Table 7A.2
Average Feeling Thermometer Toward Presidential Candidates  1968-2004


                           '68  '70  '72  '74  '76  '78  '80  '82  '84  '86  '88  '90  '92  '94  '96  '98  '00  '02  '04 
 
     Democratic Candidate   61   **   49   **   63   **   56   **   57   **   57   **   56   **   59   **   57   **   53
     Republican Candidate   66   **   66   **   60   **   56   **   61   **   60   **   52   **   52   **   56   **   55
          Both Candidates   64   **   57   **   62   **   56   **   59   **   59   **   54   **   56   **   57   **   54
  Net Pro Dem. - Pro Rep.   48   **   42   **   51   **   50   **   48   **   48   **   52   **   54   **   50   **   49


     Source:  The American National Election Studies

     

     This uses the 0-100 thermometer scores. In the final thermometer data,
     scores of 97 to 100 are collapsed to 97.
     In 1968, DK was scored as 50.
     The Net index (Pro Dem. - Pro Rep.) is constructed by subtracting the
     Republican presidential candidate thermometer rating from the
     Democratic presidential candidate thermometer rating, adding 100 to the
     difference, and then dividing by 2.
     The score for 'Both Candidates' is produced by adding the Republican
     and Democratic presidential candidate thermometer ratings and then
     dividing the sum by 2.
     All results are rounded to the nearest integer.
       
     This represents variables VCF0424,VCF0426,VCF0412,VCF0413 in the NES Cumulative Data File dataset.
     Consult the Cumulative Data File codebook for complete question text and annotation.
     Weight variable VCF0009a was used to produce this table.

Table generated:  27NOV05