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VCF9024 Strength of Preference: House Vote

QUESTION:
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(ASKED OF Rs WHO VOTED):  Here is a list of candidates for the major
races in this district.  How about the election for the House of
Representative in Washington?  Did you vote for a candidate for the
U.S. House of Representatives?  (IF YES:) Who did you vote for?
Would you say that your preference for this candidate was strong or
not strong?

VALID_CODES:
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1.   Strong
5.   Not strong

MISSING_CODES:
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8.   DK
9.   NA; no Post IW; abbrev. telephone IW (1984);
     short form (1992)
0.   R did not vote or DK/NA/refused to say if voted; R
     voted but did not vote (or DK/NA/refused to say if
     voted) for House candidate; R voted for House but
     DK/refused to say who voted for (not 1984,1988); R
     voted for House but NA who voted for (not 1980
     1990); special districts with no House race in
     1978 (1978, 4 districts:  LA03, LA07, FL08, FL10);
     special districts with no House race in 1980 (1980,
     2 districts: LA03, LA07)
Inap. question not used

NOTES:
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This is a follow-up to VCF0707,VCF0735,VCF0736.
GENERAL NOTE:
In 1980, 1984, 1988 and 1990 study datasets only, some Rs coded NA for 
House vote gave valid code responses.
1984 NOTE 1:
Some Rs who refused to identify /DK who they voted for gave valid code
responses.
1984 NOTE 2:
3 cases in the study dataset which were abbreviated telephone IWs were 
placed in the wrong MD code (0).  They are correctly coded here (9).
1988 NOTE:
same as 1984 NOTE 1.

WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a

TYPE:
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Numeric  Dec 0

SOURCE_VARS:
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1978:  780475  
1980:  800999  
1984:  840794  
1988:  880769 
1990:  900290  
1992:  925624


Walter Mebane 2005-11-03