Where would you place the Democratic presidential candidate from liberal to conservative?

Democratic presidential candidate's liberal-conservative placement · Asked in 14 waves, 1972–2024 · 40,301 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: 0 'R did not rate self on same 7pt scale (see above)'; 9 'NA; mail questionnaire; R selected for branching series version of this question (2000)'. Kept and flagged: 8 (dk). Codebook notes: GENERAL NOTE: Democratic Presidential candidates: McGovern 1972; Carter 1976, 1980; Mondale 1984; Dukakis 1988; Clinton 1992, 1996; Gore 2000. In 1996 and later, randomization occurred for the order of the major Presidential candidate names for this placement. In 1972-1980, if R replied DK or ‘haven’t thought much about it’ in rating self on same 7-point scale, then R was not asked this question. [ NOTE that in 1972-1982 there was no follow-up question (‘if you had to choose.’) for self-rating.] In 1984,1988,1992, if R’s self-placement was NA on the 7-point scale, then this question was not asked. If R replied ‘haven’t thought much about it’ or DK to this same 7-point scale, then R was prompted, ‘If you had to choose…’ If R’s response to the follow-up in 1984-1992 was DK, RF or NA, then R was not asked this question. 1972 NOTE: Respondents in Post mail sample were not asked this question. 1980 NOTE: In 1980, this question appeared in both the Pre and Post; Pre data are included here. 2000 NOTE: The 7-point scale version from both modes is represented here; both telephone and FTF respondents were randomly selected for administration of the traditional 7-pt scale version of this question or a branching series.