VCF1006 Candidate Code: 1st Recall House Candidate

QUESTION:
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Do you happen to remember the names of the candidates for Congress--
that is, for the House of Representatives in Washington--who ran in
this district this November [1996-LATER: the November election from
this district]?  
(IF YES:)  Who were they?  
1996-LATER: What was [House candidate's] party?
FIRST HOUSE CANDIDATE RECALL-- CANDIDATE CODE

VALID_CODES:
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31.  Democratic candidate in race without running
     incumbent
32.  Republican candidate in race without running
       incumbent
33.  Democratic incumbent
34.  Republican incumbent
35.  Democratic challenger to Republican incumbent
36.  Republican challenger to Democratic incumbent
39.  Incumbent Independent/liberal/conservative/minor
       party candidate
80.  Nonincumbent Independent/liberal/conservative/minor
       party candidate [not used after 1988: combined
       into code 97]

MISSING_CODES:
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97.  Name given not on candidate list for House
99.  R says s/he remembers names but when asked for name
     replies DK or NA; R says s/he does not remember any
     (or DK/NA if remembers any) names; Washington
     D.C.; California (1974 only, due to redistricting
     type of race could not be determined); no Post IW;
     short form (1992)
Inap. question not used

NOTES:
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GENERAL NOTE:
In the original ANES datasets 1978 and later, the recall variables
which appeared had codes comparable to the codes appearing VCF1006-
VCF1008.  Prior to 1978, however, recall vars in ANES datasets were
coded quite differently, and translating pre-1978 recall data into
VCF1006-1008 data involves lengthy case-by-case consultation to
reference sources for type of race in R's congressional district.
Among pre-1978 studies, recall data have been incorporated for 1970 and 
1974 only.  NO attempt has been made to include recall data from ANES 
studies prior to 1970.  
1970 AND 1974 NOTE:
every House candidate was assigned a unique candidate number.  Correct 
names of candidates given by R in response to the recall question were 
coded within 1970 Study data by that individual candidate  number.
Indications are that, if the name mentioned by the respondent was not
on a complete list of candidates and candidate numbers which existed
for R's STATE, then the response was simply coded as 'incorrect.'
However, it is not apparent that any attempt was made to ascertain
whether a name "correctly" given was actually a correct name from the
congressional race in R's own district:  if R correctly named a
candidate from another-- or wrong-- district within the state, the
response was still included among 'correct' responses.  For VCF1006-
VCF1008, individual candidate numbers within the original 1970 recall 
var have been examined on a case-by-case basis to determine if the 
candidate number given by R corresponded to a name from the race in R's 
own congressional district.  If so, the response has been included as a 
recall.  If not, the response has been coded as no recall (99 MD).  
This same procedure was followed for including 1974 data, although the 
1974 study's method for handling individual candidate codes of names 
outside R's district of residence was not specifically described in any 
1974 study documentation.  Additional note for 1970 and 1974:   to 
create the specific candidate-type codes which appear in CDF VCF1006-
VCF1008, each correctly recalled name (once determined appropriate to 
R's congressional district) was checked individually according to type 
of race to determine the named candidate's exact status (e.g., 
Republican incumbent, etc.).
WARNING NOTE:  
The procedures used in the creation of VCF1006-1008 for 1970 and 1974 
produced data that have been checked somewhat, but perfect accuracy 
cannot be completely guaranteed due to the nature of attempting case-by-
case correction. Data in VCF1006-1008 for 1970 and 1974 should be used 
with caution and at the user's risk.

WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a

TYPE:
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Numeric  Dec 0

SOURCE_VARS:
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1970:  700203  
1974:  742215
1978:  780116  
1980:  800824 
1982:  820100  
1984:  840738
1986:  860104  
1988:  880566 
1990:  900108  
1992:  925110
1994:  940211  
1996:  961007
1998:  980224  
2000:  001207