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VAR CF1011 PARTISAN HOUSE VOTE FOR OWN PARTY
COLUMNS 704 - 704
NUMERIC
MD EQ 0 OR GE 9
1968,1970: How about the vote for Congressman. Did you vote for a
candidate for Congress? (IF YES:) Who did you vote for? Which party
was that?
1972: How about the election for Congressman--that is, for the House
of Representatives in Washington? Which party's candidate did you
vote for for Congressman?
1974,1976: How about the election for Congressman--that is, for the
House of Representatives in Washington? Did you vote for a candidate
for Congress? Whom did you vote for? Which party was that?
1978 and later: Here is a list of candidates for the major races in
this district. How about the election for the House of
Representatives in Washington. Did you vote for a candidate for the
U.S. House of Representatives? Who did you vote for? (BALLOT CARD
SHOWN TO R)
DID R VOTE FOR OWN MAJOR PARTY'S CANDIDATE?
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USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.
R has been considered a "Democrat" if s/he was coded 'strong
Democrat,' 'weak Democrat,' or Democratic leaner in VCF0301; the
respondent has been considered a "Republican" if s/he was coded
'strong Republican,' 'weak Republican,' or Republican leaner in
VCF0301. In 1978 and later, R selected name from ballot card. When
R gave a name not on the candidate list, MD was coded, and party of
vote was undetermined.
In 1970-1976, every House candidate in U.S. congressional elections
was assigned a unique candidate number. Rs who reported their House
vote were coded into two variables, the first of which recorded the
candidate number of the named candidate, if the name was correctly
given. If the name mentioned by the respondent was not on the
complete list of candidates and candidate numbers, then the response
was simply coded as 'incorrect.' The respondent was then asked for
the party of the candidate which s/he named. VCF1011-1013 WERE BUILT
FOR 1970-1976 USING THE SECOND, OR "PARTY OF VOTE," VARIABLE (even in
cases where the party given by R was not appropriate for a correctly
rendered candidate name). [NOTE: if name given in 1970-1976 was
'incorrect' or DK/NA, "party of vote" variable was still used unless
missing data: if "party of vote" was missing data and name was
'incorrect' or DK/NA, vote in VCF1011-1013 has been coded 9.] Note
that VCF0707, VCF0736 vote vars were also created from this "party of
vote" variable for 1970-1976, but the vote data present in
VCF1011-1013 differ slightly from that in VCF0707 and VCF0736 in
1970-1976 for the following cases: if R correctly gave the name
of a candidate who was on the complete list of candidates and
candidate numbers BUT did not provide any party designation (DK or
NA) in the followup 'party of vote' var, then the party of the
candidate correctly named in the first recall (name) var was
ascertained and incorporated into VCF1011-1013. This procedure was
not undertaken for 1970-1976 in vars VCF0707 and VCF0736, which retain
these cases as missing data.
In the 1968 NES dataset, R's response to the House vote question was
coded into a single summary variable which provided categories to
establish whether R provided a correct or incorrect Democratic House
candidate name, a correct or incorrect Republican House candidate
name, a party mention only, or a minor party/write-in/unidentifiable
candidate name. This 1968 variable was accompanied by the following
note: "When R's mention of candidate name and party were
inconsistent, the response was coded as if party were the dominant
element. Example: R mentioned 'Burke, a Democrat' but Burke was a
Republican. Response was coded 'incorrect Republican candidate.'"
For VCF1011-1013, party of R's 1968 House vote was taken from this
Note that, because no ballot card was used, for 1968-1976 the party
for which R claimed to have voted in the House election is represented
in VCF1011-1013 even for so-called 'impossible' cases: i.e., when R
declares s/he voted for a Democrat when s/he lives in a Congressional
district in which only a Republican incumbent ran in the House
election. In such a case, VCF1011-1013 would have been coded as if R
did indeed vote for a Democrat: if R were a Democrat, then VCF1011
would have been coded 1 in this case; if R were a Republican, then
VCF1011 would have been coded 2. Using the same example, VCF1012
would have been coded 2 (not 9) and VCF1013 would have been coded 2.
1. R'S VOTE: for major party candidate from party same as R's
partisanship
2. R'S VOTE: for major party candidate from party different
than R's partisanship
9. R did not vote or DK/NA if voted; R voted but not (or DK/NA
if) in House race; DK/NA who voted for;R has no major party
partisanship; R voted for candidate whose name was not on
candidate list (1978-1988)or for third party candidate (all
1968: 120,323 1970: 184,215 1972: 140,485
1974: 2204,2322 1976: 3174,3673 1978: 433,474
1980: 266,998 1982: 291,506 1984: 318,792
1986: 267,300 1988: 274,768 1990: 289,320
1992: 3634,5623 1994: 655,614 1996: 961089
1998: 980313
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Walter Mebane
Mon Nov 12 02:55:58 EST 2001