More Information: Year 2000 data shows responses from 355 respondents who participated in the pre-election study (Version 2) and responded to V439 and V519.  Proportion of responses for each ideology category: extremely liberal (2%), liberal (8%), slightly liberal (14%), moderate/middle of the road (37%), slightly conservative (17%), conservative (19%), and extremely conservative (3%). Proportion of responses for Party ID: Democrat (33%), Republican (25%), Independent (29%),  Other, (1%) and No Preference (13%). Year 2004 data shows responses from 903 respondents who participated in the pre-election study  and responded to V3085 and V3114. Proportion of responses for each ideology category: extremely liberal (3%), liberal (12%), slightly liberal (11%), moderate/middle of the road (33%), slightly conservative (16%), conservative (22%), and extremely conservative (4%). Proportion of responses for Party ID: Democrat (30%), Republican (33%), Independent (32%), Other, (1%) and No Preference (4%). (Note: These figures do not include the 'don't know' category which was included in the previous table.)