In the 1992 Senate Election Study, respondents were first asked their own opinion on the Gulf War vote, then how their Senators voted, then their opinions on the Thomas vote, and how their Senators voted. Note that the NES supplied the ``no opinion'' option explicitly for the Gulf War item but did not do so for the Thomas item.
Now, turning to the troubles in the Middle East...before the war in
the Persian Gulf started, Congress debated whether to continue
economic sanctions or to give President Bush the authority to use
military force to get Iraq out of Kuwait. At that time, were you for
continuing to rely on sacntions, or were you in favor of authorizing
the President to use military force, or didn't you have an opnion on
this?
Do you remember how {\bf Sentor Name}voted on the use of
force in the Persian Gulf?
(IF YES) Did ({\bf he/she}) vote for or against the use of force?
(IF NO) would you guess that ({\bf he/she}) probably voted for
or against the use of force?
Now, thinking for a moment about the nomination of Clarence Thomas to
the Supreme Court last year. Following the committee hearings, the
full Senate voted whether or not to make Clarence Thomas a Justice on
the United States Superme Court. At that time, were you for or
against making Thomas a Supreme Court Justice?
Do you remember how {\bf Senator Name} voted on Thomas nomination?
(IF YES) Did ({\bf he/she}) vote for or against Thomas?
(IF NO) would you guess that ({\bf he/she}) probably voted for
or against Thomas?
Table: Descriptive Statistics for Constituent Knowledge of
Persian Gulf War Resolution and Clarence Thomas Votes in the Senate
Table: Accuracy of Vote Recall and Vote Guess for
Persian Gulf War Resolution and Clarence Thomas Votes in the Senate
Table: Probit Models of Constituent Knowledge
Table: Probit Models of Accuracy in Recalling
Table: Probit Models of Accuracy in Guessing