VAR CF9116 CHALL HSE CAND-7PT LIBERAL/CONSERV SCALE

VAR CF9116    CHALL HSE CAND-7PT LIBERAL/CONSERV SCALE                        
              COLUMNS 857  - 857                                              
              NUMERIC                                                         
              MD EQ 0 OR GE 8                                                 

        We hear a lot of talk these days about liberals and conservatives.    
        Here is a 7-point scale on which the political views that people might
        hold are arranged from extremely liberal to extremely conservative.   
                                                                              
        Where would you place <challenger> on this scale? (7-POINT SCALE SHOWN
        TO R)                                                                 
                                                                              
        LIBERAL/CONSERVATIVE-- HOUSE CHALLENGER CANDIDATE'S RATING ON 7-POINT 
        SCALE                                                                 
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.                        
                                                                              
        For all years, this var has been built from placements of Democratic  
        and Republican House candidates.  SEE VCF9099, VCF9104.               
                                                                              
        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.                                           
                                                                              
               1.   EXTREMELY LIBERAL                                         
               2.   LIBERAL                                                   
               3.   SLIGHTLY LIBERAL                                          
               4.   MODERATE; MIDDLE OF ROAD                                  
               5.   SLIGHTLY CONSERVATIVE                                     
               6.   CONSERVATIVE                                              
               7.   EXTREMELY CONSERVATIVE                                    
                                                                              
               8.   DK/DON'T RECOGNIZE                                        
               9.   NA; INAP, no post IW (1980); question not used            
               0.   Inap, R self-rating was DK or "Haven't thought much about 
                    it" (see above); no incumbent candidate in district race  
                    (incl. Washington DC); incumbent unopposed                
                                                                              
        1978:  4, 404, 405      1980:  740, 1049,1050    1982:  6,401,402     
        1986:  43, 388, 389     1990:  58,409,410        1994:  843,845       
        1996:  960375,960377    1998:  980407,980409                          
                                                                              
                                                                              
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