VAR CF0984 NUMBER OF LIKES - HOUSE REP CANDIDATE

VAR CF0984    NUMBER OF LIKES - HOUSE REP CANDIDATE
              COLUMNS 819-819
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 6 OR GE 7


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

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

        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.

        Republican 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 Republican 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 liked about the US House Republican candidate" but R provided
        no mentions (DK or NA in first mention), then s/he has been coded in
        the corresponding MD category in VCF0984.

        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
        VCF0980-981].  VCF0902 (type of race) code 45 can be used to filter
        such 1992 Republican cases from "Democratic" variables.

        For 1984 and 1992:  if R was in a district where no Republican
        candidate was running BUT the interview administered was an
        abbreviated telephone interview (1984) or a short form interview
        (1992), then VCF0984 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: VCF0984-987 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 Republican
        House candidate should have been coded "I don't know anything about
        this candidate" but has been correctly categorized in variables
        VCF0984 and VCF0985.

        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 Republican 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:  170-174          1980:  902-906          1982:  158-162
        1984:  918-922          1986:  194-198          1988:  686-691
        1990:  210-215          1992:  5413-5418        1994:  413-418
        1996:  961056-961061    1998:  980287-980292    2000:  001340-1345


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