VCF9116 Challenger House Candidate: Liberal-Conservative Scale

QUESTION:
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Liberal/conservative -- challenger House cand placement on 7-point scale

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
9.   NA; no Post IW; R selected for branching
     series version of this question (2000)
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 VCF9101, VCF9106.
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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1978:  780004,780404,780405  
1980:  800740,801049,801050  
1982:  820006,820401,820402  
1986:  860043,860388,860389
1990:  900058,900409,900410 
1994:  910843,940845
1996:  960375,960377  
1998:  980407,980409
2000:  001378a,001380a
2004:  044502,045046,045047,045119,045120