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VAR CF0735 R VOTE FOR HOUSE CANDIDATE (1)
COLUMNS 591-592
NUMERIC
MD EQ 0 OR GE 98
1978 AND LATER - W/ BALLOT CARD (1980-LATER: registered in IW county):
...............................................................
1978-1982, 1984 personal, 1986-1996, 1998 personal, 2000 personal:
Here is a list of candidates for the major races in this district.
How about the election for the House of Representatives in
Washington? Did you vote for a candidate for the U.S. House of
Representatives? (IF YES:) Who did you vote for? (BALLOT CARD SHOWN
TO R)
1984 telephone:
I am going to read a list of candidates for the major races in your
district. In the election for the House of Representatives, the
ballot listed: [Names and party affiliations of all House of
Representatives candidates listed on the Ballot Card].
Did you vote for a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives?
(IF YES:) Who did you vote for?
1998 telephone:
Please take out the (color) sheet of paper that was folded inside
your booklet. There you see a list of candidates for the major
race(s) in this district. How about the election for the HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES in Washington? Did you vote for a candidate for
the U.S. House of Representatives? (IF YES:) Who did you vote for?
2000 telephone:
How about the election for the House of Representatives in
Washington. Did you vote for a candidate for the U.S. House of
Repesentatives? Did you vote for (the Democrat, <NAME>, or) (the
Republican, <NAME>) (IF IND/3RD PARTY CANDIDATE: or the <PARTY>
candidate, <NAME>)?
1980 AND LATER - W/O BALLOT CARD (registered outside IW county):
...............................................................
1980, 1982, 1984 personal and telephone, 1986-1996, 1998 personal,
2000 personal and telephone:
How about the election for the House of Representatives in
Washington? Did you vote for a candidate for the U.S. House of
Representatives? (IF YES:) Who did you vote for? (2000: Which party
was that?)
1998 telephone:
[TELL RESPONDENT, IF NECESSARY, "We won't need to use the ballot
card in your booklet since you are in a different city/town/
county)."] How about the election for the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
in Washington? Did you vote for a candidate for the U.S. House of
Representatives? (IF YES:) Who did you vote for?
CANDIDATE CODE OF HOUSE VOTE
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USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.
SEE ALSO VCF1011-VCF1013.
1980-later; cases without Ballot Card: Respondents who had voted
outside the Congressional District of their sample selection location
could not use the Ballot Card for their sample location, and question
wording was altered somewhat for these interviews. 1980 was the first
year that 'outside' Congressional District voting was tracked and
documented.
Codes 81-92 first appeared in 1980 study data (not in 1978 data).
1992 and later: Code 97 includes cases where R volunteered that
he/she voted "a straight ticket" but no candidate for R's party ran;
it also includes cases where R insists that he/she voted for a
specific party's candidate but no candidate from that party ran in R's
district. For Rs who voted outside district of interview location,
code 97 also includes candidates named by R but whose CD and party are
not known. It also includes cases where R names a candidate but the
name is not among names of candidates within a known 'outside' CD.
IF R VOTED IN DISTRICT OF INTERVIEW:
DISTRICTS W/NO INCUMBENT RUNNING:
31. Democratic candidate
32. Republican candidate
DISTRICTS W/ RUNNING INCUMBENT:
33. Democratic incumbent
34. Republican incumbent
35. Democratic candidate
36. Republican candidate
IF R VOTED OUTSIDE DISTICT OF INTERVIEW:
DISTRICTS W/NO INCUMBENT RUNNING:
81. Democratic candidate
82. Republican candidate
DISTRICTS W/ RUNNING INCUMBENT:
83. Democratic incumbent
84. Republican incumbent
85. Democratic challenger
86. Republican challenger
ALL 'OUTSIDE' DISTRICTS:
91. DEMOCRAT -- no name given
92. REPUBLICAN--no name given
ALL DISTRICTS:
97. Minor party candidate; minor independent candidate;
name given not on candidate list for race
98. DK; refused to name candidate
99. NA; INAP, District of Columbia (1982, 1986, 1996);
write in candidate (1982); Louisiana (1978, 1980, 1982,
1986); Florida (1978); no post IW (1980, 1984, 1988,
1996); question not used
00. R did not vote; NA/DK if voted; refused to say if
voted; voted but not for House of Representatives;
DK/NA if voted for House of Representatives
1978: 474 1980: 998 1982: 507
1984: 792 1986: 266 1988: 767
1990: 288 1992: 5622 1994: 613
1996: 961088 1998: 980312 2000: 001262
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Walter Mebane
2003-02-17