GROUP THERMOMETER INTRO 1964-1968: There are many groups in America that try to get the government or the American people to see things more their way. We would like to get your feelings towards some of these groups. I have here a card on which there is something that looks like a thermometer. We call it a ‘feeling thermometer’ because it measures your feelings towards groups. Here’s how it works. If you don’t know too much about a group or don’t feel particularly warm or cold toward them, then you should place them in the middle, at the 50 degree mark. If you have a warm feeling toward a group or feel favorably toward it, you would give it a score somewhere between 50 degrees and 100 degrees, depending on how warm your feeling is toward the group. On the other hand, if you don’t feel very favorably toward some of these groups–if there are some you don’t care for too much–then you would place them somewhere between 0 degrees and 50 degrees. 1970-1974: (1970: As you know, there are many groups and persons in America that try to get the government or the American people to see things more their way. Please use the thermometer again–this time to indicate your feelings toward these groups or persons.) (1972,1974: We’d also like to get your feelings about some groups in American society, using the feeling thermometer just as we did for the [1972: candidates; 1974: leaders]. If we come to a group you don’t know much about, just tell me and we’ll move on to the next one.) 1976: We’d also like to get your feelings about some groups in American society. When I read the name of a group, we’d like you to rate it with what we call a feeling thermometer. Ratings between 50 degrees-100 degrees mean that you feel favorably and warm toward the group; ratings between 0 and 50 degrees mean that you don’t feel favorably towards the group and that you don’t care too much for that group. If you don’t feel particularly warm or cold toward a group you would rate them at 50 degrees. If we come to a group you don’t know much about, just tell me and we’ll move on to the next one. 1978-1984: (1980-1984: And still using the thermometer, how would you rate the following.) 1986-LATER: ([And] still using the thermometer, how would you rate [the following]:) Young people – feeling thermometer