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VCF9114 Challenger House Candidate: Govt Services/Spending Scale

QUESTION:
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Govt services/spending -- challenger House cand placement on 7-point 
scale

VALID_CODES:
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1.   Gov't provide many fewer services, reduce spending
     a lot
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.   Gov't provide many more services, increase spending
     a lot

MISSING_CODES:
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8.   DK/Don't Recognize
9.   NA; telephone IW (1984,2000); no Post IW
0.   R self-rating was DK or "haven't thought much about
     it" (see above); no incumbent candidate in district
     race (incl. Washington D.C.); incumbent unopposed
Inap. question not used

NOTES:
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GENERAL NOTE:
For all years, this var has been built from placements of Democratic
and Republican House candidates.  See VCF9099, VCF9104.
1982 NOTE:
1982 study data included 2 sets of vars for 2 running incumbents due to 
redistricting in two congressional districts (19 cases affected).  For 
this year, the incumbent who represented R's sampling location BEFORE 
the 1982 redistricting has been considered R's 'incumbent'.  The other
candidate, the incumbent previously representing another Congressional
district (i.e., not previously representing the district of R's sample
location) has been considered the 'challenger' to the running 
incumbent.

WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a

TYPE:
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Numeric  Dec 0

SOURCE_VARS:
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1982:  820006,820447,820448  
1984:  840059,841031,841032
1986:  860043,860450,860451 
1990:  900058,900454,900455 
1994:  940942,940943  
1996:  960459,960460
1998:  980466,980467
2000:  001391a,001397a
2004:  044502,045046,045047,045122,045123


Walter Mebane 2005-11-03