VCF9101 Democratic House Candidate: Liberal-Conservative Scale

QUESTION:
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We hear a lot of talk these days about liberals and conservatives.
Here is a 7-point scale on which the political views that people might
hold are arranged from extremely liberal to extremely conservative.
Where would you place [the Democratic U.S. House Candidate]  on this
scale? (7-POINT SCALE SHOWN TO R)

VALID_CODES:
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1.   Extremely liberal
2.   Liberal
3.   Slightly liberal
4.   Moderate; middle of the road
5.   Slightly conservative
6.   Conservative
7.   Extremely conservative

MISSING_CODES:
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8.   DK/Don't Recognize (incl. no recognition on
     thermometer)
9.   NA; no Post IW (1980,2000); telephone IW (2000)
0.   R self-rating was DK or "haven't thought much about
     it" (see above); no Democratic candidate in district
     race (incl. Washington DC)
Inap. question not used

NOTES:
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See note VCF9097.
1996 NOTE 1:
Randomization occurred for the order of the 2 major party House 
candidate names for this placement.
1996 NOTE 2:
If R did not recognize the name of the Democratic candidate for the 
thermometer rating, then this question was not asked.
2000 NOTE:
This question was administered as a 7-point scale to FTF respondents 
only; telephone respondents were administered a branching series and 
are excluded here.

WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a

TYPE:
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Numeric  Dec 0

SOURCE_VARS:
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1978:  780404
1980:  801049  
1982:  820401
1986:  860388  
1990:  900409
1994:  940843
1996:  960375
1998:  980407
2000:  001378a
2002:  045046,045119