Wave 2
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Wave 5
All dates
1/25/08 3/31/08
6/11/08 8/29/08
11/5/08 11/14/08
How much would you say you know about the following person: Barack Obama? Please tell us whether you know quite a lot, a fair amount, a little, or almost nothing at all about this person.
1
Quite a lot
2
A fair amount
3
A little
4
Almost nothing
999
Skipped
Obama is conservative liberal
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Using this scale that ranges from extremely liberal to extremely conservative, where would you place the following candidate: Barack Obama? Just click "don't know" if you don't know enough to rate the person.
1
Extremely liberal
2
Liberal
3
Slightly liberal
4
Moderate, middle of the road
5
Slightly conservative
6
Conservative
7
Extremely conservative
8
Don't know
999
Skipped
Obama is trustworthy
Schedule
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7/26/08 8/29/08
All dates
11/5/08 11/14/08
Where would you rate Barack Obama on this scale?
[Show response scale as horizontal slider with "extremely trustworthy" at left, "extremely untrustworthy" at right. Do not display numeric equivalents to respondent.]
Number:
0 100
0 = extremely trustworthy
100 = extremely untrustworthy
999
Skipped
Overall impression of Democratic candidates
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Overall, what's your impression of the candidates running for the Democratic presidential nomination? As a group, would you say they are an excellent group of candidates, a good group of candidates, a fair group of candidates, or a poor group of candidates?
1
An excellent group of candidates
2
A good group of candidates
3
A fair group of candidates
4
A poor group of candidates
999
Skipped
Favorability of Nader
Schedule
Wave 2
2/26/08 3/31/08
Please rate the following person on a thermometer that runs from 0 to 100 degrees: Ralph Nader. Rating above 50 means that you feel favorable and warm toward the person. Rating below 50 means that you feel unfavorable and cool toward the person.
[Show response scale as thermometer from 0 to 100.]
Number:
0 100
0 = unfavorable
100 = favorable
101
Don't know who person is
102
Don't know enough about person
999
Skipped
Familiarity with Nader
Schedule
Wave 2
2/26/08 3/31/08
How much would you say you know about the following person: Ralph Nader? Please tell us whether you know quite a lot, a fair amount, a little, or almost nothing at all about this person.
1
Quite a lot
2
A fair amount
3
A little
4
Almost nothing
999
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Nader is conservative liberal
Schedule
Wave 2
2/26/08 3/31/08
Using this scale that ranges from extremely liberal to extremely conservative, where would you place the following candidate: Ralph Nader? Just click "don't know" if you don't know enough to rate the person.
1
Extremely liberal
2
Liberal
3
Slightly liberal
4
Moderate, middle of the road
5
Slightly conservative
6
Conservative
7
Extremely conservative
8
Don't know
999
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Favorability of Bush
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Please rate the following person on a thermometer that runs from 0 to 100 degrees: George W. Bush. Rating above 50 means that you feel favorable and warm toward the person. Rating below 50 means that you feel unfavorable and cool toward the person.
[Show response scale as thermometer from 0 to 100.]
Number:
0 100
0 = unfavorable
100 = favorable
101
Don't know who person is
102
Don't know enough about person
999
Skipped
Overall impression of Bush
Schedule
B
Please rate your feelings toward George W. Bush. Is your overall impression of him ...
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Favorable
2
Somewhat favorable
3
Somewhat unfavorable
4
Unfavorable
999
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Bush job approval
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B
Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president?
1
Strongly approve
2
Approve
3
Disapprove
4
Strongly disapprove
999
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Favorability of Michael Bloomberg
Schedule
Wave 2
1/3/08 2/28/08
Please rate the following person on a thermometer that runs from 0 to 100 degrees: Michael Bloomberg. Rating above 50 means that you feel favorable and warm toward the person. Rating below 50 means that you feel unfavorable and cool toward the person.
[Show response scale as thermometer from 0 to 100.]
Number:
0 100
0 = unfavorable
100 = favorable
101
Don't know who person is
102
Don't know enough about person
999
Skipped
Favorability of Bill Clinton
Schedule
Wave 2
1/24/08 2/25/08
Please rate the following person on a thermometer that runs from 0 to 100 degrees: Bill Clinton. Rating above 50 means that you feel favorable and warm toward the person. Rating below 50 means that you feel unfavorable and cool toward the person.
[Show response scale as thermometer from 0 to 100.]
Number:
0 100
0 = unfavorable
100 = favorable
101
Don't know who person is
102
Don't know enough about person
999
Skipped