VAR CF0998 NUMBER OF DISLIKES - HOUSE CHALLENGER
COLUMNS 681 - 681
NUMERIC
MD EQ 6 OR GE 7
Is there anything in particular that you didn't like about <challenger
to U.S. House incumbent candidate> What is that? Anything else?
SUMMARY: NUMBER OF DISLIKES -- CHALLENGER TO 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: VCF0997-1000 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 negative mentions (dislikes)
1. One negative mention (dislikes)
2. Two negative mentions (dislikes)
3. Three negative mentions (dislikes)
4. Four or more negative mentions (dislikes)
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.) or incumbent not challenged
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: 4,165-169,175-179
1980: 740,187-901,907-911
1982: 6,153-157,163-167
1984: 59,913-927
1986: 43,189-193,199-203
1988: 680-685,692-697
1990: 204-209,216-221
1992: 5407-5412,5419-5424
1994: 407-412,419-424
1996: 961050-961055, VCF0961062-961067
1998: 980281-980286,980293-980298
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