VAR CF0980 NUMBER OF LIKES - HOUSE DEM CANDIDATE

VAR CF0980    NUMBER OF LIKES - HOUSE DEM CANDIDATE
              COLUMNS 813-813
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 6 OR GE 7


        Next I would like to ask you some questions about the candidate(s) who
        ran in this district for the U.S. House of Representatives.

        Is/Was there anything in particular that you liked about <U.S. House
        Democratic candidate>? What is/was that? Anything else?

        SUMMARY:  NUMBER OF LIKES -- DEMOCRATIC HOUSE CANDIDATE
        -------------------------------------------------------------------

        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.

        Democratic House candidate's name from election held during year of IW
        was given.

        Four possible mentions were coded in all original NES datasets except
        1988 and later, which coded 5.

        Rs who responded "no" to "Is there anything in particular that you
        liked about the US House Democratic candidate?" have been coded here
        as 0 mentions.  "DK" responses to this question and "I don't know
        anything about this candidate" responses have been maintained as MD
        codes, unlike VCF0401-402 and VCF0405-406, because of the very high
        numbers of respondents falling into these categories [for consistency,
        NA responses to this question have also been retained as MD].  In
        addition, if R responded "yes" to "Is there anything in particular
        that you liked about the US House Democratic candidate" but R provided
        no mentions (DK or NA in first mention), then s/he has been coded in
        the corresponding MD category in VCF0980.

        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.

        For 1984 and 1992:  if R was in a district where no Democratic
        candidate was running BUT the interview administered was an
        abbreviated telephone interview (1984) or a short form interview
        (1992), then VCF0980 has been coded 9, not 8.

        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:  VCF0980-983 have not been altered as a result of corrections to
        1978 data for type of House race (see notes VCF0902).

        1998 note:  1 case (0062) that was coded "yes" in the 1998 study data
        as response whether there was anything R liked about the Democratic
        House candidate should have been coded "I don't know anything about
        this candidate" but has been correctly categorized in variables
        VCF0980 and VCF0981.

        In 1996 and later, randomization occurred for the order in which the
        Democratic and Republican House candidate names were administered for
        the set of 'likes/dislikes' questions; note that for each candidate
        'likes' preceded 'dislikes,' and both 'likes' and 'dislikes' questions
        were administered for one candidate before questions concerning the
        next candidate were begun.

            0.   Zero positive mentions (likes)
            1.   One positive mention (likes)
            2.   Two positive mentions (likes)
            3.   Three positive mentions (likes)
            4.   Four or more positive mentions (likes)

            6.   "I don't know anything about this candidate" (VOLUNTEERED)
            7.   DK if liked anything about candidate; liked something about
                candidate but DK what
            8.   No Democratic candidate in R's district (includes Washington
                 D.C.)
            9.   NA if liked anything about candidate; liked something about
                 candidate but NA what; INAP, no post IW (presidential years);
                 abbrev. telephone IW (1984); short form (1992); district NA
                 (2000); district misidentified (2000); question not used

        1978:  160-164         1980:  892-896        1982:  148-152
        1984:  908-912         1986:  184-188        1988:  674-679
        1990:  198-203         1992:  5401-5406      1994:  401-406
        1996:  961044-961049   1998:  980275-980280  2000:  001328-1333


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