VAR CF9024 STRENGTH - HOUSE VOTE PREFERENCE
COLUMNS 746 - 746
NUMERIC
MD EQ 0 OR GE 8
(ASKED OF Rs WHO VOTED): Here is a list of candidates for the major
races in this district. How about the election for the House of
Representative in Washington? Did you vote for a candidate for the
U.S. House of Representatives? (IF YES:) Who did you vote for?
Would you say that your preference for this candidate was strong or
not strong?
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USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.
THISVAR IS A FOLLOWUP TO VCF0707,735,736.
In the original 1984 and 1988 datasets only, Rs who refused to
identify /DK who they voted for had valid codes in this variable,
which are retained. In the original 1980, 1984, 1988 and 1990
datasets only, Rs coded NA for House vote had valid codes in this
variable, which are retained.
In 1984, 3 cases in the original dataset which were abbreviated
telephone IWs were placed in the wrong MD code (0). They are
correctly coded here (9).
1. STRONG
5. NOT STRONG
8. DK
9. NA; INAP, no post IW (1980,1984,1988,1992); abbrev.
telephone IW (1984); short form (1992); question not used
0. R did not vote or DK/NA/refused to say if voted; R voted but
did not vote (or DK/NA/refused to say if voted) for House
candidate; R voted for House but DK/refused to say who voted
for (not 1984,1988); R voted for House but NA who voted for
(not 1980-1990); special districts with no House race in
1978 (1978, 4 districts: LA03, LA07, FL08, FL10); special
districts with no House race in 1980 (1980, 2 districts:
LA03, LA07)
1978: 475 1980: 999 1984: 794
1988: 769 1990: 290 1992: 5624
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