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VAR CF0909 CHALLENGER HOUSE CANDIDATE THERMOMETER

VAR CF0909    CHALLENGER HOUSE CANDIDATE THERMOMETER                          
              COLUMNS 575  - 577                                              
              NUMERIC                                                         
              MD EQ 990 OR GE 997                                             

        CHALLENGER TO RUNNING HOUSE INCUMBENT -- Feeling Thermometer          
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.                        
                                                                              
        SEE VCF0906.                                                          
                                                                              
        The 1982 dataset included 2 thermometer vars for 2 running incumbents,
        due to redistricting in two congressional districts (19 cases         
        affected).  For this year, the incumbent who represented R's sampling 
        location BEFORE the 1982 redistricting has been considered R's        
        'incumbent' for Cumulative Data File definition.  The other candidate 
        (incumbent previously not representing R's sample location) was       
        considered the 'challenger' to the running incumbent.                 
                                                                              
        Name of challenging candidate from election held during year of IW was
        given.                                                                
                                                                              
        Note that for 1992 redistricted LA06 (2 Republican 'incumbents'       
        neither of whom had previously represented the geographic area) this  
        variable has been coded 990.                                          
                                                                              
        NOTE:  906-909 have not been altered as a result of corrections to    
        1978 data for type of House race (see notes VCF0902).                 
                                                                              
               0 -100.   Degrees as given                                     
                                                                              
               990. incumbent is unopposed or not running                     
               997. R doesn't recognize name                                  
               998. DK where to rate; can't judge                             
               999. NA; refused; INAP, no post IW (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992);   
                    abbreviated telephone IW (1984); Washington D.C. ;        
                    short form IW (1992); question not used                   
                                                                              
        1978:  782008           1980:  800855,800856  1982:  820132,820133    
        1984:  840753,840754    1986:  860136,860137  1988:  880601,880602    
        1990:  900145,900146    1992:  925311,925312  1994:  940238,940239    
        1996:  960278,960279    1998:  980239,980240                          
                                                                              
                                                                              
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Walter Mebane
Mon Nov 12 02:55:58 EST 2001