Do you happen to remember the names of the candidates for Congress– that is, for the House of Representatives in Washington– [1996-LATER: Who ran in the November election from this district?] that ran in this district in November? (IF YES:) Who were they? (1996-LATER:) What is [NAME’S] party?
Correctly names House candidates and their parties · Asked in 12 waves, 1978–2000 · 21,230 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Codes that include 'no Pre/Post IW' were dropped for respondents without that interview. Dropped only in years where the codebook names a design split (alternate form, half sample, abbreviated or web instrument): 9 in 1984, 1992. Kept and flagged: 9 (other_missing). Codebook notes: GENERAL NOTE: 1958, 1964-1974 data were not coded comparably and are excluded. 1978 NOTE: Tthe second part of code 7 does not apply: it was combined with other missing data (code 9). 2000 NOTE: Cases have been coded for 0 recalls in VCF0973-VCF0975 and in VCF0976 for the following: 1 case with district identification NA where R said he/she recalled no names; 2 cases with district misidentified (see VCF0900) where R said he/she recalled no names. The last of 3 cases with misidentified district produced a single recall from R and has been coded 9 in VCF0973-VCF0975 and 99 in VCF0976.
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANES 2000 Time Series Study Source variable: V000347. | 2000-09-05 to 2000-12-22 | mixed | 1,807 | 1,555 |
| ANES 1998 Time Series Study Source variable: V980227. | 1998-11-04 to 1998-12-23 | mixed | 1,281 | 1,281 |
| ANES 1996 Time Series Study Source variable: V961010. | 1996-09-03 to 1997-01-02 | mixed | 1,714 | 1,534 |
| ANES 1994 Time Series Study Source variable: V940214. | 1994-11-09 to 1995-01-08 | mixed | 1,795 | 1,795 |
| ANES 1992 Time Series Study Source variable: V925113. | 1992-09-02 to 1993-01-16 | mixed | 2,485 | 2,060 |
| ANES 1990 Time Series Study Source variable: V900111. | 1990-11-06 to 1991-01-21 | face to face | 1,980 | 1,980 |
| ANES 1988 Time Series Study Source variable: V880569. | 1988-09-06 to 1989-01-23 | face to face | 2,040 | 1,775 |
| ANES 1986 Time Series Study |
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| Group | NAME:valid, PARTY: correct | NAME:valid, PARTY: incorrect | NAME:valid, PARTY: DK/NA | NAME:invalid, PARTY: any | NAME:invalid, PARTY: DK/NA | NAME:DK/NA, PARTY: any | NAME:DK, PARTY: DK/NA; NAME:NA, PARTY: DK/NA; R says s/he recalls no names in VCF0972 | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 22% | 1% | 0% | 15% | 1% | 0% | 61% | 1555 | ±3 | |
| Democrats | 22% | 1% | – | 14% | 0% | – | 62% | 526 | ±5 | |
| Independents (incl. leaners) | 17% | 1% | 1% | 14% | 1% | – | 66% | 617 | ±4 | |
| Republicans | 30% | 0% | 0% | 17% | 1% | 1% | 51% | 401 | ±5 |
ANES 2000 Time Series Study · US citizens 18+ living in households in the contiguous 48 states. Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.
| 1986-11-05 to 1987-02-07 |
| face to face |
| 2,176 |
| 2,176 |
| ANES 1984 Time Series Study Source variable: V840741. | 1984-09-04 to 1985-01-24 | mixed | 2,257 | 1,944 |
| ANES 1982 Time Series Study Source variable: V820102. | 1982-11-02 to 1983-01-31 | face to face | 1,418 | 1,418 |
| ANES 1980 Time Series Study Source variable: V800826. | 1980-09-02 to 1981-02-07 | face to face | 1,614 | 1,408 |
| ANES 1978 Time Series Study Source variable: V780118. | 1978-11-08 to 1979-01-25 | face to face | 2,304 | 2,304 |