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We hear a lot of talk these days about liberals and conservatives. I’m going to [1996-LATER: Here is a] show you a 7-point scale on which the political views that people might hold are arranged from extremely liberal to extremely conservative. (7-POINT SCALE SHOWN TO R) Where would you place [president] on this scale?
President's liberal-conservative placement · Asked in 17 waves, 1972–2012 · 35,004 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Codes that include 'no Pre/Post IW' were dropped for respondents without that interview. Dropped as not asked: 9 'NA; forms III, IV (1972); R selected for branching version of this question'. Kept and flagged: 0 (dk), 8 (dk). Codebook notes: GENERAL NOTE: See NOTE VCF9073. 2000 NOTE: Telephone respondents were asked a branching series and are excluded here.
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → mixed mode (2012).
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 2012 Time Series Study Source variable: libcpre_dpc. | 2012-09-09 to 2013-01-13 | mixed | 5,914 | 5,858 |
| ANES 2004 Time Series Study Source variable: V043087. | 2004-09-07 to 2004-12-19 | face to face | 1,212 | 1,209 |
| ANES 2000 Time Series Study Source variable: V000448. | 2000-09-05 to 2000-12-22 | mixed | 1,807 | 1,006 |
| ANES 1998 Time Series Study Source variable: V980403. | 1998-11-04 to 1998-12-23 | mixed | 1,281 | 1,280 |
| ANES 1996 Time Series Study Source variable: V960369. | 1996-09-03 to 1997-01-02 | mixed | 1,714 | 1,712 |
| ANES 1994 Time Series Study Source variable: V940841. | 1994-11-09 to 1995-01-08 | mixed | 1,795 | 1,760 |
| ANES 1992 Time Series Study Source variable: V923514. | 1992-09-02 to 1993-01-16 | mixed | 2,485 | 2,476 |
| ANES 1990 Time Series Study |
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → mixed mode (2012).
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 | Extremely liberal | Liberal | Slightly liberal | Moderate; middle of the road | Slightly conservative | Conservative | Extremely conservative | n | MoE |
|---|
| All respondents | 27% | 29% | 16% | 17% | 4% | 4% | 2% | 5858 | ±2 |
ANES 2012 Time Series Study · US citizens 18+ (face-to-face samples: contiguous 48 states and DC; web samples: 50 states and DC). 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.
| 1990-11-06 to 1991-01-21 |
| face to face |
| 1,980 |
| 1,959 |
| ANES 1988 Time Series Study Source variable: V880236. | 1988-09-06 to 1989-01-23 | face to face | 2,040 | 2,003 |
| ANES 1986 Time Series Study Source variable: V860387. | 1986-11-05 to 1987-02-07 | face to face | 2,176 | 2,167 |
| ANES 1984 Time Series Study Source variable: V840371. | 1984-09-04 to 1985-01-24 | mixed | 2,257 | 2,246 |
| ANES 1982 Time Series Study Source variable: V820394. | 1982-11-02 to 1983-01-31 | face to face | 1,418 | 1,414 |
| ANES 1980 Time Series Study Source variable: V800268. | 1980-09-02 to 1981-02-07 | face to face | 1,614 | 1,610 |
| ANES 1978 Time Series Study Source variable: V780400. | 1978-11-08 to 1979-01-25 | face to face | 2,304 | 2,303 |
| ANES 1976 Time Series Study Source variable: V763287. | 1976-09-07 to 1977-01-30 | face to face | 2,248 | 2,246 |
| ANES 1974 Time Series Study Source variable: VV74230. | 1974-11-06 to 1975-01-31 | face to face | 1,575 | 1,569 |
| ANES 1972 Time Series Study Source variable: V720653. | 1972-09-01 to 1973-02-13 | face to face | 2,705 | 2,186 |