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VAR CF0981 NUMBER OF DISLIKES -HOUSE DEM CAND
COLUMNS 814-814
NUMERIC
MD EQ 6 OR GE 7
Is/Was there anything in particular that you didn't like about <U.S.
House Democratic candidate>? What is/was that? Anything else?
SUMMARY: NUMBER OF DISLIKES -- DEMOCRATIC HOUSE CANDIDATE
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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.
If R's response to "Is there anything in particular that you liked
about the US House Democratic candidate" was "I don't know anything
about this candidate," then this question was not asked and VCF0981
has been coded 6.
Rs who responded "no" to "Is there anything in particular that you
didn't like 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 has also been retained as MD]. In
addition, if R responded "yes" to "Is there anything in particular
that you disliked 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 VCF0981.
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 VCF0981 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 negative mentions (dislikes)
1. One negative mention (dislikes)
2. Two negative mentions (dislikes)
3. Three negative mentions (dislikes)
4. Four or more negative mentions (dislikes)
6. "I don't know anything about this candidate" (VOLUNTEERED)
7. DK if disliked anything about candidate; disliked something
about candidate but DK what
8. No Democratic candidate in R's district (includes Washington
D.C.)
9. NA if disliked anything about candidate; disliked something
about candidate but NA what; INAP, no post IW (presdential
years); abbrev. telephone IW (1984); short form (1992);
distict NA (2000); district misidentified (2000); question
not used
1978: 165-169 1980: 897-901 1982: 153-157
1984: 913-917 1986: 189-193 1988: 680-685
1990: 204-209 1992: 5407-5412 1994: 407-412
1996: 961050-961055 1998: 980281-980286 2000: 001334-1339
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Walter Mebane
2003-02-17