How warmly do you feel toward one vice-presidential candidate compared with the other?

Thermometer index for vice-presidential candidates · Asked in 14 waves, 1968–2020 · 39,659 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

NA code treated as not asked where it exceeds 10% of a year's answers (an unlabeled split or filter): 999 in 1968, 2016. Kept and flagged: 998 (dk), 999 (no_answer). Codebook notes: GENERAL NOTE: Built from VCF0425 and VCF0427 as: (VCF0425-VCF0427 +100)/2. Fractional results are rounded to the next highest integer.

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: VCF0424, VCF0426.	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	3,748
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 1996 Time Series Study	1996-09-03 to 1997-01-02	mixed	1,714	1,714
ANES 1992 Time Series Study	1992-09-02 to 1993-01-16	mixed	2,485	2,485
ANES 1988 Time Series Study	1988-09-06 to 1989-01-23	face to face	2,040	2,040