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VCF0991 Approve/Disapprove of Running U.S. House Incumbent

QUESTION:
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In general, do you approve or disapprove of the way [running U.S.
House incumbent Representative] has been handling his/her job?

VALID_CODES:
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1.   Approve
5.   Disapprove
8.   DK

MISSING_CODES:
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9.   NA; no Post IW; abbrev. telephone IW (1984);
     short form (1992)
0.   No running incumbent (includes Washington D.C.)
Inap. question not used

NOTES:
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1984 NOTE:
If R is in a district where no incumbent was running or where the 
incumbent was unopposed (or opposed by a non-major party challenger) 
BUT the interview administered was a telephone IW, then VCF0991 has 
been coded 9, not 0.

WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a

TYPE:
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Numeric  Dec 0

SOURCE_VARS:
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1980:  800972
1982:  820212,820249,820266  
1984:  840967
1986:  860353  
1988:  880789
1990:  900058,900404
1992:  925710
1994:  940637 
1996:  961123
1998:  980326  
2000:  001358
2004:  045091,045092


Walter Mebane 2005-11-03