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Using the same scale, where would you place the Republican party? {INTERVIEWER: DO NOT PROBE DON’T KNOW}
Republican Party placement on left-right scale · Asked in 5 waves, 2004–2020 · 19,775 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), -7 (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.
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| ANES 2020 Time Series Study Source variable: V202438. | 2020-08-18 to 2021-01-04 | mixed | 8,280 | 7,449 |
| ANES 2016 Time Series Study Source variable: V162288. | 2016-09-07 to 2017-01-09 | mixed | 4,270 | 3,648 |
| ANES 2012 Time Series Study Source variable: cses_rptyleft. | 2012-09-09 to 2013-01-13 | mixed | 5,914 | 5,510 |
| ANES 2008 Time Series Study Source variable: V085189b. | 2008-09-02 to 2008-12-30 | face to face | 2,322 | 2,102 |
| ANES 2004 Time Series Study Source variable: V045261. | 2004-09-07 to 2004-12-19 | face to face | 1,212 | 1,066 |
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.
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| All respondents | 6% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 11% | 4% | 9% | 16% | 14% | 29% | 7449 | ±2 | |
| 18–29 | 7% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 5% | 15% | 4% | 8% | 15% | 13% | 26% | 870 | ±5 | |
| 30–44 | 8% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 4% | 11% | 4% | 10% | 15% | 13% | 31% | 1811 | ±3 | |
| 45–64 | 6% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 11% | 4% | 10% | 18% | 14% | 28% | 2412 | ±3 | |
| 65+ | 6% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 7% | 5% | 9% | 17% | 15% | 31% | 2062 | ±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.