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VAR CF0993 NUMBER OF LIKES - HOUSE INCUMBENT CAND

VAR CF0993    NUMBER OF LIKES - HOUSE INCUMBENT CAND                          
              COLUMNS 674  - 674                                              
              NUMERIC                                                         
              MD EQ 6 OR GE 7                                                 

        Is there anything in particular that you liked about <U.S. House      
        incumbent candidate>  What is that?  Anything else?                   
                                                                              
        SUMMARY:  NUMBER OF LIKES -- INCUMBENT HOUSE CANDIDATE                
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.                        
                                                                              
        FOR ALL YEARS, THISVAR HAS BEEN BUILT FROM VCF0980,VCF0984.           
        SEE VCF0980,VCF0984.                                                  
                                                                              
        The 1982 dataset included 2 sets of contact 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, the incumbent previously representing another Congressional
        district (i.e., not previously representing the district of R's sample
        location) has been considered the 'challenger' to the running         
        incumbent.  See notes VCF0902 describing congressional districts      
        affected and designation of candidates as "the incumbent" and "the    
        challenger" in these cases.                                           
                                                                              
        Note that for 1992 redistricted LA06 (2 Republican 'incumbents'       
        neither of whom had previously represented the geographic area) this  
        variable has been coded INAP 8.                                       
                                                                              
        NOTE:  VCF0993-996 have not been altered as a result of corrections to
        1978 data for type of House race (see notes VCF0902).                 
                                                                              
        Four possible mentions were coded in all original NES datasets except 
        1988 and later, which coded 5.                                        
                                                                              
            0.   Zero positive mentions (likes)                               
            1.   One positive mention (likes)                                 
            2.   Two positive mentions (likes)                                
            3.   Three positive mentions (likes)                              
            4.   Four or more positive mentions (likes)                       
                                                                              
            6.   "I don't know anything about this candidate" (VOLUNTEERED)   
            7.   DK if liked anything about candidate; liked something        
                 about candidate but DK what                                  
            8.   No running incumbent candidate in R's district (includes     
                 Washington D.C.)                                             
            9.   NA if liked anything about candidate; liked something about  
                 candidate but NA what; INAP, no post IW (1980, 1984, 1988,   
                 1992, 1996); abbrev. telephone IW (1984); short form (1992); 
                 question not used                                            
                                                                              
        1978:  4,160-164,170-174                                              
        1980:  740,892-896,902-906                                            
        1982:  6,148-152,158-162                                              
        1984:  59,908-912,918-922                                             
        1986:  43,184-188,194-198                                             
        1988:  674-679,686-691                                                
        1990:  198-203,210-215                                                
        1992:  5401-5406,5413-5418                                            
        1994:  401-406,413-418                                                
        1996:  961044-961049,961056-961061                                    
        1998:  980275-980280,980287-980292                                    
                                                                              
                                                                              
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Walter Mebane
Mon Nov 12 02:55:58 EST 2001