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In politics people sometimes talk of left and right. Where would you place yourself on a scale from 0 to 10 where 0 means the left and 10 means the right? {2004-LATER: INTERVIEWER: DO NOT PROBE DON’T KNOW}
Self-placement on left-right scale · Asked in 6 waves, 1996–2020 · 21,309 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Codes that include 'no Pre/Post IW' were dropped for respondents without that interview. Kept and flagged: -9 (no_answer), -8 (dk).
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 2020 Time Series Study Source variable: V202439. | 2020-08-18 to 2021-01-04 | mixed | 8,280 | 7,449 |
| ANES 2016 Time Series Study Source variable: V162289. | 2016-09-07 to 2017-01-09 | mixed | 4,270 | 3,648 |
| ANES 2012 Time Series Study Source variable: cses_selfleft. | 2012-09-09 to 2013-01-13 | mixed | 5,914 | 5,510 |
| ANES 2008 Time Series Study Source variable: V085191. | 2008-09-02 to 2008-12-30 | face to face | 2,322 | 2,102 |
| ANES 2004 Time Series Study Source variable: V045271. | 2004-09-07 to 2004-12-19 | face to face | 1,212 | 1,066 |
| ANES 1996 Time Series Study Source variable: V961484. | 1996-09-03 to 1997-01-02 | mixed | 1,714 | 1,534 |
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 | Left | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Right | n | MoE |
|---|
| All respondents | 4% | 3% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 24% | 8% | 10% | 11% | 6% | 13% | 7449 | ±2 | |
| Liberals | 10% | 9% | 18% | 20% | 15% | 13% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 2287 | ±3 | |
| Moderates | 2% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 10% | 46% | 10% | 8% | 9% | 2% | 6% | 1632 | ±3 | |
| Conservatives | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 13% | 9% | 17% | 21% | 13% | 23% | 2462 | ±3 |
ANES 2020 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.