Democratic Senatorial Primary Vote Choice (February 2014)

• More Likely voters who indicated that they will be voting in the Democratic Primary election were asked, "If the 2014 Democratic primary election for senator were held today, which of the following candidates would you vote for?" Likely voters are those respondents who consider themselves to be "extremely interested" or "somewhat interested" in politics and public affairs and vote in "every election" or " almost every election."
• More Likely voters who indicated that they will be voting in the Democratic Primary election were asked, "If the 2014 Democratic primary election for senator were held today, which of the following candidates would you vote for?" Likely voters are those respondents who consider themselves to be "extremely interested" or "somewhat interested" in politics and public affairs and vote in "every election" or " almost every election." Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
• More Likely voters who indicated that they will be voting in the Democratic Primary election were asked, "If the 2014 Democratic primary election for senator were held today, which of the following candidates would you vote for?" Likely voters are those respondents who consider themselves to be "extremely interested" or "somewhat interested" in politics and public affairs and vote in "every election" or " almost every election." Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
• More Likely voters who indicated that they will be voting in the Democratic Primary election were asked, "If the 2014 Democratic primary election for senator were held today, which of the following candidates would you vote for?" Likely voters are those respondents who consider themselves to be "extremely interested" or "somewhat interested" in politics and public affairs and vote in "every election" or " almost every election." The ideology measure is based on respondent self-placement in response to the following question: "On a scale from 1 to 7, where 1 is extremely liberal, 7 is extremely conservative, and 4 is exactly in the middle, where would you place yourself?" The placements are further classified such that 1 is extremely liberal, 2 is very liberal, 3 is somewhat liberal, 4 is moderate, 5 is somewhat conservative, 6 is very conservative, and 7 is extremely conservative.
• More Likely voters who indicated that they will be voting in the Democratic Primary election were asked, "If the 2014 Democratic primary election for senator were held today, which of the following candidates would you vote for?" Likely voters are those respondents who consider themselves to be "extremely interested" or "somewhat interested" in politics and public affairs and vote in "every election" or " almost every election." Race is calculated according to the RACE1 variable.
• More Likely voters who indicated that they will be voting in the Democratic Primary election were asked, "If the 2014 Democratic primary election for senator were held today, which of the following candidates would you vote for?" Likely voters are those respondents who consider themselves to be "extremely interested" or "somewhat interested" in politics and public affairs and vote in "every election" or " almost every election." Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
• More Likely voters who indicated that they will be voting in the Democratic Primary election were asked, "If the 2014 Democratic primary election for senator were held today, which of the following candidates would you vote for?" Likely voters are those respondents who consider themselves to be "extremely interested" or "somewhat interested" in politics and public affairs and vote in "every election" or " almost every election." Community is based on the following question, " Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?"