VAR CF0908 INCUBENT HOUSE CANDIDATE THERMOMETER

VAR CF0908    INCUBENT HOUSE CANDIDATE THERMOMETER
              COLUMNS 733-735
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 990 OR GE 997


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

        SEE VCF0906.

        The 1982 dataset included 2 thermometer vars for 2 running incumbents
        due to redistricting in two congressional districts (19 cases
        affected).  For this year, the incumbent who represented R's sampling
        location BEFORE the 1982 redistricting has been considered R's
        'incumbent' for Cumulative Data File definition.  The other candidate
        (incumbent previously not representing R's sample location) was
        considered the 'challenger' to the running incumbent.

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

        Note that for 1992 redistricted LA06 (2 Republican 'incumbents'
        neither of whom had previously represented the geographic area) this
        variable has been coded 990.

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

        2000: Data for independent running incumbents VT01 VT05 are included.

               0 -100.   Degrees as given

               990.   incumbent is not running
               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:  782007          1980:  800855,800856   1982:  820132,820133
       1984:  840753,840754   1986:  860136,860137   1988:  880601,880602
       1990:  900145,900146   1992:  925311,925312   1994:  940238,940239
       1996:  960278,960279   1998:  980239,980240   2000:  001298-1299,001303


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