GSS2008* Are you employed by the federal, state, or local government or by a private employer (WRKGOVT)?

1  Government, 2  Private. Estimate with 90% confidence the number of Americans who work for the government.

Political Questions PARTYID: Generally speaking, do you think of yourself as a Republican, Democrat, Independent, or what? 0  Strong Democrat, 1  Not strong Democrat, 2  Independent near Democrat, 3  Independent, 4  Independent near Republican, 5  Not strong Republican, 6  Strong Republican, 7  Other party.

For the following questions, 0 and 1 represent respondents who identify themselves as Democrats; 2, 3, and 4 represent independents;

and 5 and 6 represent Republicans.