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C — Current issues — opinions and perceptions
CA — Current issues in general
Candidate who would do best job on most important issue
Schedule
Wave 2
Wave 3
All dates
6/11/08 – 8/29/08
Which candidate do you think would do the best job dealing with [most important issue facing the US in CA02]?
1
{Wave 2 : Hillary Clinton}
2
{Wave 2 1/1/08 – 1/29/08 : John Edwards}
3
{Wave 2 1/1/08 – 1/29/08 : Rudy Giuliani}
4
{Wave 2 1/1/08 – 3/5/08 : Mike Huckabee}
5
John McCain
6
{Wave 2 2/26/08 – 3/31/08; Wave 3 : Ralph Nader}
7
Barack Obama
8
{Wave 2 1/1/08 – 2/7/08 : Mitt Romney}
9
{Wave 2 1/1/08 – 1/21/08 : Fred Thompson}
10
Other, specify (verbatim answer in CA04r10v)
999
Skipped
Data columns
Name
Codes
Width
Wave 2:
CA04_2
1 – 10, 999
3
CA04r10v_2
Verbatim
255
Wave 3:
CA04_3
5 – 7, 10, 999
3
CA04r10v_3
Verbatim
255