VAR CF0909 CHALLENGER HOUSE CANDIDATE THERMOMETER

VAR CF0909    CHALLENGER HOUSE CANDIDATE THERMOMETER
              COLUMNS 736-738
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 990 OR GE 997


        CHALLENGER TO RUNNING HOUSE INCUMBENT -- 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 challenging 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).

               0 -100.   Degrees as given

               990. incumbent is unopposed or 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:  782008           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:  001298,001299


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