Future Performance as President - Donald Trump (February 2016)

Future Performance as President - Donald Trump (February 2016)

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    Respondents were asked, "For each of the following presidential candidates, please tell us whether you think that they would be a great, good, average, poor or terrible president."

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categorycolumn-1
Great president11%
Good president14%
Average president13%
Poor president12%
Terrible president45%
Don't know5%
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    Respondents were asked, "For each of the following presidential candidates, please tell us whether you think that they would be a great, good, average, poor or terrible president."
    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.
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categoryDemocratIndependentRepublican
Great president3%16%18%
Good president5%13%24%
Average president9%11%17%
Poor president12%13%13%
Terrible president67%41%22%
Don't know3%6%6%
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    Respondents were asked, "For each of the following presidential candidates, please tell us whether you think that they would be a great, good, average, poor or terrible president."
    Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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categoryLean RepublicanNot very strong RepublicanStrong Republican
Great president12%18%22%
Good president24%22%24%
Average president18%18%16%
Poor president21%5%13%
Terrible president18%27%22%
Don't know6%10%3%
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    Respondents were asked, "For each of the following presidential candidates, please tell us whether you think that they would be a great, good, average, poor or terrible president."
    Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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categoryLean DemocratNot very strong DemocratStrong Democrat
Great president1%4%3%
Good president8%7%3%
Average president6%17%6%
Poor president9%13%12%
Terrible president72%57%72%
Don't know3%3%4%
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    Respondents were asked, "For each of the following presidential candidates, please tell us whether you think that they would be a great, good, average, poor or terrible president."
    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.
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categoryLiberalsModeratesConservatives
Great president4%8%17%
Good president5%7%23%
Average president5%12%17%
Poor president9%12%14%
Terrible president74%56%24%
Don't know3%6%5%
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    Respondents were asked, "For each of the following presidential candidates, please tell us whether you think that they would be a great, good, average, poor or terrible president."
    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.
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categoryLeaning conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
Great president17%15%22%
Good president16%27%25%
Average president14%18%16%
Poor president9%17%14%
Terrible president38%18%20%
Don't know6%5%3%
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    Respondents were asked, "For each of the following presidential candidates, please tell us whether you think that they would be a great, good, average, poor or terrible president."
    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.
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categoryLeaning liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
Great president9%1%4%
Good president10%5%1%
Average president6%6%2%
Poor president11%10%5%
Terrible president62%77%85%
Don't know3%2%4%
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    Respondents were asked, "For each of the following presidential candidates, please tell us whether you think that they would be a great, good, average, poor or terrible president."
    Tea Party identification is based on the following question, also asked in the survey: "Suppose the Tea Party movement organized itself as a political party. When thinking about the next election for Congress, would you vote for the Republican candidate from your district, the Democratic candidate from your district, or the Tea Party candidate from your district?" Those who responded "Republican candidate" are considered Republicans (non-Tea Party movement) and those who responded "Tea Party candidate" are considered Tea Party Republicans.
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categoryDemocratRepublicanTea Party
Great president2%21%22%
Good president4%19%28%
Average president10%16%18%
Poor president11%9%17%
Terrible president70%31%14%
Don't know3%5%2%
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    Respondents were asked, "For each of the following presidential candidates, please tell us whether you think that they would be a great, good, average, poor or terrible president."
    Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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categoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Great president14%3%9%
Good president17%7%9%
Average president15%12%8%
Poor president12%10%10%
Terrible president35%65%62%
Don't know6%3%2%
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    Respondents were asked, "For each of the following presidential candidates, please tell us whether you think that they would be a great, good, average, poor or terrible president."
    Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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categoryMaleFemale
Great president11%11%
Good president17%11%
Average president14%12%
Poor president14%11%
Terrible president41%49%
Don't know3%6%
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    Respondents were asked, "For each of the following presidential candidates, please tell us whether you think that they would be a great, good, average, poor or terrible president."
    Community is based on the following question, "Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?"
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categoryUrbanSuburbanRural
Great president11%10%15%
Good president9%15%17%
Average president13%13%13%
Poor president9%13%14%
Terrible president54%44%35%
Don't know4%5%6%
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    Respondents were asked, "For each of the following presidential candidates, please tell us whether you think that they would be a great, good, average, poor or terrible president."
    Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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category18-2930-4445-6465+
Great president3%11%13%15%
Good president13%10%16%17%
Average president7%13%16%10%
Poor president12%12%13%12%
Terrible president62%50%37%40%
Don't know3%5%5%6%
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    Respondents were asked, "For each of the following presidential candidates, please tell us whether you think that they would be a great, good, average, poor or terrible president."
    Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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categoryNo high schoolHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Great president20%11%10%17%8%7%
Good president4%15%14%17%19%6%
Average president15%12%11%11%17%9%
Poor president22%12%13%7%10%10%
Terrible president35%45%48%44%41%62%
Don't know4%5%4%5%5%6%
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    Respondents were asked, "For each of the following presidential candidates, please tell us whether you think that they would be a great, good, average, poor or terrible president." Fundamentalism is calculated according to the LITERAL variable.
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categoryThe Bible is the word of God, to be taken literallyThe Bible is the word of God, not to be taken literallyThe Bible is a book written by men
Great president15%11%5%
Good president17%15%8%
Average president13%15%9%
Poor president13%13%10%
Terrible president38%41%65%
Don't know3%4%3%
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    Respondents were asked, "For each of the following presidential candidates, please tell us whether you think that they would be a great, good, average, poor or terrible president." Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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categoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Great president13%10%6%10%
Good president14%17%8%12%
Average president14%14%11%8%
Poor president12%10%18%13%
Terrible president42%44%54%54%
Don't know6%5%3%3%

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