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VCF0402 Dislikes Number of Mentions: Democratic Presidential Cand

QUESTION:
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Is there anything in particular about [Democratic presidential
candidate] that might make you want to vote against him?
What is that?  Anything else?

VALID_CODES:
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0.  Zero negative mentions (dislikes)
1.  One negative mention (dislikes)
2.  Two negative mentions (dislikes)
3.  Three negative mentions (dislikes)
4.  Four negative mentions (dislikes)
5.  Five negative mentions (dislikes)

MISSING_CODES:
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9.  No Pre IW; form II (1972); abbrev. IW form
    (1980)
Inap. question not used

NOTES:
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GENERAL NOTE:
Five possible mentions were coded in all original ANES datasets.
MD category 9 comprises cases of systematic question exclusion,
i.e., when a question was not present within a form or wave.  
Rs who responded "no" to "Is there anything in particular that 
you don't like about [Democratic Presidential candidate]?" have 
been coded here as 0 mentions; Rs coded DK or NA in response 
have also been coded here as 0 mentions.  In addition, Rs who 
responded "yes" BUT who provided no mentions (DK or NA in first 
mention) have been coded 0. Democratic Presidential Candidates: 
Stevenson 1952,1956; Kennedy 1960; Johnson 1964; Humphrey 1968; 
McGovern 1972; Carter 1976,1980; Mondale 1984; Dukakis 1988;
Clinton 1992, 1996; Gore 2000. 
1996 NOTE:
The order in which the set of likes/dislikes questions was administered 
for the 2 major parties was randomized ('likes' always preceding 
dislikes).
2000 NOTE:
see 1996 note.
2004 NOTE:
see 1996 note.

WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a

TYPE:
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Numeric  Dec 0

SOURCE_VARS:
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1952:  520028  
1956:  560020  
1960:  600025  
1964:  640026  
1968:  680033  
1972:  720041
1976:  763118,763119,763120,763121,763122  
1980:  800108,800109,800110,800111,800112 
1984:  840100,840101,840102,840103,840104
1988:  880122,880123,880124,880125,880126 
1992:  923128,923129,923130,923131,923132  
1996:  960212,960213,960214,960215,960216
2000:  000312,000313,000314,000315,000316
2004:  043013


Walter Mebane 2005-11-03