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VCF9071 Does R Remember Running House Incumbent Vote on Any Bill

QUESTION:
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Was there any bill in particular that you remember how [House running
incumbent] voted on in the last couple of years?

VALID_CODES:
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1.   Yes
5.   No

MISSING_CODES:
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8.   DK
9.   NA; no Post IW
0.   No running incumbent (includes Washington D.C.);
     NJ01 (1990)
Inap. question not used

NOTES:
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GENERAL NOTE:
If the U.S. House representative in R's district was NOT running for
re-election (i.e., was 'retiring'), then this question does not apply
(0 coded). 
If there was no running incumbent and no post IW, then 9 (no post) has
been coded.
1990 NOTE:
for New Jersey congressional district 01, the U.S. Representative was 
neither 'retiring' nor running at the time of the 1990 general 
elections.  The Representative from NJ01 had campaigned for and been 
elected to another office in 1989, and the office of Representative was 
not (in effect) occupied until after the 1990 elections (code 0).
1978 NOTE:
The 1978 version of this variable were not comparable.
1982 NOTE:
same as 1978.

WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a

TYPE:
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Numeric  Dec 0

SOURCE_VARS:
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1986:  860295 
1988:  880795  
1990:  900058,900314


Walter Mebane 2005-11-03