ANES 2020 Codebook

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ANES 2020 Codebook approve_pres_eco Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling the economy? -9. Refused - 8. Don’t know -1. Inapplicable 1. Approve 2. Disapprove approve_pres_foreign Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling relations with foreign countries? -9. Refused - 8. Don’t know 1. Approve 2. Disapprove approve_pres_health Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling health care? -9. Refused - 8. Don’t know 1. Approve 2. Disapprove approve_pres_immigration Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling immigration? -9. Refused - 8. Don’t know 1. Approve 2. Disapprove approve_pres_covid Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump has handled the coronavirus, or COVID-19, pandemic? -9. Refused - 8. Don’t know 1. Approve 2. Disapprove approve_localgov_covid Do you approve or disapprove of the way your local government, for example, municipal and county government, has handled the COVID-19 pandemic? -9. Refused

- 8. Don’t know 1. Approve 2. Disapprove approve_governor_covid Do you approve or disapprove of the way [Governor of respondent’s preloaded state] has handled the COVID-19 pandemic? -9. Refused - 8. Don’t know 1. Approve 2. Disapprove feeling_biden How would you rate the Democratic presidential candidate: Joe Biden -9. Refused -4. Technical error 998. Don’t know (don’t know where to rate) feeling_trump How would you rate the Republican presidential candidate: Donald Trump -9. Refused feeling_dem How would you rate: the Democratic Party -9. Refused 998. Don’t know (don’t know where to rate) feeling_rep How would you rate: the Republican Party -9. Refused 998. Don’t know (don’t know where to rate) close_race Do you think the Presidential race will be close or will [Joe Biden / Donald Trump / one candidate] win by quite a bit? -9. Refused - 8. Don’t know -1. Inapplicable 1. Will be close 2. Win by quite a bit party_id -9. Refused - 8. Don’t know

1. Strong Democrat 2. Not very strong Democrat 3. Independent-Democrat 4. Independent 5. Independent-Republican 6. Not very strong Republican 7. Strong Republican trust_gov How often can you trust the federal government in Washington to do what is right? -9. Refused - 8. Don’t know 1. Always 2. Most of the time 3. About half the time 4. Some of the time 5. Never gov_interest Would you say the government is pretty much run by a few big interests looking out for themselves or that it is run for the benefit of all the people? -9. Refused - 8. Don’t know 1. Run by a few big interests 2. For the benefit of all the people waste_tax Do you think that people in government waste a lot of the money we pay in taxes, waste some of it, or don’t waste very much of it? -9. Refused - 8. Don’t know 1. Waste a lot 2. Waste some 3. Don’t waste very much gov_corrupt How many of the people running the government are corrupt? -9. Refused - 8. Don’t know 1. All 2. Most 3. About half 4. A few 5. None

gov_pay_attention How much do you feel that having elections makes the government pay attention to what the people think? -9. Refused - 8. Don’t know 1. A good deal 2. Some 3. Not much interpersonal_trust Generally speaking, how often can you trust other people? -9. Refused - 8. Don’t know 1. Always 2. Most of the time 3. About half the time 4. Some of the time 5. Never better_party_eco Which party do you think would do a better job of handling the nation’s economy? -9. Refused - 8. Don’t know 1. Democrats would do a much better job 2. Democrats would do a somewhat better job 3. Not much difference between them 4. Republicans would do a somewhat better job 5. Republicans would do a much better job better_party_env Which party do you think would do a better job of handling the environment? -9. Refused - 8. Don’t know 1. Democrats would do a much better job 2. Democrats would do a somewhat better job 3. Not much difference between them 4. Republicans would do a somewhat better job 5. Republicans would do a much better job better_party_covid Which party do you think would do a better job of handling the COVID-19 pandemic? -9. Refused - 8. Don’t know

1. Democrats would do a much better job 2. Democrats would do a somewhat better job 3. Not much difference between them 4. Republicans would do a somewhat better job 5. Republicans would do a much better job budget_security What about Social Security? Should federal spending on Social Security be increased, decreased, or kept the same? -9. Refused -8. Don’t know 1. Increased 2. Decreased 3. Kept the same budget_schools What about public schools? Should federal spending on public schools be increased, decreased, or kept the same? -9. Refused - 8. Don’t know 1. Increased 2. Decreased 3. Kept the same budget_border What about tightening border security to prevent illegal immigration?Should federal spending on tightening border security to prevent illegal immigration be increased, decreased, or kept the same? -9. Refused - 8. Don’t know 1. Increased 2. Decreased 3. Kept the same budget_crime What about dealing with crime? Should federal spending on dealing with crime be increased, decreased, or kept the same? -9. Refused - 8. Don’t know 1. Increased 2. Decreased 3. Kept the same budget_environment

What about protecting the environment? Should federal spending on protecting the environment be increased, decreased, or kept the same? -9. Refused - 8. Don’t know 1. Increased 2. Decreased 3. Kept the same economy_better Now thinking about the economy in the country as a whole, would you say that over the past year the nation’s economy has gotten better, stayed about the same, or gotten worse? -9. Refused - 8. Don’t know 1. Gotten better 2. Stayed about the same 3. Gotten worse death_penalty Do you favor or oppose the death penalty for persons convicted of murder? -9. Refused - 8. Don’t know 1. Favor 2. Oppose gay_marriage Which comes closest to your view? You can just tell me the number of your choice. -9. Refused - 8. Don’t know 1. Gay and lesbian couples should be allowed to legally marry 2. Gay and lesbian couples should be allowed to form civil unions but not legally marry 3. There should be no legal recognition of gay or lesbian couples’ relationship religion Now on another topic: How important is religion in your life? -9. Refused - 8. Don’t know 1. Extremely important 2. Very important 3. Moderately important 4. A little important 5. Not important at all age -9. Refused

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