Average Feeling Thermometer Rating Toward Vice-Presidential Candidates 1968 -2016
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'68 | '70 | '72 | '74 | '76 | '78 | '80 | '82 | '84 | '86 | '88 | '90 | '92 | '94 | '96 | '98 | '00 | '02 | '04 | '06 | '08 | '10 | '12 | '14 | '16 | |
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Democratic Candidate | 61 | ** | 50 | ** | 53 | ** | 54 | ** | 57 | ** | 53 | ** | 57 | ** | 58 | ** | 56 | ** | 55 | ** | 54 | ** | 47 | ** | 46 |
Republican Candidate | 50 | ** | 54 | ** | 51 | ** | 55 | ** | 55 | ** | 46 | ** | 42 | ** | 56 | ** | 56 | ** | 50 | ** | 53 | ** | 47 | ** | 48 |
Both Candidates | 56 | ** | 52 | ** | 52 | ** | 55 | ** | 56 | ** | 49 | ** | 50 | ** | 57 | ** | 56 | ** | 52 | ** | 53 | ** | 47 | ** | 47 |
Net Pro Dem. - Pro Rep. | 55 | ** | 48 | ** | 51 | ** | 50 | ** | 51 | ** | 54 | ** | 58 | ** | 51 | ** | 50 | ** | 53 | ** | 64 | ** | 50 | ** | 50 |
Table 7A.3.
Source: VCF0425,VCF0427,VCF0414,VCF0415 in the ANES Cumulative Data File dataset,
weighted with VCF0009z
Link to see data by mode (2012, 2016)
Percent among demographic groups who responded:
Democratic Candidate
Republican Candidate
Both Candidates
Net Pro Dem.-Pro Rep.
Note:
This uses the 0-100 thermometer scores. In the final thermometer data,
scores of 97 to 100 are collapsed to 97.
In 1968, DK was scored as 50.
The Net index (Pro Dem. - Pro Rep.) is constructed by subtracting
the Republican vice- presidential candidate thermometer rating from
the Democratic vice-presidential candidate thermometer rating, adding
100 to the difference, and then dividing by 2.
The score for 'Both Candidates' is produced by adding the Republican
and Democratic vice-presidential candidate thermometer ratings and then
dividing the sum by 2.
All results are rounded to the nearest integer
2012 data are for the combined (face-to-face and internet) sample.