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UTEX0018b_CODEBOOK.txt 5/16/2012 ================================================================================ Project Code: UTEX0018b Project Name: Texas Tribune 2012 pt 2 Prepared for: Jim Henson and Daron Shaw Interviews: 800 Field Period: 5/7 - 5/13/2002 Project Manager: Sam Luks ================================================================================ Matching and Weighting Polimetrix interviewed 949 respondents who were then matched down to a sample of 800 to produce the final dataset. The respondents were matched on gender, age, race, education, party identification, ideology and political interest. Polimetrix then weighted the matched set of survey respondents to known marginals for the registered voters of Texas from the 2008 Current Population survey and the 2007 Pew Religious Life Survey. Variable List ================================================================================ Name Description ---- ----------- caseid Case ID weight Case Weight zipcode inputzip race Race hispanic Hispanic descent langpref Language Q1 Texas votereg birthyr Birth year gender Gender educ Education Q2 Political interest Q3 Texas Vote Freq Q4 Most Important Problem Q5 Most Important problem, Texas Q6 Retrospective Assessments, Obama Q7 Retrospective Assessments, Congress Q8 Rick Perry, Governor Q9 Country direction Q10 National Economy Q11 Texas direction Q12 Personal Econ Q13 Vote 2012 Q13a Early Ballot Q14 Republican Primary Q14A Republican Primary Force Q15 Republican Primary, Senator Q15A Republican Primary, Senator Force Q16 Republican RailRoad Comissioner Q16A Republican RailRoad Comissioner, Force Q17 Republican RailRoad Comissioner 2 Q17A Republican RailRoad Comissioner 2, Force Q18 Democratic Primary, Senator Q18A Democratic Primary, Senator Force Q19 Romney v. Obama, President Q20 Vote Senator 2012 Q21 State Rep. Incumbent Q22 Republican Primary, Lieutenant Gov Q22A Republican Primary, Lieutenant Gov Force Q23 Tea Party popularity Q24 Tea Party influence Q25A Candidate Values - Faith Q25B Candidate Values - Issues Q25C Candidate Values - Character Q25D Candidate Values - Party Q25E Candidate Values - Record Q26 Republican Primary Favorability - David Dewhurt Q27 Republican Primary Favorability - Tom Leppert Q28 Republican Primary Favorability - Ted Cruz Q29 Republican Primary Favorability - Craig James Q30 Republican Primary Favorability - Paul Sadler Q31 Republican Primary Favorability - Joe Straus 1

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    ================================================================================Project Code: UTEX0018bProject Name: Texas Tribune 2012 pt 2Prepared for: Jim Henson and Daron ShawInterviews: 800Field Period: 5/7 - 5/13/2002Project Manager: Sam Luks================================================================================Matching and Weighting

    Polimetrix interviewed 949 respondents who were then matched down toa sample of 800 to produce the final dataset. The respondents were matched ongender, age, race, education, party identification, ideology and politicalinterest. Polimetrix then weighted the matched set of survey respondentsto known marginals for the registered voters of Texas from the 2008 CurrentPopulation survey and the 2007 Pew Religious Life Survey.

    Variable List================================================================================Name Description---- -----------caseid Case IDweight Case Weightzipcode inputziprace Racehispanic Hispanic descentlangpref LanguageQ1 Texas voteregbirthyr Birth yeargender Gendereduc EducationQ2 Political interestQ3 Texas Vote FreqQ4 Most Important ProblemQ5 Most Important problem, TexasQ6 Retrospective Assessments, ObamaQ7 Retrospective Assessments, CongressQ8 Rick Perry, GovernorQ9 Country directionQ10 National EconomyQ11 Texas directionQ12 Personal EconQ13 Vote 2012Q13a Early BallotQ14 Republican PrimaryQ14A Republican Primary ForceQ15 Republican Primary, SenatorQ15A Republican Primary, Senator ForceQ16 Republican RailRoad ComissionerQ16A Republican RailRoad Comissioner, ForceQ17 Republican RailRoad Comissioner 2Q17A Republican RailRoad Comissioner 2, ForceQ18 Democratic Primary, SenatorQ18A Democratic Primary, Senator ForceQ19 Romney v. Obama, PresidentQ20 Vote Senator 2012Q21 State Rep. IncumbentQ22 Republican Primary, Lieutenant GovQ22A Republican Primary, Lieutenant Gov ForceQ23 Tea Party popularityQ24 Tea Party influenceQ25A Candidate Values - FaithQ25B Candidate Values - IssuesQ25C Candidate Values - CharacterQ25D Candidate Values - PartyQ25E Candidate Values - RecordQ26 Republican Primary Favorability - David DewhurtQ27 Republican Primary Favorability - Tom LeppertQ28 Republican Primary Favorability - Ted CruzQ29 Republican Primary Favorability - Craig JamesQ30 Republican Primary Favorability - Paul SadlerQ31 Republican Primary Favorability - Joe Straus

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    Q32 Major Political Figures Favorability - Barack ObamaQ33 Major Political Figures Favorability - Rick PerryQ34 Major Political Figures Favorability - Mitt RomneyQ35 Major Political Figures Favorability - Planned ParenthoodQ36a Obama Characteristics - Cares about people like meQ36b Obama Characteristics - Strong leaderQ36c Obama Characteristics - KnowledgeableQ36d Obama Characteristics - Fights for middle classQ37a Romney Characteristics - Cares about people like meQ37b Romney Characteristics - Strong leaderQ37c Romney Characteristics - KnowledgeableQ37d Romney Characteristics - Fights for middle classQ38 Most Trusted Branch of GovtQ39 Death Penalty opinionQ40 Supreme Court Healthcare action opinionQ41 Health care decision legal or politicalQ42 Texas Education StatusQ43 Texas Education SpendingQ44 Euthanasia OpinionQ45 Health insurance cover birth controlQ46A Anti-Tax Pledge Opinion AQ46B Anti-Tax Pledge Opinion BQ47 Death Penalty Application TexasQ48 Penalty for murderQ49 Abortion availability opinionQ50 Immigration law opinionINFO1 House majorityINFO2 Pres. vetoINFO3 Comptroller of Public AccountsINFO4 Planned Parenthood Abortionlibcon Ideologypid7 7 point Party IDpid7_utex_other 7 point Party IDpid3 3 point party IDcounty_residence Texas countylocate Community sizemetro Metropolitan areachild Childrenschoolm_1 School - Under 18 Publicschoolm_2 School - Under 18 Privateschoolm_3 School - Under 18 Homeschoolschoolm_4 School - No children under 18 going to school in Texasfaminc Family incomerelig Religionevang Evangelicalcatholicid_1 Catholic Identity - Liberal Catholiccatholicid_2 Catholic Identity - Conservative Catholiccatholicid_3 Catholic Identity - Traditional Catholiccatholicid_4 Catholic Identity - Charismatic Catholiccatholicid_5 Catholic Identity - Evangelical Catholiccatholicid_6 Catholic Identity - None of the abovecatholicprim Primary Catholic IDcharismatic Charismatic Christiansocialgospel Social Justice Christianliteral Bible literalimport Religion importantattend Religion participationrace2 Hispanic-Latino grandparentnative1 Born in USAnative2 Parents place of birthcali Move to Texas from Californiahome Homeownermarstat Marital StatusP08 Voted 08

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    ================================================================================race_t Race, other

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    Variable Map and Codebook================================================================================Name: caseidDescription: Case ID

    ================================================================================Name: weightDescription: Case Weight

    ================================================================================Name: zipcodeDescription: inputzip

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    0 999998 Skipped0 999999 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: raceDescription: Race

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----494 1 White / Blanco110 2 Black143 3 Hispanic9 4 Asian6 5 Native American / Americano indígena ó nativo23 6 Mixed14 7 Other1 8 Middle Eastern / Del oriente medio0 98 Skipped0 99 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: hispanicDescription: Hispanic descent

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    17 1 Yes640 2 No0 8 Skipped

    143 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: langprefDescription: Language

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----155 1 English / Inglés5 2 Spanish / Español0 8 Skipped

    640 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q1Description: Texas votereg

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----800 1 Yes, registered0 2 No, not registered0 3 Don't know0 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

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    ================================================================================Name: birthyrDescription: Birth year

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    0 9998 Skipped0 9999 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: genderDescription: Gender

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----361 1 Male439 2 Female0 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: educDescription: Education

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    27 1 No HS233 2 High school graduate211 3 Some college76 4 2-year177 5 4-year76 6 Post-grad0 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q2Description: Political interest

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----444 1 Extremely interested279 2 Somewhat interested52 3 Not very interested21 4 Not at all interested2 5 Don't know2 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q3Description: Texas Vote Freq

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----279 1 Every election319 2 Almost every election89 3 About half75 4 One or two31 5 None7 6 Don't know0 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q4Description: Most Important Problem

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----224 1 The economy105 2 Unemployment/jobs

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    135 3 Federal spending/national debt87 4 Political corruption/leadership39 5 Health care31 6 Moral decline4 7 National security/terrorism11 8 Immigration7 9 Taxes18 10 Gas prices2 11 Energy5 12 Gay marriage19 13 Education9 14 Social welfare programs7 15 Environment6 16 The media2 17 Abortion3 18 Crime and drugs3 19 Afghanistan/Pakistan6 20 Housing0 21 Iraq0 22 Federal courts/nominees1 23 Foreign trade2 24 Voting system10 25 Border security37 26 Partisan gridlock27 27 Income inequality0 98 Skipped0 99 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q5Description: Most Important problem, Texas

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----107 1 Immigration102 2 The economy77 3 Unemployment/jobs102 4 Border security91 5 Political corruption/leadership28 6 Health care27 7 Gas prices14 8 Crime and drugs81 9 Education22 10 State government spending14 11 Moral decline12 12 Taxes11 13 Social welfare program5 14 Insurance rates14 15 Water supply5 16 Gay marriage3 17 Energy6 18 Environment6 19 Transportation/roads/traffic4 20 Abortion4 21 Housing0 22 State courts3 23 The media5 24 Voting system40 25 State budget cuts2 26 Utility rates6 27 Electoral fraud8 28 Redistricting1 98 Skipped0 99 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q6Description: Retrospective Assessments, Obama

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----159 1 Approve strongly

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    148 2 Approve somewhat55 3 Neither approve nor disapprove50 4 Disapprove somewhat385 5 Disapprove strongly3 6 Don't know0 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q7Description: Retrospective Assessments, Congress

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    11 1 Approve strongly70 2 Approve somewhat103 3 Neither approve nor disapprove192 4 Disapprove somewhat410 5 Disapprove strongly14 6 Don't know0 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q8Description: Rick Perry, Governor

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----107 1 Approve strongly206 2 Approve somewhat101 3 Neither approve nor disapprove101 4 Disapprove somewhat269 5 Disapprove strongly16 6 Don't know0 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q9Description: Country direction

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----221 1 Right direction497 2 Wrong track82 3 Don't know0 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q10Description: National Economy

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    44 1 A lot better off217 2 Somewhat better off195 3 About the same148 4 Somewhat worse off181 5 A lot worse off15 6 Don't know0 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q11Description: Texas direction

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----324 1 Right direction

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    341 2 Wrong track134 3 Don't know1 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q12Description: Personal Econ

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    32 1 A lot better off127 2 Somewhat better off365 3 About the same165 4 Somewhat worse off102 5 A lot worse off8 6 Don't know1 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q13Description: Vote 2012

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----368 1 Republican Primary265 2 Democratic Primary165 3 Don't usually vote in primaries2 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q13aDescription: Early Ballot

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----234 1 On Election Day356 2 Before Election Day44 3 Don't know0 8 Skipped

    166 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q14Description: Republican Primary

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----203 1 Mitt Romney49 2 Ron Paul34 3 Newt Gingrich42 4 Rick Santorum9 5 Michele Bachmann5 6 Jon Huntsman0 7 John Davis2 8 Charles "Buddy" Roemer25 9 Don't know0 98 Skipped

    431 99 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q14ADescription: Republican Primary Force

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    10 1 Mitt Romney3 2 Ron Paul3 3 Newt Gingrich3 4 Rick Santorum

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    3 5 Michele Bachmann2 6 Jon Huntsman0 7 John Davis1 8 Charles "Buddy" Roemer0 98 Skipped

    775 99 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q15Description: Republican Primary, Senator

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----117 1 David Dewhurst101 2 Ted Cruz41 3 Tom Leppert0 4 Curt Cleaver0 5 Ben Gambini2 6 Glenn Addison1 7 Joe Agris12 8 Craig James3 9 Lela Pittenger91 10 Don't Know1 98 Skipped

    431 99 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q15ADescription: Republican Primary, Senator Force

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    33 1 David Dewhurst16 2 Ted Cruz8 3 Tom Leppert3 4 Curt Cleaver4 5 Ben Gambini4 6 Glenn Addison3 7 Joe Agris6 8 Craig James5 9 Lela Pittenger9 98 Skipped

    709 99 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q16Description: Republican RailRoad Comissioner

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    49 1 Christi Craddick12 2 Roland Sledge6 3 Beryl Burgess17 4 Becky Berger12 5 Joe Cotten27 6 Warren Chisum246 7 Don’t know0 8 Skipped

    431 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q16ADescription: Republican RailRoad Comissioner, Force

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    60 1 Christi Craddick25 2 Roland Sledge10 3 Beryl Burgess31 4 Becky Berger44 5 Joe Cotten46 6 Warren Chisum

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    30 8 Skipped554 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q17Description: Republican RailRoad Comissioner 2

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    61 1 Barry Smitherman58 2 Greg Parker51 3 Elizabeth Murray-Kolb7 4 Al Lee

    186 5 Don't know5 8 Skipped

    432 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q17ADescription: Republican RailRoad Comissioner 2, Force

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    32 1 Barry Smitherman68 2 Greg Parker41 3 Elizabeth Murray-Kolb16 4 Al Lee29 8 Skipped614 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q18Description: Democratic Primary, Senator

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    12 1 Sean Hubbard5 2 Addie Dainell Allen14 3 Paul Sadler12 4 Grady Yarbrough222 5 Don't know0 8 Skipped

    535 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q18ADescription: Democratic Primary, Senator Force

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    40 1 Sean Hubbard60 2 Addie Dainell Allen66 3 Paul Sadler31 4 Grady Yarbrough26 8 Skipped577 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q19Description: Romney v. Obama, President

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----378 1 Mitt Romney314 2 Barack Obama70 3 Someone else37 4 Haven't thought about it enough to have an opinion1 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q20

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    Description: Vote Senator 2012

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----376 1 Republican candidate297 2 Democratic candidate31 3 Someone else95 4 Haven't thought about it enough to have an opinion1 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q21Description: State Rep. Incumbent

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----232 1 Deserves reelection425 2 Time to give someone else a chance143 3 Don’t know0 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q22Description: Republican Primary, Lieutenant Gov

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    69 1 Susan Combs24 2 Todd Staples23 3 Jerry Patterson8 4 Dan Branch55 5 Dan Patrick35 6 Another Republican candidate154 7 Don't know0 8 Skipped

    432 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q22ADescription: Republican Primary, Lieutenant Gov Force

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    39 1 Susan Combs17 2 Todd Staples10 3 Jerry Patterson5 4 Dan Branch22 5 Dan Patrick47 6 Another Republican candidate14 8 Skipped646 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q23Description: Tea Party popularity

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----165 1 Republican candidate300 2 Democratic candidate174 3 Tea Party candidate160 4 Don't know1 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q24Description: Tea Party influence

    Count Code Label

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    ----- ---- -----258 1 Too much influence206 2 Too little influence188 3 The right amount of influence148 4 Don't know0 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q25ADescription: Candidate Values - Faith

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----186 1 Very important164 2 Somewhat important187 3 Neither important nor unimportant95 4 Not very important162 5 Not important at all6 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q25BDescription: Candidate Values - Issues

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----683 1 Very important87 2 Somewhat important24 3 Neither important nor unimportant1 4 Not very important2 5 Not important at all3 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q25CDescription: Candidate Values - Character

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----613 1 Very important139 2 Somewhat important37 3 Neither important nor unimportant3 4 Not very important4 5 Not important at all4 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q25DDescription: Candidate Values - Party

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----235 1 Very important234 2 Somewhat important190 3 Neither important nor unimportant72 4 Not very important63 5 Not important at all6 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q25EDescription: Candidate Values - Record

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----621 1 Very important133 2 Somewhat important

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    39 3 Neither important nor unimportant2 4 Not very important1 5 Not important at all4 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q26Description: Republican Primary Favorability - David Dewhurt

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    71 1 Very favorable175 2 Somewhat favorable129 3 Neither favorable nor unfavorable103 4 Somewhat unfavorable148 5 Very unfavorable170 6 Don't know enough about him to have an opinion4 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q27Description: Republican Primary Favorability - Tom Leppert

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    34 1 Very favorable114 2 Somewhat favorable156 3 Neither favorable nor unfavorable69 4 Somewhat unfavorable69 5 Very unfavorable355 6 Don't know enough about him to have an opinion3 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q28Description: Republican Primary Favorability - Ted Cruz

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    70 1 Very favorable122 2 Somewhat favorable121 3 Neither favorable nor unfavorable85 4 Somewhat unfavorable91 5 Very unfavorable310 6 Don't know enough about him to have an opinion1 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q29Description: Republican Primary Favorability - Craig James

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    25 1 Very favorable57 2 Somewhat favorable149 3 Neither favorable nor unfavorable61 4 Somewhat unfavorable81 5 Very unfavorable422 6 Don't know enough about him to have an opinion5 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q30Description: Republican Primary Favorability - Paul Sadler

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

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    19 1 Very favorable74 2 Somewhat favorable158 3 Neither favorable nor unfavorable23 4 Somewhat unfavorable28 5 Very unfavorable495 6 Don't know enough about him to have an opinion3 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q31Description: Republican Primary Favorability - Joe Straus

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    20 1 Very favorable57 2 Somewhat favorable167 3 Neither favorable nor unfavorable46 4 Somewhat unfavorable62 5 Very unfavorable444 6 Don't know enough about him to have an opinion4 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q32Description: Major Political Figures Favorability - Barack Obama

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----193 1 Very favorable130 2 Somewhat favorable39 3 Neither favorable nor unfavorable45 4 Somewhat unfavorable380 5 Very unfavorable10 6 Don't know enough about him to have an opinion3 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q33Description: Major Political Figures Favorability - Rick Perry

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----125 1 Very favorable192 2 Somewhat favorable70 3 Neither favorable nor unfavorable96 4 Somewhat unfavorable301 5 Very unfavorable16 6 Don't know enough about him to have an opinion0 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q34Description: Major Political Figures Favorability - Mitt Romney

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----109 1 Very favorable219 2 Somewhat favorable104 3 Neither favorable nor unfavorable141 4 Somewhat unfavorable193 5 Very unfavorable34 6 Don't know enough about him to have an opinion0 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q35Description: Major Political Figures Favorability - Planned Parenthood

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    Count Code Label----- ---- -----232 1 Very favorable130 2 Somewhat favorable113 3 Neither favorable nor unfavorable73 4 Somewhat unfavorable230 5 Very unfavorable20 6 Don't know enough about it to have an opinion2 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q36aDescription: Obama Characteristics - Cares about people like me

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----295 1 040 2 133 3 223 4 320 5 443 6 527 7 635 8 766 9 847 10 9147 11 1021 12 Don't know3 98 Skipped0 99 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q36bDescription: Obama Characteristics - Strong leader

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----269 1 053 2 135 3 227 4 319 5 433 6 528 7 653 8 767 9 869 10 9135 11 1010 12 Don't know2 98 Skipped0 99 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q36cDescription: Obama Characteristics - Knowledgeable

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----197 1 034 2 140 3 235 4 325 5 443 6 523 7 647 8 769 9 869 10 9199 11 1015 12 Don't know

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    4 98 Skipped0 99 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q36dDescription: Obama Characteristics - Fights for middle class

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----273 1 042 2 144 3 232 4 319 5 436 6 524 7 631 8 760 9 863 10 9156 11 1016 12 Don't know4 98 Skipped0 99 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q37aDescription: Romney Characteristics - Cares about people like me

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----228 1 039 2 140 3 241 4 341 5 488 6 549 7 659 8 744 9 851 10 946 11 1071 12 Don't know3 98 Skipped0 99 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q37bDescription: Romney Characteristics - Strong leader

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----111 1 039 2 137 3 244 4 341 5 494 6 556 7 671 8 779 9 872 10 980 11 1070 12 Don't know6 98 Skipped0 99 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q37cDescription: Romney Characteristics - Knowledgeable

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

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    91 1 037 2 130 3 232 4 342 5 482 6 547 7 682 8 791 9 8102 10 9105 11 1055 12 Don't know4 98 Skipped0 99 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q37dDescription: Romney Characteristics - Fights for middle class

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----235 1 037 2 133 3 230 4 326 5 478 6 551 7 656 8 770 9 847 10 957 11 1076 12 Don't know4 98 Skipped0 99 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q38Description: Most Trusted Branch of Govt

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    81 1 The U.S. Congress, the legislative branch215 2 The President, the executive branch309 3 The U.S. Supreme Court, the judicial branch191 4 Don't know4 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q39Description: Death Penalty opinion

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----357 1 Strongly support233 2 Somewhat support92 3 Somewhat oppose93 4 Strongly oppose25 5 Don't know0 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q40Description: Supreme Court Healthcare action opinion

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----234 1 Uphold the law as constitutional and let it stand77 2 Rule the individual mandate is unconstitutional, but keep th383 3 Rule the individual mandate is unconstitutional and overturn

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    106 4 Don't know/No opinion0 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q41Description: Health care decision legal or political

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----300 1 Primarily on legal arguments378 2 Primarily on politics and partisanship121 3 Don't know/No opinion1 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q42Description: Texas Education Status

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    15 1 A lot better53 2 Somewhat better319 3 About the same187 4 Somewhat worse136 5 A lot worse90 6 Don't know/No opinion0 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q43Description: Texas Education Spending

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----121 1 Too much422 2 Too little171 3 About the right amount84 4 Don't Know2 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q44Description: Euthanasia Opinion

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----371 1 Approve279 2 Disapprove149 3 Don't know1 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q45Description: Health insurance cover birth control

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----378 1 Should be required363 2 Should not be required59 3 Don't know0 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q46ADescription: Anti-Tax Pledge Opinion A

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    Count Code Label----- ---- -----131 1 Candidates should pledge not to increase taxes before the pr205 2 Candidates should not make pledges before the situation is c48 3 Not sure/Don't know0 8 Skipped

    416 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q46BDescription: Anti-Tax Pledge Opinion B

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----204 1 Candidates should not make pledges before the situation is c157 2 Candidates should pledge not to increase taxes before the pr55 3 Not sure/Don't know0 8 Skipped

    384 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q47Description: Death Penalty Application Texas

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----419 1 Fairly248 2 Unfairly131 3 Don't know2 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q48Description: Penalty for murder

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----422 1 The death penalty306 2 Life imprisonment with absolutely no possibility for parole71 3 Don't know1 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q49Description: Abortion availability opinion

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----114 1 By law, abortion should never be permitted.232 2 The law should permit abortion only in case of rape, incest107 3 The law should permit abortion for reasons other than rape,315 4 By law, a woman should always be able to obtain an abortion31 5 Don't know1 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: Q50Description: Immigration law opinion

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----316 1 Local law enforcement officials should be required to active333 2 Local law enforcement officials should be allowed to enforce89 3 Cities and counties should be allowed to restrict local law61 4 Don't know1 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

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    Name: INFO1Description: House majority

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----599 1 Republican Party103 2 Democratic Party9 3 Neither64 4 Don't know25 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: INFO2Description: Pres. veto

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    43 1 More than one-half554 2 More than two-thirds72 3 More than three-fourths77 4 Don't know54 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: INFO3Description: Comptroller of Public Accounts

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----528 1 Greg Abbott6 2 Michael Williams37 3 Susan Combs10 4 Victor Carrillo170 5 Don't know49 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: INFO4Description: Planned Parenthood Abortion

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    24 998 Skipped0 999 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: libconDescription: Ideology

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    27 1 Extremely liberal169 2 272 3 3251 4 In the middle4118 5 5163 6 698 7 Extremely conservative72 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: pid7Description: 7 point Party ID

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----178 1 Strong Democrat80 2 Not very strong Democrat

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    66 3 Lean Democrat61 4 Independent107 5 Lean Republican78 6 Not very strong Republican190 7 Strong Republican0 8 None of these10 9 None of these30 98 Skipped0 99 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: pid7_utex_otherDescription: 7 point Party ID

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    0 3 Lean Democrat2 5 Lean Republican2 8 Support a third party8 9 None of these0 98 Skipped

    788 99 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: pid3Description: 3 point party ID

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----259 1 Democrat271 2 Republican233 3 Independent12 4 Other23 5 Not sure2 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: county_residenceDescription: Texas county

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    2 1 Anderson1 2 Andrews4 3 Angelina2 4 Aransas0 5 Archer0 6 Armstrong0 7 Atascosa2 8 Austin1 9 Bailey3 10 Bandera3 11 Bastrop0 12 Baylor1 13 Bee10 14 Bell65 15 Bexar1 16 Blanco0 17 Borden0 18 Bosque7 19 Bowie10 20 Brazoria7 21 Brazos0 22 Brewster0 23 Briscoe0 24 Brooks1 25 Brown0 26 Burleson1 27 Burnet1 28 Caldwell0 29 Calhoun

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    1 30 Callahan5 31 Cameron1 32 Camp0 33 Carson2 34 Cass0 35 Castro1 36 Chambers0 37 Cherokee0 38 Childress0 39 Clay0 40 Cochran0 41 Coke0 42 Coleman34 43 Collin0 44 Collingsworth1 45 Colorado7 46 Comal0 47 Comanche0 48 Concho2 49 Cooke2 50 Coryell0 51 Cottle0 52 Crane1 53 Crockett0 54 Crosby0 55 Culberson0 56 Dallam86 57 Dallas0 58 Dawson0 59 Deaf Smith0 60 Delta27 61 Denton1 62 DeWitt0 63 Dickens0 64 Dimmit0 65 Donley0 66 Duval1 67 Eastland4 68 Ector0 69 Edwards5 70 Ellis17 71 El Paso0 72 Erath0 73 Falls1 74 Fannin0 75 Fayette0 76 Fisher0 77 Floyd0 78 Foard17 79 Fort Bend0 80 Franklin0 81 Freestone0 82 Frio0 83 Gaines7 84 Galveston0 85 Garza3 86 Gillespie0 87 Glasscock1 88 Goliad0 89 Gonzales1 90 Gray5 91 Grayson2 92 Gregg1 93 Grimes3 94 Guadalupe2 95 Hale0 96 Hall0 97 Hamilton0 98 Hansford0 99 Hardeman0 100 Hardin

    109 101 Harris

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    1 102 Harrison0 103 Hartley1 104 Haskell3 105 Hays0 106 Hemphill1 107 Henderson12 108 Hidalgo1 109 Hill0 110 Hockley1 111 Hood2 112 Hopkins2 113 Houston0 114 Howard0 115 Hudspeth1 116 Hunt0 117 Hutchinson0 118 Irion0 119 Jack0 120 Jackson1 121 Jasper1 122 Jeff Davis7 123 Jefferson0 124 Jim Hogg0 125 Jim Wells5 126 Johnson0 127 Jones0 128 Karnes5 129 Kaufman3 130 Kendall0 131 Kenedy0 132 Kent2 133 Kerr0 134 Kimble0 135 King0 136 Kinney1 137 Kleberg0 138 Knox3 139 Lamar0 140 Lamb0 141 Lampasas0 142 La Salle0 143 Lavaca0 144 Lee0 145 Leon2 146 Liberty0 147 Limestone0 148 Lipscomb0 149 Live Oak0 150 Llano0 151 Loving13 152 Lubbock0 153 Lynn1 154 McCulloch7 155 McLennan0 156 McMullen0 157 Madison1 158 Marion0 159 Martin0 160 Mason5 161 Matagorda0 162 Maverick0 163 Medina1 164 Menard3 165 Midland0 166 Milam1 167 Mills0 168 Mitchell0 169 Montague10 170 Montgomery1 171 Moore0 172 Morris0 173 Motley

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    1 174 Nacogdoches1 175 Navarro2 176 Newton0 177 Nolan10 178 Nueces0 179 Ochiltree0 180 Oldham3 181 Orange0 182 Palo Pinto0 183 Panola3 184 Parker0 185 Parmer1 186 Pecos0 187 Polk1 188 Potter0 189 Presidio1 190 Rains2 191 Randall0 192 Real0 193 Reagan0 194 Red River1 195 Reeves1 196 Refugio0 197 Roberts0 198 Robertson4 199 Rockwall0 200 Runnels2 201 Rusk0 202 Sabine0 203 San Augustine2 204 San Jacinto1 205 San Patricio0 206 San Saba0 207 Schleicher1 208 Scurry0 209 Shackelford1 210 Shelby0 211 Sherman8 212 Smith0 213 Somervell1 214 Starr0 215 Stephens0 216 Sterling0 217 Stonewall0 218 Sutton0 219 Swisher70 220 Tarrant8 221 Taylor0 222 Terrell1 223 Terry0 224 Throckmorton0 225 Titus3 226 Tom Green42 227 Travis2 228 Trinity0 229 Tyler1 230 Upshur0 231 Upton0 232 Uvalde1 233 Val Verde1 234 Van Zandt1 235 Victoria0 236 Walker3 237 Waller0 238 Ward2 239 Washington2 240 Webb1 241 Wharton0 242 Wheeler4 243 Wichita0 244 Wilbarger1 245 Willacy

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    26 246 Williamson2 247 Wilson0 248 Winkler3 249 Wise3 250 Wood0 251 Yoakum1 252 Young0 253 Zapata2 254 Zavala3 998 Skipped0 999 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: locateDescription: Community size

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----212 1 Urban435 2 Suburban150 3 Rural3 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: metroDescription: Metropolitan area

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----161 1 Yes, I live in the Houston area.251 2 Yes, I live the Dallas-Fort Worth area80 3 Yes, I live in the San Antonio area77 4 Yes, I live in the Austin area231 5 No, I live in another part of Texas.0 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: childDescription: Children

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----121 1 One108 2 Two36 3 Three13 4 Four or more522 5 None0 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: schoolm_1Description: School - Under 18 Public

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----166 1 Yes634 2 No0 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: schoolm_2Description: School - Under 18 Private

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    17 1 Yes783 2 No0 8 Skipped

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    0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: schoolm_3Description: School - Under 18 Homeschool

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    10 1 Yes790 2 No0 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: schoolm_4Description: School - No children under 18 going to school in Texas

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----603 1 Yes197 2 No0 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: famincDescription: Family income

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    30 1 Less than $10,00056 2 $10,000 - $19,99974 3 $20,000 - $29,99982 4 $30,000 - $39,99967 5 $40,000 - $49,99962 6 $50,000 - $59,99957 7 $60,000 - $69,99962 8 $70,000 - $79,99964 9 $80,000 - $99,99962 10 $100,000 - $119,99936 11 $120,000 - $149,9990 12 $150,000 - $199,9990 13 $200,000 - $249,9990 14 $250,000 - $349,9990 15 $350,000 - $499,9990 16 $500,000 or more49 31 $150,000 or more99 97 Prefer not to say0 98 Skipped0 99 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: religDescription: Religion

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    36 1 Agnostic10 2 Assembly of God35 3 Atheist170 4 Baptist8 5 Buddhist

    148 6 Catholic2 7 Christian Scientist24 8 Church of Christ4 9 Church of God6 10 Disciples of Christ19 11 Episcopal/Anglican0 12 Hindu2 13 Jehovah's Witnesses8 14 Jewish24 15 Lutheran

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    42 16 Methodist13 17 Mormon2 18 Muslim/Islam72 19 Nondenominational Christian3 20 Orthodox/Eastern Orthodox18 21 Pentecostal17 22 Presbyterian23 23 Protestant (non-specific)2 24 Reformed5 25 Unitarian/Universalist0 26 United Church of Christ52 27 Spiritual but not religious40 28 Other11 29 Don't know4 98 Skipped0 99 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: evangDescription: Evangelical

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----303 1 Yes339 2 No0 8 Skipped

    158 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: catholicid_1Description: Catholic Identity - Liberal Catholic

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    34 1 Yes114 2 No0 8 Skipped

    652 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: catholicid_2Description: Catholic Identity - Conservative Catholic

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    26 1 Yes122 2 No0 8 Skipped

    652 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: catholicid_3Description: Catholic Identity - Traditional Catholic

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    55 1 Yes93 2 No0 8 Skipped

    652 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: catholicid_4Description: Catholic Identity - Charismatic Catholic

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    2 1 Yes146 2 No0 8 Skipped

    652 9 Not Asked

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    ================================================================================Name: catholicid_5Description: Catholic Identity - Evangelical Catholic

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    4 1 Yes144 2 No0 8 Skipped

    652 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: catholicid_6Description: Catholic Identity - None of the above

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    33 1 Yes115 2 No0 8 Skipped

    652 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: catholicprimDescription: Primary Catholic ID

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    0 1 Liberal Catholic4 2 Conservative Catholic3 3 Traditional Catholic0 4 Charismatic Catholic0 5 Evangelical Catholic0 8 Skipped

    793 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: charismaticDescription: Charismatic Christian

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----238 1 Yes401 2 No3 8 Skipped

    158 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: socialgospelDescription: Social Justice Christian

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----241 1 Yes398 2 No3 8 Skipped

    158 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: literalDescription: Bible literal

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----262 1 The Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken liter325 2 The Bible is the word of God but not everything in it should165 3 The Bible is a book written by men and is not the word of Go47 4 Don't know.1 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================

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    Name: importDescription: Religion important

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----382 1 Extremely important252 2 Somewhat important72 3 Not very important93 4 Not at all important1 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: attendDescription: Religion participation

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----153 1 More than once a week141 2 Once a week109 3 A few times a month198 4 Once or twice a year198 5 Never1 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: race2Description: Hispanic-Latino grandparent

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    18 1 Yes617 2 No2 3 Don't know3 8 Skipped

    160 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: native1Description: Born in USA

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----143 1 Born in the United States or Puerto Rico16 2 Born in another country1 3 Don't know0 8 Skipped

    640 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: native2Description: Parents place of birth

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    98 1 Both of my parents were born in the United States or Puerto29 2 One of my parents was born in another country16 3 Both of my parents were both in another country0 8 Skipped

    657 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: caliDescription: Move to Texas from California

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----

    75 1 Yes723 2 No2 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

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    ================================================================================Name: homeDescription: Homeowner

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----604 1 Own193 2 Rent3 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: marstatDescription: Marital Status

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----477 1 Married15 2 Separated99 3 Divorced41 4 Widowed131 5 Single36 6 Domestic partnership1 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

    ================================================================================Name: P08Description: Voted 08

    Count Code Label----- ---- -----344 1 Barack Obama363 2 John McCain37 3 Someone else55 4 Did not vote1 8 Skipped0 9 Not Asked

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