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Building the RePass PTR Measure of Ideology (ICPSR 23040)
Released/updated on: 2008-08-11
Geographic coverage: United States
In the article "Searching for Voters along the Liberal-Conservative Continuum: The Infrequent Ideologue and the Missing Middle," the author presents a measure which can ascertain the ideological orientation of American voters. The measure identifies which voters are liberals, which are conservatives, and which are middle-of-the-roaders. The measure combines responses to four variables that can be found in most American National Elections Study (ANES) datasets since 1972. This archived document is a write-up of the exact method used to build the measure. The instructions also include the SPSS syntax used.
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Political Change in Britain, 1969-1970 (ICPSR 7004)
Released/updated on: 1992-02-16
Geographic coverage: Great Britain, Wales, England, Scotland, Global
Time period: 1969-01-01--1970-01-01
The data consist of a national cross-section of the electorate in England, Scotland, and Wales who were first interviewed in 1969 (1,114 respondents). Of these, 792 were reinterviewed in 1970, and 1,093 new respondents were added to the 1969-1970 panel to create a representative electorate sample for the second wave. Questions were asked about political interest, involvement in political activities, and mass media usage as a political news source. Opinions on a large number of political issues were also ascertained, as well as evaluations of the political parties and candidates using several dimensions and methods of assessment.