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VCF1012 R Vote Summary: Vote for House Incumbent

QUESTION:
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Did R vote for incumbent?

VALID_CODES:
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1.  R's Vote: for incumbent candidate in race involving
      running incumbent
2.  R's Vote: for candidate other than incumbent in race
      involving running incumbent (1970-1988:  incl. 3rd
      party/ind. candidates)

MISSING_CODES:
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9.  R did not vote or DK/NA if voted; R voted but
    not (or DK/NA if) in House race; DK/NA who voted for;
    no incumbent running in congressional district; R
    voted for name not on candidate list (1978-1990); R
    voted for third party/independent candidate who is
    not an incumbent (1990 and later); R voted out of
    district, NA if incumbent (91,92 in VCF0735);
    Washington D.C.; no Post IW; California (1974 only,
    due to redistricting type of race could not be
    determined)
Inap. question not used

NOTES:
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See VCF1011.
GENERAL NOTE:
Beginning in 1990 Study data,  third party and independent candidates 
were combined with unknown names coded in 'name not on candidate list' 
(code 97) whenever the non-major party candidate was not on the 
Candidate List; only independent or 3rd party candidates who were on 
the Candidate List were given a separate code (code 30).
In 1970-1988, independent or 3rd party candidates could be coded
distinct from 'name not on candidate list' even if their name was
NOT on the Candidate List.  For 1970-1988, if R voted for a third
party or independent candidate who was not the incumbent, then
VCF1012 has been coded 2 even if the candidate's name was not on the 
Candidate List.
WARNING NOTE:  
In years prior to 1978, no 'type of race' var was present in Study
data.  Data were added, however, to 'type of race' VCF0902 for 1970, 
1974 and 1976 using a lengthy case-by-case procedure.  Although the 
resultant 'type of race' data have been checked to some extent, the 
possibility of some error must be recognized:  the 'type of race' 
established for 1970, 1974 and 1976-- and, as a further result, data in 
VCF1012 for 1970, 1974 and 1976-- should be used with caution and at 
the user's risk.  
1974 NOTE:
California data for VCF1012 is not recoverable because 'type of  race' 
in California districts for the 1974 election can not be determined.
1992 NOTE:
1 case [2063] which was erroneously coded to candidate code 34 for 
House  vote but which should have been code 32 is coded 9 here.

WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a

TYPE:
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Numeric  Dec 0

SOURCE_VARS:
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1970:  700215 
1974:  742322 
1976:  763673 
1978:  780474 
1980:  800998 
1982:  820507
1984:  840792 
1986:  860266  
1988:  880767 
1990:  900058,900288  
1992:  925622 
1994:  940613
1996:  961088 
1998:  980312 
2000:  001262 
2002:  025028a
2004:  045018x,045031x,045033x


Walter Mebane 2005-11-03