VCF0738 Party of Registration [1 of 2: Pre-election]

QUESTION:
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Were you registered in this election as being a Republican, a Democrat, 
an Independent or what?

VALID_CODES:
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1. Democratic party
5. Republican party
6. Voters: not required to declare party (VOLUNTEERED);
     voters: not required to register (VOLUNTEERED);
     non-voters: registered, not required to declare party
     (VOLUNTEERED)
7. Independent
8. Other party

MISSING_CODES:
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9. DK; absentee voter; NA; nonvoter who declares
     that voters are not required to register; NA if
     voted; refused to say if voted; DK if registered; NA
     if registered; R voted but stated s/he was not
     registered (Volunteered: 3 cases in 1978, 1 case in
     1980, 5 cases in 1982, 1 case in 1984, 2 cases in
     1986); no Post IW; abbrev. telephone IW (1984)
0. R was not registered
Inap. question not used

NOTES:
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GENERAL NOTE:
This is a post var, asked of voters and of registered non-voters (and
also asked of Rs who did not know if they voted but who stated that
they were registered).
For voter or registered nonvoter who stated that registration did not 
require declaration of party in R's area or if R was a (reported) voter 
who stated that voters were not required to register: 6 has been coded.
Nonvoter Rs who replied that voters were not required to register in 
their area have been coded 9.  Nonvoter Rs who replied "DK" or NA when 
asked if they were registered have also been coded 9. Nonvoter Rs who 
replied that they were registered but, when asked for party of 
registration, replied that voters were not required to register in 
their areas have been coded 9.
If R was a non-voter who first declared registration status but, when 
asked for party registered, replied that R was not registered, 0 has 
been coded.

WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a

TYPE:
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Numeric  Dec 0

SOURCE_VARS:
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1978:  780471,780485  
1980:  800989,801012  
1982:  820502,820520  
1984:  840784,840803  
1986:  860262,860277