What is your average feeling rating of the two major parties, on a 0 to 100 scale?

Average party thermometer rating, both major parties · Asked in 17 waves, 1978–2020 · 44,869 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Kept and flagged: 98 (other_missing), 99 (other_missing), 998 (dk), 999 (no_answer). Codebook notes: GENERAL NOTE: Built from VCF0218 and VCF0224 as: (VCF0218+VCF0224)/2. Fractional results are rounded to the next highest integer. Cases DK in either thermometer are coded DK; cases which are NA in one thermometer are coded NA unless the other thermometer is DK (in which case this var is coded DK).

Average answer over time

Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → mixed mode (2012).

Average by group over time

Party Ideology Age Sex Race & ethnicity Education Income Region Religion Community

Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → mixed mode (2012).

Weighted means. Groups with fewer than 50 respondents in a wave are left out of that wave.

Waves

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
ANES 2020 Time Series Study Source variable: VCF0218, VCF0224.	2020-08-18 to 2021-01-04	mixed	8,280	8,280
ANES 2016 Time Series Study	2016-09-07 to 2017-01-09	mixed	4,270	4,270
ANES 2012 Time Series Study	2012-09-09 to 2013-01-13	mixed	5,914	5,914
ANES 2008 Time Series Study	2008-09-02 to 2008-12-30	face to face	2,322	2,322
ANES 2004 Time Series Study	2004-09-07 to 2004-12-19	face to face	1,212	1,212
ANES 2000 Time Series Study	2000-09-05 to 2000-12-22	mixed	1,807	1,807
ANES 1998 Time Series Study	1998-11-04 to 1998-12-23	mixed	1,281	1,281
ANES 1996 Time Series Study	1996-09-03 to 1997-01-02	mixed	1,714	1,714
ANES 1994 Time Series Study	1994-11-09 to 1995-01-08	mixed	1,795	1,795