VAR CF0978 R KNOW CANDIDATE ALREADY IN HOUSE (2)

VAR CF0978    R KNOW CANDIDATE ALREADY IN HOUSE (2)                           
              COLUMNS 651  - 651                                              
              NUMERIC                                                         
              MD EQ 9

        1958,1964,1966: Do you happen to know if (either/the) candidate is    
        already in Congress?  (IF YES AND 2 MAJOR PARTY CANDIDATES IN         
        DISTRICT:) Which {candidate} was that?                                
                                                                              
        1978 and later:  Do you happen to know if <candidate in district where
        only 1 candidate ran> / either <first candidate in district where 2   
        candidates ran> or <second candidate in district where 2 candidates   
        ran> was already in the U.S. House of Representatives before the      
        election? (IF YES AND 2 MAJOR PARTY CANDIDATES IN DISTRICT:) Which    
        {candidate} was that?                                                 
                                                                              
        IS R CORRECT:  RECALL INCUMBENCY OF RUNNING INCUMBENT(S)/             
        IS R CORRECT:  RECALL NON-INCUMBENCY WHERE NO INCUMBENT IS            
        RUNNING                                                               
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.                        
                                                                              
        SEE VCF0977.                                                          
                                                                              
        If no incumbent was running in R's district and R replied "no" (1     
        major party candidate) or "neither" (2 major party candidates), then 1
        has been coded.                                                       
                                                                              
        If no incumbent was running in R's district and R replied "yes" (1 or 
        2 major party candidates), then 2 has been coded.  If an incumbent was
        running unopposed in R's district and R answered "yes," then 1 has    
        been coded.                                                           
        If an incumbent was running with major party opposition in R's        
        district and R answered "yes," then R has been coded according to     
        whether R correctly identified WHICH candidate was the incumbent.     
                                                                              
        In 1966, 1982 and 1992 [SEE NOTE VCF0978], if R responded that "both" 
        candidates were incumbents but R did not live in one of the districts 
        where two 'incumbents' were actually running, then R's response has   
        been considered 'incorrect'.  If, however, there actually were two    
        'incumbents' in R's congressional district, then an answer of 'both'  
        OR an answer of either of the two incumbents' names has been          
        considered 'correct'.                                                 
                                                                              
        In 1984, 1988,1992, 1996 and 1998, no congressional districts had 2   
        'incumbents' running, although several Rs responded 'both' and have   
        been coded as incorrect.                                              
                                                                              
        NOTE:  978-979 have not been altered as a result of corrections to    
        1978 data for type of House race (see notes VCF0902).                 
                                                                              
               1. CORRECT:  correct incumbency status; correct candidate      
                  [districts w/incumbents running with major party opposition]
               2. INCORRECT:   incorrect incumbency status; incorrect         
                  candidate  [districts w/incumbents running with major party 
                  opposition]                                                 
                                                                              
               9. DK if incumbent; DK which is incumbent; NA if incumbent; NA 
                  which is incumbent; INAP, no major party candidate running; 
                  no post IW (1964, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996); abbrev.    
                  telephone IW 1984); Washington D.C. ; short form (1992);    
                  question not used                                           
                                                                              
        1958:  97              1964:  312             1966:  94               
        1978:  180,181         1980:  913             1982:  172              
        1984:  929,932         1986:  213,216         1988:  709,712          
        1990:  232,235         1992:  5436,5439       1994:  432,435          
        1996:  961068,961070   1998:  980299, 980301                          
                                                                              
                                                                              
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