VAR CF9108 INC HSE CAND- 7PT AID TO BLACKS SCALE
COLUMNS 849 - 849
NUMERIC
MD EQ 0 OR GE 8
Some people feel that the government in Washington should make every
(1978: possible) effort to improve the social and economic position of
blacks and other minority groups (1980: even if it means giving the
preferential treatment). Others feel that the government should not
make any special effort to help minorities because they should help
themselves.
Where would you place <incumbent candidate> on this scale? (7-POINT
SCALE SHOWN TO R)
GOVERNMENT AID TO BLACKS-- INCUMBENT HOUSE CANDIDATE'S RATINGON 7-
POINT SCALE
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USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.
For all years, this var has been built from placements of Democratic
and Republican House candidates. SEE VCF9098, VCF9103.
The 1982 dataset included 2 sets of contact 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' for Cumulative Data File definition. The other
candidate, the incumbent previously representing another Congressional
(i.e., not previously representing the district of R's sample
location) has been considered the 'challenger' to the running
incumbent. See notes VCF0902 describing congressional districts
affected and designation of candidates as "the incumbent" and "the
challenger" in these cases.
1. GOVERNMENT SHOULD HELP BLACKS/MINORITIES
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7. BLACKS/MINORITIES SHOULD HELP THEMSELVES
8. DK/DON'T RECOGNIZE
9. NA; INAP, no post IW (1980); question not used
0. Inap, R self-rating was DK or "Haven't thought much about
it" (see above); no incumbent candidate in district race
(incl. Washington DC)
1978: 4,377,378 1980: 740,1067,1068 1982: 6,419,420
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