VAR CF0405 NUMBER OF LIKES -REPUB HOUSE CANDIDATE

VAR CF0405    NUMBER OF LIKES -REPUB HOUSE CANDIDATE                          
              COLUMNS 316  - 316                                              
              NUMERIC                                                         
              MD EQ 9

        Now I'd like to ask you about the good and bad points of the two      
        (1996: the major) candidates for President.                           
                                                                              
        Is there anything in particular about <Republican presidential        
        candidate> that might make you want to vote for him?  What is that?   
        Anything else?                                                        
                                                                              
        SUMMARY:  NUMBER OF LIKES -- REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE        
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.                        
                                                                              
        Five possible mentions were coded in all original NES datasets.       
                                                                              
        MD category 9 comprises cases of systematic question exclusion, i.e., 
        when a question was not present within a form (1972) or within a wave 
        (1952,1960), or if a question was omitted entirely that year          
        (1954,1958,1962, 1966,1970,1974,1978,1982,1986).                      
                                                                              
        Rs who responded "no" to "Is there anything in particular that you    
        like about the Republican presidential candidate?" have been coded    
        here as 0 mentions; Rs coded DK or NA in response to the same question
        have also been coded here as 0 mentions.  In addition, Rs who         
        responded "yes" to "Is there anything in particular that you          
        like about the Republican presidential candidate?" BUT who provided no
        mentions (DK or NA in first mention) have been coded 0 here.          
                                                                              
        This variable refers to Eisenhower for 1952 and 1956, Nixon for 1960, 
        1968 and 1972, Goldwater for 1964, Ford for 1976, Reagan for 1980 and 
        1984, Bush for 1988 and 1992, and Dole for 1996.                      
                                                                              
        In 1996, randomization occurred for the order in which the 3 major    
        Presidential candidate names were administered for the set of         
        'likes/dislikes' questions; note that for each candidate 'likes'      
        preceded 'dislikes,' and both 'likes' and 'dislikes' questions were   
        administered for one candidate before questions concerning the next   
        candidate were begun.                                                 
                                                                              
               0.  Zero positive mentions (likes)                             
               1.  One positive mention (likes)                               
               2.  Two positive mentions (likes)                              
               3.  Three positive mentions (likes)                            
               4.  Four positive mentions (likes)                             
               5.  Five positive mentions (likes)                             
                                                                              
               9.  INAP, No pre IW (1952,1960); form II (1972); abbreviated IW
                   form (1980); question not used (1948 and non-presidential  
                   years)                                                     
                                                                              
        1952:  29            1956:  21           1960:  26                    
        1964:  27            1968:  34           1972:  43                    
        1976:  3124-3128     1980:  78-82        1984:  82-86                 
        1988:  104-108       1992:  3110-3114    1996:  960218-960222         
                                                                              
                                                                              
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