VAR CF0990 RELATIVE SALIENCE- MAJOR PARTY HSE CANDS
COLUMNS 669 - 671
NUMERIC
MD EQ 999
RELATIVE SALIENCE OF MAJOR PARTY HOUSE CANDIDATES
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USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.
Relative salience of major party House candidates is the sum of
'likes' and 'dislikes' about the Democratic House candidate MINUS the
sum of 'likes' and 'dislikes' about the Republican House candidate:
[VCF0980+VCF0981] - [VCF0984+VCF0985], which is the same as:
VCF0983-VCF0987.
-8. Eight or more Republican mentions, no Democratic mentions
.
0.
.
+8. Eight or more Democratic mentions, no Republican mentions
1978: 160-179 1980: 892-911 1982: 148-167
1984: 908-927 1986: 184-203 1988: 674-697
1990: 198-221 1992: 5401-5424 1994: 401-424
1996: 961044-961067 1998: 980275-980298
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