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QUESTION:
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Was there anything in particular that you liked about {NAME}, the
Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives?
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 or more negative mentions (dislikes)
MISSING_CODES:
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6. "I don't know anything about this candidate"
(Volunteered)
7. DK if liked anything about candidate; liked
something about candidate but DK what
8. No Democratic candidate in R's district (includes
Washington D.C.)
9. NA if liked anything about candidate; liked
something about candidate but NA what; no Post
IW; abbrev. telephone IW (1984); short form (1992);
district NA (2000); district misidentified (2000)
Inap. question not used
NOTES:
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GENERAL NOTE:
Four possible mentions were coded in all original study datasets except
1988 and later, which coded 5.
Rs who responded "no" to "Is there anything in particular that you
liked about the US House Democratic candidate?" have been coded here
as 0 mentions. "DK" responses to this question and "I don't know
anything about this candidate" responses have been maintained as MD
codes, unlike VCF0401-402 and VCF0405-406, because of the very high
numbers of respondents falling into these categories [for consistency,
NA responses to this question have also been retained as MD]. In
addition, if R responded "yes" to "Is there anything in particular
that you liked about the US House Democratic candidate" but R provided
no mentions (DK or NA in first mention), then R has been coded in
the corresponding MD category in VCF0980.
In 1996 and later, randomization occurred for the order in which the
Democratic and Republican House candidate names were administered for
the set of 'likes/dislikes' questions.
1984 AND 1992 NOTE:
For 1984 and 1992: if R was in a district where no Democratic
candidate was running BUT the interview administered was an
abbreviated telephone interview (1984) or a short form interview
(1992), then VCF0980 has been coded 9, not 8.
1998 NOTE:
1 case (0062) that was coded "yes" in the 1998 study data as response
whether there was anything R liked about the Democratic House candidate
should have been coded "I don't know anything about this candidate" but
has been correctly categorized in variables VCF0980 and VCF0981.
WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a
TYPE:
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Numeric Dec 0
SOURCE_VARS:
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1978: 780160,780161,780162,780163,780164
1980: 800892,800893,800894,800895,800896
1982: 820148,820149,820150,820151,820152
1984: 840908,840909,840910,840911,840912
1986: 860184,860185,860186,860187,860188
1988: 880674,880675,880676,880677,880678,880679
1990: 900198,900199,900200,900201,900202,900203
1992: 925401,925402,925403,925404,925405,925406
1994: 940401,940402,940403,940404,940405,940406
1996: 961044,961045,961046,961047,961048,961049
1998: 980275,980276,980277,980278,980279,980280
2000: 001328,001329,001330,001331,001332,001333
Walter Mebane
2005-11-03