Respondents were asked, "If the 202 primary elections for President were held today, would you vote in the Republican primary, the Democratic primary, or wouldn't you vote in either primary?"
2020 Presidential Primary Choice (October 2019)
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MoreRespondents were asked, "If the 202 primary elections for President were held today, would you vote in the Republican primary, the Democratic primary, or wouldn't you vote in either primary?"
Measurement of Party ID for this figure is based on two questions. First, respondents were asked whether they consider themselves to be a Democrats, Republicans, independents, other, or not sure. Those who responded that they are independents or "other" were then asked if they lean toward either the Democrats or Republicans. If they indicated that they lean toward one party or the other, they are considered Democrats or Republicans for the purposes of this figure. Only "pure" independents or members of a third party who indicate that they have no preference for Democrats vis-a-vis Republicans are considered independents . Respondents who answered that they are "not sure" for either of the two aforementioned questions are not incorporated into this figure.
2020 Presidential Primary Choice (October 2019)
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The chart has 1 Y axis displaying Percentage. Data ranges from 3 to 89.
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MoreRespondents were asked, "If the 202 primary elections for President were held today, would you vote in the Republican primary, the Democratic primary, or wouldn't you vote in either primary?"
Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
2020 Presidential Primary Choice (October 2019)
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The chart has 1 Y axis displaying Percentage. Data ranges from 0 to 95.
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MoreRespondents were asked, "If the 202 primary elections for President were held today, would you vote in the Republican primary, the Democratic primary, or wouldn't you vote in either primary?"
Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
2020 Presidential Primary Choice (October 2019)
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The chart has 1 Y axis displaying Percentage. Data ranges from 2 to 89.
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MoreRespondents were asked, "If the 202 primary elections for President were held today, would you vote in the Republican primary, the Democratic primary, or wouldn't you vote in either primary?"
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.
2020 Presidential Primary Choice (October 2019)
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The chart has 1 Y axis displaying Percentage. Data ranges from 4 to 78.
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MoreRespondents were asked, "If the 202 primary elections for President were held today, would you vote in the Republican primary, the Democratic primary, or wouldn't you vote in either primary?"
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.
2020 Presidential Primary Choice (October 2019)
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The chart has 1 X axis displaying categories.
The chart has 1 Y axis displaying Percentage. Data ranges from 0 to 85.
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MoreRespondents were asked, "If the 202 primary elections for President were held today, would you vote in the Republican primary, the Democratic primary, or wouldn't you vote in either primary?"
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.
2020 Presidential Primary Choice (October 2019)
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The chart has 1 Y axis displaying Percentage. Data ranges from 5 to 72.
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MoreRespondents were asked, "If the 202 primary elections for President were held today, would you vote in the Republican primary, the Democratic primary, or wouldn't you vote in either primary?"
Race is calculated according to the race variable.
2020 Presidential Primary Choice (October 2019)
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The chart has 1 Y axis displaying Percentage. Data ranges from 6 to 76.
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MoreRespondents were asked, "If the 202 primary elections for President were held today, would you vote in the Republican primary, the Democratic primary, or wouldn't you vote in either primary?"
Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
2020 Presidential Primary Choice (October 2019)
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The chart has 1 Y axis displaying Percentage. Data ranges from 6 to 48.
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MoreRespondents were asked, "If the 202 primary elections for President were held today, would you vote in the Republican primary, the Democratic primary, or wouldn't you vote in either primary?"
Community is based on the following question, " Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?"
2020 Presidential Primary Choice (October 2019)
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The chart has 1 Y axis displaying Percentage. Data ranges from 6 to 60.
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MoreRespondents were asked, "If the 202 primary elections for President were held today, would you vote in the Republican primary, the Democratic primary, or wouldn't you vote in either primary?"
Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
2020 Presidential Primary Choice (October 2019)
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The chart has 1 Y axis displaying Percentage. Data ranges from 3 to 52.
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MoreRespondents were asked, "If the 202 primary elections for President were held today, would you vote in the Republican primary, the Democratic primary, or wouldn't you vote in either primary?"
Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
2020 Presidential Primary Choice (October 2019)
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The chart has 1 Y axis displaying Percentage. Data ranges from 3 to 55.
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MoreRespondents were asked, "If the 202 primary elections for President were held today, would you vote in the Republican primary, the Democratic primary, or wouldn't you vote in either primary?" Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
2020 Presidential Primary Choice (October 2019)
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The chart has 1 Y axis displaying Percentage. Data ranges from 6 to 60.
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MoreRespondents were asked, "If the 202 primary elections for President were held today, would you vote in the Republican primary, the Democratic primary, or wouldn't you vote in either primary?" Fundamentalism is calculated according to the LITERAL variable.
2020 Presidential Primary Choice (October 2019)
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