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VAR CF0984 NUMBER OF LIKES - HOUSE REP CANDIDATE
COLUMNS 819-819
NUMERIC
MD EQ 6 OR GE 7
Is/Was there anything in particular that you liked about <U.S. House
Republican candidate>? What is/was that? Anything else?
SUMMARY: NUMBER OF LIKES -- REPUBLICAN HOUSE CANDIDATE
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USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.
Republican candidate's name from election held during year of IW was
given.
Four possible mentions were coded in all original NES datasets except
1988 and later, which coded 5.
Rs who responded "no" to "Is there anything in particular that you
liked about the US House Republican candidate?" have been coded here
as 0 mentions. "DK" responses to this question and "I don't know
anything about this candidate" responses have been maintained as MD
codes, unlike VCF0401-402 and VCF0405-406, because of the very high
numbers of respondents falling into these categories [for consistency,
NA responses to this question has also been retained as MD]. In
addition, if R responded "yes" to "Is there anything in particular
that you liked about the US House Republican candidate" but R provided
no mentions (DK or NA in first mention), then s/he has been coded in
the corresponding MD category in VCF0984.
In one district in 1992, two Republican 'incumbents' ran against each
other (LA06) due to redistricting, but neither candidate had
previously represented the geographic area corresponding to the
reconfigured district. As a result, this race has been treated as
an open race. In House-level thermometers, likes/dislikes, contact
etc., one Republican candidate (always the same one) has been folded
into the data normally pertaining to the Democratic candidate [SEE
VCF0980-981]. VCF0902 (type of race) code 45 can be used to filter
such 1992 Republican cases from "Democratic" variables.
For 1984 and 1992: if R was in a district where no Republican
candidate was running BUT the interview administered was an
abbreviated telephone interview (1984) or a short form interview
(1992), then VCF0984 has been coded 9, not 8.
Responses referring to an independent or 'other' candidate are not
recorded here for districts having only one major party candidate
(e.g. type race 23 in VCF0902).
NOTE: VCF0984-987 have not been altered as a result of corrections to
1978 data for type of House race (see notes VCF0902).
1998 note: 1 case (0062) that was coded "yes" in the 1998 study data
as response whether there was anything R liked about the Republican
House candidate should have been coded "I don't know anything about
this candidate" but has been correctly categorized in variables
VCF0984 and VCF0985.
In 1996 and later, randomization occurred for the order in which the
Democratic and Republican House candidate names were administered for
the set of 'likes/dislikes' questions; note that for each candidate
'likes' preceded 'dislikes,' and both 'likes' and 'dislikes' questions
were administered for one candidate before questions concerning the
next candidate were begun.
0. Zero positive mentions (likes)
1. One positive mention (likes)
2. Two positive mentions (likes)
3. Three positive mentions (likes)
4. Four or more positive mentions (likes)
6. "I don't know anything about this candidate" (VOLUNTEERED)
7. DK if liked anything about candidate; liked something
about candidate but DK what
8. No Republican candidate in R's district (includes Washington
D.C.)
9. NA if liked anything about candidate; liked something about
candidate but NA what; INAP, no post IW (presidential years);
abbrev. telephone IW (1984); short form (1992); district NA
(2000); district misidentified (2000); question not used
1978: 170-174 1980: 902-906 1982: 158-162
1984: 918-922 1986: 194-198 1988: 686-691
1990: 210-215 1992: 5413-5418 1994: 413-418
1996: 961056-961061 1998: 980287-980292 2000: 001340-1345
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Walter Mebane
2003-02-17