VAR CF0408 SALIENCE REPUBLICAN HOUSE CANDIDATE

VAR CF0408    SALIENCE REPUBLICAN HOUSE CANDIDATE
              COLUMNS 396-397
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 99


        SALIENCE OF REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.

        This is the number of Republican presidential candidate 'likes'
        plus the number of Republican presidential candidate 'dislikes'
        (VCF0405+VCF0406).

             0.  Zero mentions
              .
              .
            10.  Ten mentions

            99.  INAP, no pre IW (1952,1960); form II (1972); abbreviated IW
                 form (1980); question not used (1948 and non-presidential
                 years)

        1952:  29,30          1956:  21,22         1960:  26,27
        1964:  27,28          1968:  34,35         1972:  43,45
        1976:  3124-3128,     1980:  78-82,        1984:  82-86,
               3130-3134             84-88                88-92
        1988:  104-108,       1992:  3110-3114,    1996:  960218-0222
               110-114               3116-3120            960224-0228
        2000:  000318-322,
               000324-328


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