How would you rate: rich people {PROBE FOR “DON’T KNOW” RESPONSE: when you say don’t know do you mean that you don’t know who this is or do you have something else in mind?
Feeling thermometer toward rich people · Asked in 5 waves, 1998–2016 · 13,607 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 (other_missing), -8 (dk), -7 (dk), 0 (other_missing). Codebook notes: Order of group thermometers was randomized.
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → mixed mode (2012).
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → mixed mode (2012).
Weighted means. Groups with fewer than 50 respondents in a wave are left out of that wave.
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANES 2016 Time Series Study Source variable: V162105. | 2016-09-07 to 2017-01-09 | mixed | 4,270 | 3,648 |
| ANES 2012 Time Series Study Source variable: ftgr_rich. | 2012-09-09 to 2013-01-13 | mixed | 5,914 | 5,510 |
| ANES 2008 Time Series Study Source variable: V085065b. | 2008-09-02 to 2008-12-30 | face to face | 2,322 | 2,102 |
| ANES 2004 Time Series Study Source variable: V045082. | 2004-09-07 to 2004-12-19 | face to face | 1,212 | 1,066 |
| ANES 1998 Time Series Study Source variable: V980269. | 1998-11-04 to 1998-12-23 | mixed | 1,281 | 1,281 |