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M — Orientation to politics

MA — Party identification and ideology

MB — Political confidence and efficacy

MA — Party identification and ideology

MA01

Party ID — most recent answer (7-point scale)

Schedule

Wave 1

Wave 2

Wave 3

Wave 4

Wave 5

All dates

Strong Republican

Not strong Republican

Leans Republican

Independent / other / undecided

Leans Democrat

Not strong Democrat

Strong Democrat

This variable is the main party ID variable. It indicates the respondent's most recent answer to the party ID questions MA02, MA03, MA04, and MA05. Computation of this variable differed by wave:

For Wave 1, if a respondent had previously completed a public affairs profile interview (Wave B), the party ID answers from that interview were copied to the Wave 1 data. If a respondent had not previously specified party ID in a public affairs profile interview, party ID was asked in the Wave 1 interview. See also MA08.

For Wave 2, all respondents were asked party ID in the Wave 2 interview.

For Wave 3, if a respondent had previously specified party ID (in Wave 1, 2, and/or B), the most recent answer was copied to the Wave 3 data. Otherwise, respondents were asked party ID in the Wave 3 interview. See also MA08.

For Waves 4 and 5, all respondents were asked party ID in those interviews.

MA02

Party ID — new answer (3-point scale)

Schedule

Wave 1

Wave 2

Wave 3

Wave 4

Wave 5

All dates

Filter

If {Wave 1; Wave 3 : did not specify political orientation in previous interview}

Wave 1 :

MA08 = 2

Wave 3 :

MA08 = 2

Generally speaking, do you think of yourself as a ...

Republican

Democrat

Independent

Another party, please specify (verbatim answer in MA02r4v)

No preference

999

Skipped

See also MA01.

MA03

Republican party ID strength — new answer

Schedule

Wave 1

Wave 2

Wave 3

Wave 4

Wave 5

All dates

Filter

If think of self as a Republican {Wave 1; Wave 3 : and did not specify political orientation in previous interview}

MA02 = 1

Would you call yourself a ...

Strong Republican

Not very strong Republican

999

Skipped

See also MA01.

MA04

Democratic party ID strength — new answer

Schedule

Wave 1

Wave 2

Wave 3

Wave 4

Wave 5

All dates

Filter

If think of self as a Democrat {Wave 1; Wave 3 : and did not specify political orientation in previous interview}

MA02 = 2

Would you call yourself a ...

Strong Democrat

Not very strong Democrat

999

Skipped

See also MA01.

MA05

Party lean — new answer

Schedule

Wave 1

Wave 2

Wave 3

Wave 4

Wave 5

All dates

Filter

If think of self as an Independent or of another political party, or have no party preference {Wave 1; Wave 3 : and did not specify political orientation in previous interview}

MA02 = 3 – 5, 999

Do you think of yourself as closer to the ...

Republican Party

Democratic Party

999

Skipped

See also MA01.

MA06

Conservative – liberal — most recent answer

Schedule

Wave 1

Wave 2

Wave 3

Wave 4

Wave 5

All dates

Extremely liberal

Liberal

Slightly liberal

Moderate, middle of the road

Slightly conservative

Conservative

Extremely conservative

999

Skipped

This variable is the main measurement of conservative-liberal orientation. It indicates the respondent's most recent answer to MA07. Computation of this variable differed according to the pattern for party ID — see MA01.

MA07

Conservative – liberal — new answer

Schedule

Wave 1

Wave 2

Wave 3

Wave 4

Wave 5

All dates

Filter

If {Wave 1; Wave 3 : did not specify political orientation in previous interview}

Wave 1 :

MA08 = 2

Wave 3 :

MA08 = 2

In general, do you think of yourself as ...

Extremely liberal

Liberal

Slightly liberal

Moderate, middle of the road

Slightly conservative

Conservative

Extremely conservative

999

Skipped

See also MA01, MA06.

MB — Political confidence and efficacy

MB01

Elections make government pay attention to people

Schedule

Wave 1

Wave 2

Wave 5

All dates

How much do you feel that having elections makes the government pay attention to what the people think: a good deal, some, or not much?

A good deal

Some

Not much

999

Skipped

MB02

Parties make government pay attention to people

Schedule

Wave 1

Wave 2

Wave 5

All dates

How much do you feel that political parties help to make the government pay attention to what the people think: a good deal, some, or not much?

A good deal

Some

Not much

999

Skipped

MB03

Best candidates or those with most money win

Schedule

Wave 1

Wave 2

Wave 5

All dates

In general, do you think the best candidates win the elections, or is it just the candidates who raise the most money that get elected, or something in between?

Best candidates win

Candidates who raise the most money win

Something in between

999

Skipped

MB04

Elections conducted fairly or unfairly

Schedule

Wave 1

Wave 2

Wave 5

All dates

In some countries, people believe their elections are conducted fairly. In other countries, people believe that their elections are conducted unfairly. Do you believe presidential elections in the United States are generally ...

Very fair

Somewhat fair

Neither fair nor unfair

Somewhat unfair

Very unfair

999

Skipped

MB05

Officials not interested in average person

Schedule

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement about political affairs in this country?

Most public officials are not really interested in the problems of the average person.

Strongly agree

Agree

Neither agree nor disagree

Disagree

Strongly disagree

999

Skipped

MB06

Someone like me can't influence government

Schedule

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement about political affairs in this country?

Someone like me can't really influence government decisions.

Strongly agree

Agree

Neither agree nor disagree

Disagree

Strongly disagree

999

Skipped

9999

No data

This variable was not measured for all respondents in Wave B, as indicated by code 9999.

MB07

Citizen's duty to serve on jury

Schedule

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement about political affairs in this country?

It is a citizen's duty to serve on a jury even if it interferes with his/her private life.

Strongly agree

Agree

Neither agree nor disagree

Disagree

Strongly disagree

999

Skipped

MB08

Citizen's duty to report crime

Schedule

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement about political affairs in this country?

It is a citizen's duty to report a crime even if it might put him or her in some jeopardy.

Strongly agree

Agree

Neither agree nor disagree

Disagree

Strongly disagree

999

Skipped

MB09

Citizen's duty to pay taxes

Schedule

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement about political affairs in this country?

It is a citizen's duty to pay taxes even if they seem unfair or too high.

Strongly agree

Agree

Neither agree nor disagree

Disagree

Strongly disagree

999

Skipped

MB10

Citizen's duty to keep informed

Schedule

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement about political affairs in this country?

It is a citizen's duty to keep informed about politics even if it is time-consuming.

Strongly agree

Agree

Neither agree nor disagree

Disagree

Strongly disagree

999

Skipped