VAR CF0906 DEMOCRATIC HOUSE CANDIDATE THERMOMETER

VAR CF0906    DEMOCRATIC HOUSE CANDIDATE THERMOMETER
              COLUMNS 727-729
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 990 OR GE 997


        HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE - Feeling Thermometer
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.

        SEE FULL TEXTS PRECEDING VCF0201.

        Name of Democratic candidate from election held during year of IW was
        given.

        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. VCF0902
        (type of race) code 45 can be used to filter out such 1992 Republican
        cases.

        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:  906-909 have not been altered as a result of corrections to
        1978 data for type of House race (see notes VCF0902).

        In 1996, the order of thermometers for all individuals except
        Presidential candidates was randomized. In 1998, the order of
        thermometers for all individuals except President was randomized.
        In 2000, the order of thermometers for all individuals except
        the President, Presidential candidates, Jesse Jackson and Ralph
        Nader, was randomized (order of Presidential candidates was
        randomized separately).

               0-100.   Degrees as given

             990. No Democratic candidate
             997. R doesn't recognize name
             998. DK where to rate; can't judge
             999. NA; refused; INAP, no post IW (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992,
                  1996,2000); abbreviated telephone IW (1984); Washington
                  D.C.; short form IW (1992); question not used

        1978:  782005   1980:  800855   1982:  820132
        1984:  840753   1986:  860136   1988:  880601
        1990:  900145   1992:  925311   1994:  940301
        1996:  960278   1998:  980239   2000:  001298


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