VAR CF0907 REPUBLICAN HOUSE CANDIDATE THERMOMETER

VAR CF0907    REPUBLICAN HOUSE CANDIDATE THERMOMETER
              COLUMNS 730-732
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 990 OR GE 997


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

        SEE VCF0906.

        Name of Republican candidate from the 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 [SEE
        VCF0906].  VCF0902 (type of race) code 45 can be used to filter such
        1992 Republican cases from "Democratic" variables.

        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 and 1998, 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 Republican 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,
                    2000); abbreviated telephone IW (1984); Washington D.C.;
                    short form IW (1992); question not used

        1978:  782006     1980:  800856      1982: 820133
        1984:  840856     1986:  860137      1988: 880602
        1990:  900146     1992:  925312      1994: 940239
        1996:  960279     1998:  980240      2000: 001299


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